Second Sunday of Easter Season
April 24, 2022

Sources of Information for Today's Online Service
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Topics for Today

Wikipedia is a frequent source
for information in these articles.

Season of Easter
Eastertide or Season of Easter
Second Sunday of Easter
Quasimodo Sunday: How the Hunchback Got His Name

Doubting Thomas
Doubting Thomas
Meet Thomas the Apostle
What is the Story of 'Doubting Thomas'

Bethel Worship Planning Documents
2022 Monthly Worship Calendar
2022 RCL 2 page Summary
Bethel Weekly Worship Planning worksheet
Annual Program Planning worksheet

Guidance from UMC Discipleship Ministries

Weekly Worship Planning Series
This is the Second of a 7 service Worship Series from the Discipleship Ministries.
The graphics at the top of this page list the topics for the worship services of the Series.
(Click on another graphic to see that service's resource page.)

Note: This material from UDM is not the basis for Bethel's Easter season messages
but is provided here for your personal study and reflection.

Worship Series: "We Are Witnesses"
from umcdiscipleship.org
The season after Easter is where we consider what it means to walk with Jesus into eternity. But it is not about life after death, or rather not only about life after death. It is very much about life before death, life in the face of death. It is about life and about bearing witness to a life that resembles a kin-dom existence right here and right now. It is this life, this justice and righteousness, this hope and this glory to which we can say with confidence, “We are witnesses.”

This Week's Theme: "We Are Witnesses"
Liturgical Resources
Now is the time to decide how you’re going to invite the worshiping community to make the commitment to become witnesses for the kin-dom. It might be at the end of series or it might be here.
Worship Planning Notes
Preaching Notes

Lectionary Scriptures:
Psalm 150 ; Acts 5:27- 32; Revelation 1:4-8; John 20:19- 31
Suggested Hymns . Music Notes . DM Accompaniments

Sources of Music for the following hymns are:
- UMH CD.....UDM - DM Accompaniment..... MM/DD/YY - Recorded Service

Hymns Considered For this week: