May 11, 2025
WE GATHER IN AWE AND PRAISE
PRELUDE "Prelude" David P. Ruhl
INTROIT “Shout to the North” Martin Smith
WELCOME Rev. Trip Porch
One: Christ has risen!
All: Christ has risen indeed!
*CALL TO WORSHIP written by Elizabeth Rice
One: Sisters and brothers – arise.
All: Arise and lift your hearts. Arise and lift your eyes. Arise and lift your voices.
One: The living God, The living, moving Spirit of God has called us together -
All: in witness, in celebration, in struggle.
One: Reach out toward each other.
All: Our God reaches out toward us!
Let us worship God!
*HYMN 316 “Where Charity and Love Prevail” TWENTY-FOURTH
*PRAYER OF CONFESSION Rebekah Gayley
Compassionate God, You formed us for relationship — with you, with one another, and especially with those who are vulnerable. Yet too often, we look away from suffering, keep our distance from poverty, and turn our ministry into something impersonal. Forgive us for the ways we choose convenience over connection. Forgive us when we fail to see resurrection growing in the quiet, daily acts of care. Turn us again toward love that knows names, stories, and needs. Raise us to new life and make us people of holy relationship. Amen.
*ASSURANCE OF PARDON
*RESPONSE OF PARDON 587 “Alleluia!” CELTIC ALLELUIA
*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 "The King of Love My Shepherd Is" arr. Dan Forrest
CHILDREN’S RECESSIONAL 175 “Seek Ye First” vs. 1
Children: May God be with you here
Congregation: May God be with you there
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE Acts 9:36-43 The Voice
In a nearby coastal city, Joppa, there lived a disciple whose Aramaic name was Tabitha, or Dorcás in Greek. She was a good woman - devotedly doing good and giving to the poor. While Peter was in Lydda, she fell sick and died. Her fellow disciples washed her body and laid her in an upstairs room. They had heard Peter was nearby, so two of them went with an urgent message, “Please come to Joppa as soon as possible.”
Peter went with them and immediately entered the room where the corpse had been placed. It was quite a scene-the widows of the community were crowded in the room, weeping, showing the various items of clothing that Dorcas had made for them.
Peter asked them to leave the room; then he got on his knees. He prayed for a while and then turned to her body and spoke: “Tabitha, get up!”
She opened her eyes, saw Peter, and sat up. Giving her his hand, Peter lifted her up. Then he called in the other disciples-including the widows-and reintroduced them to their beloved friend. The news of this miracle spread throughout the city, and many believed in the Lord. Peter stayed in Joppa for some time as the guest of Simon, a tanner by profession.
Holy Wisdom, Holy Word
Thanks be to God
SERMON Rev. Trip Porch
WE RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD
*HYMN 324 “For All The Faithful Women” NYLAND
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
TIME OF OFFERING online giving is available at www. indianolapres.org/give
OFFERTORY “Safe Within Your Arms” Mark Hayes
Betsy Tullis - soloist
*OFFERTORY RESPONSE “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow” LASST UNS ERFREUEN
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
Loving God, Receive these gifts as signs of our gratitude and our hope. Use them — and use us — to clothe the world in mercy, to bring friendship where there is isolation, and to lift up life where there is despair. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
*HYMN 244 “This Joyful Eastertide” VRUECHTEN
TIME OF COMMUNITY SHARING
CHARGE & BENEDICTION
CHORAL RESPONSE “Amen” Peter Lutkin
POSTLUDE "Shout to the North" Phillip Keveren
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