April 12, 2026

WE GATHER IN AWE AND PRAISE

PRELUDE                                                 "I Love to Tell the Story"                                   arr. Melody Bober

INTROIT                         "Christ Has Arisen, Alleluia!"                               Tanzanian Melody

WELCOME                                                                 Rev. Taylor Barner

One: This is the day that the Lord has made

All: Let us rejoice and be glad in it.  

*CALL TO WORSHIP

One: Come, you who have questions that don’t have easy answers.

All: Come, you who have said, “I’m not sure I believe that.”

One: We gather in this place where doubt is not a door that closes,

All: but a window that opens.

One: We gather where resurrection is proclaimed
All: not as a demand, but as an invitation.

One: Let us worship a God who meets us in our doubts as much as our faith.

*HYMN 253                           “Alleluia! Christ Is Arisen”                                            SANTO DOMINGO

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION                                                        Karen Crockett      

God of the open door, we confess that we have made our doubts into a secret we keep to ourselves. We have performed certainty we do not have, and pulled back from faith when it felt too fragile to hold. We have avoided the questions that matter most because we were afraid of where they might lead. Forgive us, God....

A time for Silent confession is kept

One: Lord of real wounds and real resurrection,

All: Give us the courage to name what we do not know, to bring our whole selves into your presence, and to trust that you are not frightened by our Uncertainty. In your mercy, meet us here. Amen.

*ASSURANCE OF PARDON                                                        

*RESPONSE OF PARDON 240       “Alleluia! Alleluia! Give Thanks”                     ALLELUIA NO. 1

*PASSING OF THE PEACE                                                                  

One:   The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all,

All:      And also with you.

WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD 

ANTHEM                        "There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy”              David Ashley White          

GODLY PLAY

  Congregation: May God be with you there   

    Children: May God be with you here.               

CHILDREN’S RECESSIONAL 188       “Jesus Loves Me” vs. 1

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION                                                                   

SCRIPTURE       John 20:19-31

 It was still the first day of the week. That evening, while the disciples were behind closed doors because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities, Jesus came and stood among them. He said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. When the disciples saw the Lord, they were filled with joy.  Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father sent me, so I am sending you.” Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.  If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven; if you don’t forgive them, they aren’t forgiven.”

Thomas, the one called Didymus, one of the Twelve, wasn’t with the disciples when Jesus came. The other disciples told him, “We’ve seen the Lord!”

But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands, put my finger in the wounds left by the nails, and put my hand into his side, I won’t believe.”

 After eight days his disciples were again in a house and Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were locked, Jesus entered and stood among them. He said, “Peace be with you.”  Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here. Look at my hands. Put your hand into my side. No more disbelief. Believe!”

 Thomas responded to Jesus, “My Lord and my God!”

 Jesus replied, “Do you believe because you see me? Happy are those who don’t see and yet believe.”

 Then Jesus did many other miraculous signs in his disciples’ presence, signs that aren’t recorded in this scroll.  But these things are written so that you will believe that Jesus is the Christ, God’s Son, and that believing, you will have life in his name.  

SERMON                                                                              Rev. Taylor Barner

WE RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD 

*hYMN 282                                              “Come Down O Love Divine”                                                DOWN AMPNEY

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE  followed by the Lord’s Prayer using debts and debtors.

TIME OF OFFERING   online giving is available at  www. indianolapres.org/give

OFFERTORY                                                        “Beau Soir”                                                                 Claude Debussey

                                                                                          Mya Luca, soloist                           

*OFFERTORY RESPONSE  609        “Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow”

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION 

God of open hands and open doors, we share what we have out of trust. Use it to reach the ones who are still outside, still wondering, still waiting to be found. Amen. 

*HYMN 817                      “We Walk By Faith and Not By Sight”                        DUNLAP’S CREEK

TIME OF COMMUNITY SHARING

CHARGE & BENEDICTION

CHORAL RESPONSE                       "Amen"                                                                 K. Lee Scott 

POSTLUDE                            "Come Down O Love Divine"                                        arr. Gene Roberson

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