Connexion Easter Service

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