Second Sunday After Easter
May 4, 2025
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Easter Season
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Ascension of Jesus
Pentecost
Post-Resurrection Appearances
"Overview of Appearances"
Miraculous Catch of Fish
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Guidance from UMC Discipleship Ministries
Weekly Worship Planning Series
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Worship Series: "Believing into Christ"
from umcdiscipleship.org
Throughout this season, we explore themes from Revelation and the Gospel of John about what is possible when we believe. The book by Natalya A. Cherry, Believing into Christ, may be a helpful accompaniment to the series as we learn more about the power of our belief in Christ, how belief is not only an intellectual endeavor and assent to the power of God to transform, but also a process that helps us use our hands and feet in ways similar to how Jesus used his hands and feet to seek out and address the hurting ones, including our planet and its most vulnerable people and beyond-human creatures.
This is the Second service of a 6 service Worship Series from the Discipleship Ministries.
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This Service's Theme: "Circling Toward Food Justice"The graphics at the top of this page list topics for other services of the Series.
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Liturgical Resources
Try to make worship this week a rehearsal of the justice-oriented practices that will bring about a world where God’s abundance is available to all.
Worship Planning Notes
Preaching Notes
Lectionary Scriptures:
Psalm 30; Acts 9:1-6(7-20); Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19;
Suggested Hymns . Music Notes . DM Accompaniments Sources of Music for the following hymns are:
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"Lord, You Have Come to the Seashore"
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"One Bread, One Body"
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"Come, Let Us Eat"
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"Hymn of Promise"
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"Broken for Me, Broken for You"