Order of Worship

(on a phone, best viewed horizontally) 

 

April 5, 2026            10:45am

 

Dwelling in Dissonance

Easter Sunday

Gathered by God

Prelude

Welcome

Celebration Music      Fanfare on Christ the Lord is Risen Today       arr. Callahan

    Choir/Cong               Sound the Trumpet                                                       Peterson

Call to Worship

One:      Welcome Easter.

All:         Welcome relief!

One:      Newfound joy is washing over this grief.

All:         Welcome mystery.

                Welcome surprise!

One:      Impossible reality – risen, before our eyes!

All:         Welcome Jesus, our Savior and Friend.

One:      Welcome seeking and naming.

All:         Welcome love without end.

Prayer

Hymn                                        Low in the Grave He Lay                                         VT 333

Who draws near to us in Jesus

Scripture                                  John 20:1-18

Moment of Silence

Offering Prayer

Musical Offering                   This Joyful Eastertide                                   arr. Callahan

Children’s Time

Hymn                                        Thine is the Glory                                                      VT 355

Sermon                                    A Dissonantly Delightful Day

Hymn                                        That Easter Morn at Break of Day                      VT 342

And dwells in our delight

Confession Poem

Moment of Silence

Choir                                         Our Hope is Risen                                     Friesen Wedler

Prayer

Hymn                                        Christ is Risen! Shout Hosanna!                           VT 354

Benediction

Postlude                                  Christ is Alive and Goes Before Us (VT 565)

Worship Leader: Debbie Bledsoe                                      Preacher: Rachel Siemens

Children’s Time: Kristen Cober                                   Organist/Pianist: Adela Wedler

Choir: Bruce Baergen, Ev Buhr

Ushers: Martin Blank, K Nielsen-Penner        Greeters: John and Eleanore Woollard