The Methodist Connexion have produced An Easter Celebration service. This is available in audio only. The preacher is Rev. Sonja Hicks, President of the Methodist Conference.
Resurrection Faith: A Place to Belong – Order of Service
Call to Worship: Alleluia
Daud Irfan, Youth President
Hymn: Christ the Lord is Risen Today (StF 298)
Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Performed by Gareth Moore
Opening Prayers
Barbara Easton, Vice President of the Methodist Conference
Hymn: Christ is alive! Let Christians sing (StF 297)
Words: Brian Wren (1936-), 1969, 1995, Stainer & Bell Ltd
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Performed by Joy Everingham.
Reading: Luke 24:13-35
Lorraine Darlow, Learning Network: Scotland and Shetland Coordinator
Meditation
Gary Hopkins
Song: Be Water
Eeek
Feature: Memory Worship
Julie Peek, Southend and Leigh Circuit
Hymn: The head that once was crowned with thorns (StF 312)
Words: Thomas Kelly (1769-1855)
Music: Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707)
Performed by Choir of Wesley Methodist Church, Reading
Feature: Inclusive Gathering Birmingham
Reading: Ephesians 1:20-21, 2:11-22
Read by John Browby
Reflection
Sonia Hicks, President of the Methodist Conference
Hymn: Low in the grave he lay
Words and music: Robert Lowry (1826-1899)
Performed by Matt Beckingham
Feature: Church at the Margins
Sunday Supper Club: Nottingham
Prayers for the world
Led by Methodist Women in Britain
Hymn: Thine be the Glory (StF 313)
Words: Edmund Budrey (1854-1932) translated by Richard Birch Hoyle (1875-1939)
Music: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Blessing: Hebrews 13:20-21
Jackie Bellfield
The Grace
Performed by Gareth Moore, music written by Gary Hopkins