Worship Roadmap - April 27, 2025
Updated: Friday, April 25, 2025 7:59:52am
(Roadmap version: Final
Pastor: Rev. Shavon Walker
Lay Reader: Flo Galvez, Song Leader: Hollie Parker-Winzenread
Lectionary Scripture: Acts 5:27-32; Psalm 118:14-29 or Psalm 150; Revelation 1:4-8; John 20:19-31;)
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Prelude
"Beautiful One"
by Tim Hughes
Used under CCLI License #2541334
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Song: "Sanctuary"
Song Leader: Our Gathering Hymn is "Sanctuary".
You may remain seated.
Lord prepare me
To be a sanctuary
Pure and holy
Tried and true
With thanksgiving
I'll be a living
Sanctuary for You
Lord prepare me
To be a sanctuary
Pure and holy
Tried and true
With thanksgiving
I'll be a living
Sanctuary for You
John W. Thompson,Randy Scruggs; © 1982 Whole Armor Publishing Company (Admin. by The Kruger Organization, Inc. (TKO) Used with permission. CCLI Song #24140 used under CCLI license #2541334
Lay Reader: Announcements
Welcome to Campbell United Church of Christ!
We are an Open and Affirming congregation and
no matter where you are on your spiritual journey,
you are welcome here.
(raise Bulletin)
Please take the Bulletin insert home with you to remind you of upcoming events.
(highlight next week special events if any)
Lay Reader: Other Announcements
Lay Reader: Are there any other announcements?
Oikos Update
Oikos Update Slides 1-6
Oikos Update
Lay Reader: Call to Worship
Lay Reader: Please rise as you are able and join me in our responsive Call to Worship
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week,
and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear…
Jesus came and stood among them.
Lay Reader: Responsive Call to Worship
One: What if we told you we come to this sanctuary because there is no safety behind locked doors.
All: Jesus speaks peace among us.
We do not carry this all alone.
One: What if we told you we gather together to remember that fear can’t keep love from showing up.
All: Jesus breathes the spirit among us.
We do not carry this all alone.
One: What if we told you worship is a place where we touch the wounds this world makes in us.
All: Jesus reaches out his hands to us.
We do not carry this all alone.
One: What if we told you we join our hearts in prayer and praise to practice moving disbelief toward recognition.
All: Jesus tells truths among us.
We do not carry this all alone.
One: What if it was all true?
All: My Lord and my God!
Alleluia.
Alleluia.
Alleluia.
Song Leader: Prayer of Invocation
Song Leader: In the midst of our overwhelm and fear, Tender God,
we do not expect to meet you.
Yet you are here, among us, holding out your hands to us,
breathing Spirit over us, showing us again and again
that nothing can separate us from you.
Surround us with your peace in this moment, Jesus; l
et our fears rest in you.
Amen.
Song Leader: Please be seated.
Song: "Let It Breathe on Me" (NCH#288)
Let it breathe on me,
let it breathe on me,
let the breath of the
spirit, breathe on me.
Let it breathe on me,
let it breathe on me,
let the breath of God
now breathe on me.
While I'm working, God,
in your vineyard here,
I cannot serve without
You near;
O Come, blessed Spirit,
so close to me that I may
feel you breathe on me.
When the pathway, God,
I cannot see,
when the way is hard,
O breathe on me;
Give me grace to know
when you are near, then
I pray, O Spirit,
breathe on me.
Magnolia Lewis-Butts; © 1941 Bowles Music House, Reprinted under OneLicense.net A-726183.
Lay Reader: Prayer for Transformation and New Life
Lay Reader: Please join me in our responsive Prayer for Transformation.
Lay Reader: Responsive Prayer for Transformation
One: Where we have locked the doors to new awareness with defensiveness…
[Time for silent reflection]
One: Jesus, breathe peace.
All: Unlock our understanding.
One: Where we have closed off to others in fear…
[Time for silent reflection]
One: Jesus, breathe peace.
All: Open our hearts.
One: Where we have demanded proof of wounds in order to care…
[Time for silent reflection]
One: Jesus, breathe peace.
All: Teach us compassion.
One: Where we have insisted others owe us vulnerability to gain our solidarity…
[Time for silent reflection]
One: Jesus, breathe peace.
All: Show us how to be trustworthy.
(Brief pause for silence and self examination)
Lay Reader: Words of Grace
Lay Reader: Receive the good news, beloved ones of the Holy One:
no locked door,
no overwhelming fear,
no guarded disbelief can keep out God’s forgiveness and resurrecting love.
We are set free to keep building up a new world.
Lay Reader: Responsive Words of Grace
All: My Lord and my God!
Alleluia.
Alleluia.
Alleluia.
Pastor: Passing of the Peace-Invitation
Pastor: With the reassurance of God’s love and forgiveness, let us pass God’s blessings of peace among one another.
Pastor: Passing of the Peace
One: May the peace and joy of Christ be with you.
ALL: And also with you.
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Pastor: Passing of the Peace
Share a wave, elbow bump, or hug as you are mutually comfortable
Song: "The Strife is O'er"
Song Leader: Please remain standing or rise as you are able and sing.
