Arts Sunday - April 30, 2017

Canton Community Baptist Church
Third Sunday of Easter
Arts Sunday
April 30, 2017

We Gather as God’s People
Prelude & Preparation for Worship
Welcome & Call to Worship  (insert)
*Opening Hymn:  #248  He Lives
*Prayer of Invocation & Lord’s Prayer (#632 in hymnal)
*Greeting One Another in Christ
Heavenbound:  Jesus in Disguise, by Brandon Heath, Ross Copperman, and Lee Miller
Announcements

We Proclaim God’s Word
Acts Reading:  Acts 2:14a, 36-41  (1692 & 1694)
Poem:  The Word, by Isaac Wimberly
Unison Psalm Reading:  Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19  (p. 955)
Worship Choir:  Now the Green Blade Riseth, arr. Alan Bullard
Epistle Reading:  1 Corinthians 15:1-11  (p. 1789)
Unison Reading:  #466  These Are the Facts 
Gospel Reading:  Luke 24:13-35  (p. 1642)
Skit:  “The People’s Court:  The State Against the Followers of Jesus Christ,” by Lucia LeConey
Song:  What If, by Nichole Nordeman

We Respond to God’s Word
Sharing Celebrations & Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Organ Response
Invitation to the Offering
*Doxology (#809 in hymnal)
*Prayer of Dedication
*Organ Response

We Go Forth to Serve
*Closing Hymn:  #255  Good Christians All, Rejoice
*Benediction
Postlude

* Please stand as you are able.