Welcoming – Pastor Ross

Prelude – Trumpet Tune and Air ‐ Purcell

Meditation:

It’s not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you. ~Tyler Perry

Call to Worship – Pastor Linda

Opening Hymn – Easter People, Raise Your Voices – #304

Prayer Concerns ‐ Silent Prayer – Pastor Linda

Prayer Song – Surely the Presence of the Lord – #328

Pastoral Prayer ‐ Lords Prayer – Pastor Linda

Special Music – Becouse He Lives ‐ Gather – Tamara Anaya

Scripture – John 20:19‐23 – Barb Littlejohn

Offering – Pastor Ross

Hymn of Preparation – Come Thou Fount – #400

Message – Forgiveness ‐ Keith Adkins

Closing Hymn – The Day of Resurrection – #303

Benediction & Response

Postlude – Fanfare Postlude on “St. Kevin”

Thank you for worshiping with us!
Have a Wonderful and Blessed Week!

John 20:19-23 – New Revised Standard Version

¹⁹ When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

²⁰ After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

²¹ Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”

²² When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

²³ If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

Jesus gives the disciples his peace and the gift of the Holy Spirit. He commissions them to share forgiveness with the world.  How forgiveness can reboot our relationships and our lives.