Alleluia,
alleluia,
alleluia!
The strife is o'er,
the battle done,
the victory
of life is won;
The song
of triumph has begun.
Alleluia!
The powers of death
have done their worst,
but Christ their legions
has dispersed:
Let shouts
of holy joy outburst.
Alleluia!
Christ, by your
wounds on Calvary
from death's dread sting
your servants free,
That we may
live eternally.
Alleluia!
Alleluia,
alleluia,
alleluia!
Latin 17th century; Words and Music, Public Domain.
Song Leader: Please be seated.
Lay Reader: Scripture
John 20:19-31
(NRSV)
Lay Reader: Scripture Reading: John 20:19–31 (NRSV)
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”
When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.
So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.”
A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.”
Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book.
But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.
Lay Reader: Scripture Response
One: This is God’s self-revealing through the stories of our people.
All: Praise be to God.
Pastor: Message
"From Fear to Faith"
Rev. Shavon Walker
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Choir: Anthem
"We Walk By Faith"
by Lloyd Larson
Used under OneLicense.net A-726183
(Pastor: wait for A/V techs to return to A/V booth and the Offering slide to appear before proceeding)
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Pastor: Offering
Pastor: These days place before us many reasons to be afraid.
Violence and injustice seem to be growing unchecked.
Like the disciples, who similarly faced so many reasons to be afraid,
we might be drawn to lock our doors and look for safety by closing ourselves off from others.
But today’s scripture reminds us that real safety comes with the flourishing of all people.
Even in the midst of our fears, we are filled with the Holy Spirit and sent out.
So let us unlock our hearts and unclench our fists,
offering what we have in this moment as a symbol of our commitment
to go out and be the presence of Love in our world.
While we do not pass the plates for our Offering,
we do have offering plates at the back rows of chairs as you enter the sanctuary.
Please feel free to place your offerings there.
We also have a secure way to give online by using our webpage at campbellucc.com/donate
Let us pause and reflect as you give your offerings.
(Ruth plays a short interlude)
In the presence of fear, may these gifts bring hope.
Where doors are locked, may these offerings open new possibilities.
Where there are wounds, may these gifts honor their truth.
In the presence of despair, may these offerings testify to a new world rising up.
To this collective liberation, we dedicate ourselves and our offerings.
Now let us stand and sing our thanks for our blessings.
Song: "Doxology"
Praise God from whom
all blessings flow;
Praise God
all creatures here below;
Praise God above
you heavenly host;
Creator, Christ and
Holy Ghost. Amen.
Thomas Ken; Word adaptations reprinted from Book of Worship, © 1986. Used by permission of the United Church of Christ Office for Church Life and Leadership
Song: "Come and Fill Our Hearts"
Song Leader: Our song is "Come and Fill Our Hearts".
Come and fill our hearts
with your peace
You alone, O Lord are holy.
Come and fill our hearts
with your peace,
Alleluia!
Come and fill our hearts
with your peace
You alone, O Lord are holy.
Come and fill our hearts
with your peace,
Alleluia!
Come and fill our hearts
with your peace
You alone, O Lord are holy.
Come and fill our hearts
with your peace,
Alleluia!
Jacques Berthier; © 1982, 1991, 2011, Les Presses de Taizé, GIA Publications, Inc., agent, Reprinted under OneLicense.net A-726183.
Pastor: Prayers of the People
You are invited to share prayers of joy or concern. So that the people online may hear, please wait for the microphone to be brought to you before sharing your joy or concern.
Online people are invited to unmute and offer your prayers. You can also email your prayers for our community to prayerchain@campbellucc.org
Please let us know if you would NOT like your spoken prayer to be distributed on the Prayer Chain email.
(Wait for prayers to conclude, then Pastor may re-voice offered prayers or proceed to Silent Meditation)
Pastor: Silent Meditation
Pastor: Let us keep those and our unvoiced prayers in mind as we listen for God in the silence that follows the ringing of the singing bowl.
(The singing bowl is rung.)
Pastor: Pastoral Prayer
Pastor: (use your own or embellish this)
Holy God, hear the prayers we have voiced and those that remain unvoiced in our hearts.
Bless us this day with lives filled with love, caring, generosity, and deep, abiding hope.
We pray that your kingdom will dwell among all people, and that we may be instruments of your love and your grace.
Holy Spirit, open our hearts with the joy of healing a world filled with brokenness and pain.
In the name of the one who taught us the ways of light and love, be in our very lives.
Amen.
Pastor: Let us now pray together the prayer that Jesus taught us:
Pastor: The Lord's Prayer
ALL: Our Father (God/Mother/Creator),
who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
ALL: Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
ALL: Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us (sins/debts)
ALL: Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
ALL: For thine is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory forever.
Amen.
(Pastor and Lay Reader move to the Communion table.)
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Song: "Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ" (NCH#347)
Let us talents
and tongues employ,
reaching out
with a shout of joy;
bread is broken,
the wine is poured,
Christ is spoken
and seen and heard.
Jesus lives again,
earth can breathe again,
pass the Word around:
loaves abound!
