Bethel 04/04/21 Service

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Easter
Easter Sunrise Services
The Flowering Cross
Easter Eggs
UMC Traditions Around the World

Guidance from UMC Discipleship Ministries

This is the First in a series of seven Worship Services from the Discipleship Ministries for the season of Eastertide that begins with Easter Sunday. The graphics at the top of this page list the topics for each of the services in the Series.

Worship Series: "Living the Resurrection"
from umcdiscipleship.org

Of all the high holy days on the calendar of faith, Easter is by far the highest and the holiest. There is no exuberance that is too loud, no expression of joy that is over the top, no exercise of new life that can be shut down. Easter calls for excess. Don’t let it slip in silently; it needs brass accompaniment. And not just on one day. Easter is not a day; it is a season. That is why our worship series grabs hold of Easter and runs all the way to Pentecost, breathless and panting for the Spirit to come and breathe new life into our lungs so that we can endure the journey through the long season after Pentecost. The joy of Easter needs to sustain us until the Spirit can launch us into the next phase of experiencing the kin-dom of God.

This Week's Theme: "Terror and Amazement"
Liturgical Resources

Let there be joy – however it takes to project it, whether in person or through a screen or even in print. Tell jokes, funny stories; let there be laughter. Easter is a day to feel, even more than to understand. It is a day to accept more than a day to explain. Even though our foundations have been shaken, we move forward, because that is where the Risen one is going. He is going ahead of you. Let’s keep moving forward.