PRELUDE  “Happy Are They”

WORDS OF WELCOME

ANNOUNCEMENTS         

ADORATION

INTROIT “The Lord is My Light”

*CALL TO WORSHIP      

ONE: Great is the mystery of the faith:

PEOPLE: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.

ONE: Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?

PEOPLE: The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

ONE: Christ is risen!

PEOPLE: He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!

PRAYER OF THE DAY 

Eternal God

Through your only Son you overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life. Grant that we who celebrate our Lord’s resurrection, may, through the renewing power of your Spirit, arise from the death of sin to life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

HYMN[Blue#108] “Christ Is Alive!” 

REPENTANCE

*CALL TO CONFESSION                                                                  

 SILENT CONFESSION

 PRAYER OF CONFESSION

Merciful Lord, the strength of those who believe. And the hope of those who doubt: We confess that our faith is small, that we trust in our own devices more than in your gracious promises to sustain us. Lord, increase our faith; quicken us amidst our unbelief.

By Your Spirit grant us, who have not seen, yet seek to believe, the faith to receive the fullness of Christ’s blessings. Work in us and through us by the same Spirit that raised him from the dead, to your honor and glory.

*ASSURANCE OF PARDON                     

GLORIA PATRI [Blue#579[ [GTG581]     

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning,

is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, amen.

THE WORD READ AND PROCLAIMED

PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION

RESPONSE  [Blue#586]  “Amen”

1st SCRIPTURE 1 Peter 1:3-9

2nd  SCRIPTURE John 20:19-31       

ONE: The Word of the Lord

MANY: Thanks be to God   

SERMON   “When the Saints Come Struggling In”   Rev. Dr. Martha J. Robson

HYMN “My Life Flows On (How Can I Keep From Singing?)”

 RESPONSE     

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH Apostle’s Creed

I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth,  and in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

RECEIVING OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” sung by Ron Palmisano as  vocalist.

DOXOLOGY [GTG#606]

Praise God from whom all blessings flow.

Praise God, all creatures here below;

Praise God above, ye heavenly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen

PRAYER OF DEDICATION

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE 

THE LORD’S PRAYER 

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

RESPONSE “Hear Our Prayer O Lord”

HYMN[BLUE#526] “For All the Saints”

PARTING PRAYER    

Holy One

you have given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Sustain us in times of trial, that our faith may be found in praise and honor to you. Though we have not seen you, help us to follow you; though we do not now see you, help us to believe and rejoice with unshakable joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

RESPONSE  “What a Fellowship, What a Joy Divine” verses 1 only

POSTLUDE “We Are Marching in the Light of God”            

*Liturgical material taken from the “Weekly Liturgy” of the Presbyterian Outlook. ©Presbyterian Outlook, 2026.

Note: the hymn lyrics in the bulletin and on the projection screen are from the Glory To God Hymnal (© 2013 Westminster John Knox Press), which we are transitioning to. Words in the “Blue” Presbyterian Hymnal (© 1990) in your pew may differ slightly. The Scripture quotations contained herein are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by Permission. All Rights Reserved.