We held virtual worship on Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 10:00am! You may watch a recording on Facebook by clicking here, or you may watch below.
GATHERING MUSIC Easter Fanfares Kathryn Parker
CALL TO WORSHIP
The women arrive at the empty tomb
God is nowhere
Suddenly Jesus meets them
God is now here
Mary weeping with loss in the garden
God is nowhere
The gardener speaks her name
God is now here
The disciples afraid in a locked room
God is nowhere
Then Jesus appears
God is now here
Thomas refusing to believe
God is nowhere
He touches Jesus wounds
God is now here
The disciples fish all night without a catch
God is nowhere
“Throw your net over the right side”
God is now here
Peter shattered when the cock crows
God is nowhere
A healing conversation on the beach
God is now here
Two disciples downcast on the Emmaus Rd
God is nowhere
They recognized him in the breaking of bread
God is now here
GODISNOWHERE
OPENING TO GOD I Believe in Jesus New Kilpatrick Parish Church
I believe
I awaken to
Jesus Christ
the one who walked our earth
and whose God-light shone through
God’s only son
the one whose life came from the very life of God
our Lord our guide, our teacher, our friend
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit
whose life was an intent of God’s creative imagination
born of the Virgin Mary
who sang love’s song at his beginning and was blessed
suffered under Pontius Pilate
rejected by the powers of the world
was crucified
executed by those same powers
died
sharing the same death of us all
and was buried
love had been killed
he descended to hell
and they thought this the end
but on the third day
nothing could contain, bind or hold the life Jesus began
he rose again
and the story continues to be believed
of renewal, transformation and life again.
I believe in
I awaken to
(unison) Jesus
YOUNG PEOPLE’S MESSAGE The Sturgeon family
GOSPEL Mark 16:1-8 Liz Rochefort
When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. They had been saying to one another, ‘Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?’ When they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled back.
As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man, dressed in a white robe, sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed. But he said to them, ‘Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, there is the place they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him, just as he told you.’
So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
REFLECTION Holy Interruptions Barb & Mitchell
MUSIC Song at Sunrise Kathryn Parker
PRAYER FOR THE WEEK
O God, of the unexpected—
you again surprise us with
a Resurrection that starts
with the cry of grief,
an empty place,
a familiar voice.
It’s tiny…
like the fingers of a newborn.
Seemingly insignificant…
like the grain of sand that lands in the oyster’s open mouth.
Often overlooked…
like the leaf bud on the tree.
Or like a mustard seed, a grain of wheat, a treasure in a field, a lost coin . . .
Christ has risen.
Waiting for us to take notice.
Christ has risen.
Waiting for us to respond.
Christ has risen.
Christ has risen indeed!
SHARING PRAYERS & LORD’S PRAYER
ANNOUNCEMENTS
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE Celebration Kathryn Parker