Jesus lives again,
earth can breathe again,
pass the Word around:
loaves abound!
Christ is able
to make us one,
at his table
he sets the tone,
teaching people
to live to bless,
love in word
and in deed express.
Jesus lives again,
earth can breathe again,
pass the Word around:
loaves abound!
Jesus lives again,
earth can breathe again,
pass the Word around:
loaves abound!
Fred Kaan; © 1975 Hope Publishing Inc. © 1995 The New Century Hymnal. Reprinted under OneLicense.net A-726183.
Pastor: Communion Invitation
Pastor: Please join me in our responsive Communion.
Pastor: Responsive Communion
One: The table is set, O God,
All: the bread freshly baked, the cup brim-full.
One: Your people are assembled, our hunger is great.
All: Look with love on us, your own, the apple of your eye.
One: Remember us, as we remember you and praise you for your love:
All: your mighty deeds, your faithfulness, your kindness without end.
One: Remember us now, as with grateful hearts we remember Jesus, the greatest of all your gifts to us.
We remember that he was laid in a grave.
All: A great stone sealed his tomb.
One: We remember that the women came
early in the morning, the third day.
All: They did not find him among the dead.
One: We remember that disciples met him,
a stranger on the road.
All: He explained the scriptures to them:
their hearts were ablaze.
One: They said to him, “Stay with us, for it is evening.”
All: He went in with them and sat at their table.
One: There he took bread and gave thanks for it.
He broke it and gave it to them.
All: They knew him when he broke the bread.
One: Now, most gracious God,
send your Spirit to bless this bread and cup,
signs of his body and poured-out life.
Make them for us, reconciling food and drink.
All: Bless us also, who share this meal so that, overjoyed by his presence, and nourished by his life,
All: we may become servants of his peace until the New Day of justice comes,
and every creature beholds it.
Lay Reader: Communion
Lay Reader: Friends, there are a lot of tables in this world, but there is none like this one.
We have a seat saved for you.
As you come forward, please use the hand sanitizer station.
We have both regular and gluten-free elements for you to use.
If you would prefer to be served in your seat, stay seated and we will come to you.
The Table is ready, Please come.
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Communion
(The elements are shared.
Lay Reader returns to seat after all are served.)
Pastor: Communion Blessing
Pastor: God of the mountain,
the valley, and every step in between,
may this meal be a fresh start.
May this moment,
where all are fed and all are welcomed,
be the start of something new.
Show us how to carry the love we experience here
from the walls of this church into the world we encounter in the days ahead.
Show us how to leave breadcrumbs of good news along our path and everywhere in between.
With deep hope we pray,
Amen.
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Song: "The Bond of Love" (CEL#423)
Song Leader: Please rise as you are able and sing our closing song.
We are one
in the bond of love,
We are one
in the bond of love;
We have joined our spirit
with the Spirit of God,
We are one
in the bond of love.
Let us sing now,
every one,
Let us feel
His love begun;
Let us join our hands
and the world will know
We are one
in the bond of love.
Let us join our hands
and the world will know
We are one
in the bond of love.
Otis Skillings; (c) 1971, Lillenas Publishing Company, Reprinted under OneLicense.net A-726183.
Pastor: Benediction
Pastor: Hear the resurrection blessing Jesus offered his disciples when they were dwelling in fear:
“I am here.
We are here together.
Peace be with you.”
In the midst of your fear,
when the way ahead seems impossible or unclear,
no matter where your journey takes you in the coming days,
even behind locked doors,
know this resurrection blessing is for you:
God is here.
We are here together.
Peace be with you.
Amen.
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Postlude
"Let it Rise"
by Holland Davis
Used under CCLI License #2541334
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Remaining slides will auto-advance to the post-service loop.
Credits (Note: Credits slide will Advance after 5 seconds)
Pastor: Rev. Shavon Walker
Lay Reader: Flo Galvez
Song Leader: Hollie Parker-Winzenread
Music Director: Ruth Huber
AV tech: Ken True
Slides production: Ken True
Copyright (Note: Copyright slide will Advance after 5 seconds)
This Video © Copyright 2025,
Campbell UCC. All rights reserved.
Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726183 and/or from CCLI with streaming license #21189255.
All rights reserved.
UNMUTE CD Player and Play CD music.
Stop Zoom meeting.
Wait for Zoom video to process on CUCC-AV2 system
Turn off Projectors/ Rear TV/ Lobby TV and put away mics in A/V closet.
Goodbye (Note: Goodbye slide will Advance after 5 seconds)
Liturgy adapted from: “Building Up a New World – Locked Doors” Service Prayers for Easter 2C was written by Dr. Sharon R. Fennema, who serves as Join the Movement toward Racial Justice Curator with UCC National Ministries.
https://www.ucc.org/worship-way/easter-2c-april-27/
Communion liturgy adapted from
https://www.ucc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Eastertide-Communion-Prayer.pdf
Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE with license #A-726183 and/or from CCLI with CCLI Streaming Plus License™ #21189255. All rights reserved.
Unless otherwise noted, the New Revised Standard Version of biblical translation is used.