Threatened with Resurrection!
SEEKERS CHURCH
A Christian Community
In the Tradition of the Church of the Saviour
Easter 2003
Threatened with Resurrection!
REFLECTION
What keeps us from sleeping
is that
they have threatened us with resurrection.
Accompany us, then,
on this vigil
and you will know
how marvelous it is
to live
threatened with resurrection.
Julia Esquivel
PRELUDE
SILENCE
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Christ is risen!
People: Christ is risen indeed!
Leader: Our hearts burn to tell the world the good news.
People: We listen to your presence with us.
We open our eyes to see you
as we share together.
Leader: Christ is risen!
All: Christ is risen indeed! Allelujah!
INVOCATION
HYMN
WORD FOR THE CHILDREN
SILENCE
RESPONSIVE READING
Leader: What keeps us from sleeping
is that Christ threatens us with resurrection.
All: Peace be with you.
Leader: We are Christ’s risen body,
dying into new life,
rising for the healing of the world.
All: Peace be with you.
Leader: Live in Christ
and you will know how marvelous it is
to live threatened with resurrection.
All: Peace be with you.
Leader: And also with you.
All: Allelujah! Amen.
SILENCE
PRAYERS
CONFESSION
Leader: We come to celebrate the Good News.
Voice 1: We long for a safe place to rest and be fed.
Voice 2: In the midst of this troubled time
you invite us to walk with you.
Voice 1: The road you walk is one we do not know,
and we are afraid.
Voice 2: What shall we tell the world
when pain and anger boil over on the fire of our hope?
All: Why does resurrection seem so complicated?
ASSURANCE
Leader: Do not let your hearts be troubled,
for the risen Christ is among us,
casting out fear
and calling us to new life in God's everlasting love.
All: Amen.
PRAYERS OF THE COMMUNITY
HYMN
THE WORD
SCRIPTURE
SERMON
SILENT REFLECTION
OFFERING
SHARED REFLECTIONS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
HYMN
BENEDICTION
Leader: As Christ loves us let us
love one another
deeply from the heart.
Break the bread of new life
where the world is still in pain.
Christ is risen! Go in peace.
