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WELCOME TO WORSHIP | sunday | april 19, 2026

a diverse, inclusive church experiencing and reflecting the love, hope and joy of Jesus Christ

to each other and our community.

WELCOME | Pastor Cathy Johns

WELCOME ONE ANOTHER

WAYS TO CONNECT | christchurchfl.org/ways2connect
Please see below.

PRELUDE
I Love to Tell the Story | arr. Albin Whitworth
Chuck Stanley, organ; Doug Friend, percussion
James Ellor, James Pethel, Stan Pethel | © 1979 Broadman Press in Majestic Sounds of Worship (Lifeway) | all rights reserved | used with permission under One License #A-726973

* CALL TO WORSHIP | Connie Booth, Liturgist
Come, people of God, and consider the lives we are called to live.
We come to follow Christ with open hearts and open hands.
When we pass by suffering without noticing—
Christ invites us to respond with compassion and care.
We are given opportunities each day to love, to serve, and to act.
We choose to live as faithful followers, shaped by mercy and justice.
Come, let us worship the one who teaches us how to live.
We come to be transformed in heart and in action.

* GATHERING HYMN
Easter People, Raise Your Voices | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 304 (verses 1,2,3)
Easter people, raise your voices, sounds of heaven in earth should ring.
Christ has brought us heaven’s choices; heavenly music, let it ring.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Easter people, let us sing.

Fear of death can no more stop us from our pressing here below.
For our Lord empowered us to triumph over every foe.
Alleluia! Alleluia! On to victory now we go.

Every day to us is Easter, with its resurrection song.
When in trouble move the faster to our God who rights the wrong.
Alleluia! Alleluia! See the power of heavenly throngs.

Henry Thomas Smart & William M. James | © words: 1979 The United Methodist Publishing House | music: public domain | CCLI License # 487103

* OPENING PRAYER
Gracious God, you open our eyes to a world filled with both abundance and need. You call us not to ignore the suffering around us, but to respond with compassion, generosity, and humility. Shape us into people who truly see—who notice those who are overlooked and respond with grace. Stir our hearts so that we do not turn away, but instead draw near with kindness and care. Remind us that our faith is not only what we believe, but how we live each day. Form within us a deeper commitment to love our neighbors, to act justly, and to reflect your mercy in all we do. Amen.

* AN EASTER AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
We believe in a God who astounds us! God created towering mountains, sparkling sandy beaches, lush green meadows, and dazzling wonders in the night sky. From the hummingbird to the whale, all creation sings your praise. God surprises and astounds us in places where we expected God was absent.

We believe in Jesus, the Son of God, whose life, death, and resurrection transforms the world with the power of God’s love. His body, crucified and buried, was placed in a tomb. Three days later, he rose from the dead. Jesus, our Risen Savior, embraces us with new life saying, “Because I live, you also will live.”

We believe in the Holy Spirit who empowers us to be an Easter people, calling us to be witnesses to the resurrection. The Spirit fills us with strength and sends us out to into the world to proclaim the good news: Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed! Alleluia! Alleluia! Amen!

* GLORIA PATRI
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.

Henry W. Greatorex | public domain | CCLI License # 487103

MUSIC MINISTRY
You are Mine | arr. Mark Hayes
Deborah Osborne, soprano
Mark Hayes, David Haas | tune: © 1991 this arr. 2012 GIA Publications, Inc. | all rights reserved | used with permission under One License #A-726973

SCRIPTURE
Luke 16:19-31 | New Revised Standard Version, updated edition
¹⁹“There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. ²⁰And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, ²¹who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores. ²²The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. ²³In Hades, where he was being tormented, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side. ²⁴He called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in these flames.’ ²⁵But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus in like manner evil things, but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony. ²⁶Besides all this, between you and us a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who might want to pass from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’ ²⁷He said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house— ²⁸for I have five brothers—that he may warn them, so that they will not also come into this place of torment.’ ²⁹Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.’ ³⁰He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ ³¹He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”

These are the words of God for us, the people of God. Thanks be to God.

MESSAGE
Signs of the Kingdom | The Rich Man and Lazarus | Pastor Cathy Johns

OFFERING
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Connect cards may also be placed with your offering. Christ Church is a congregationally supported ministry. We thank you for your faithfulness as we reflect the love, hope and joy of Jesus to our community.

MUSIC MINISTRY

Poor Man Lazrus | Jester Hairston
Chancel Choir
Poor man Lazrus sick and disabled, dip your finger in the water, come and cool my tongue, ‘cause I’m tormented in the flame. He had to eat crumbs from the rich man’s table. Rich man Divies he lived so well, and when he died, he went straight to hell. I love to shout; I love to sing. I love to praise my heavenly King.

* DOXOLOGY
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Bourgeois & Ken | public domain | CCLI License # 487103

MORNING PRAYER

THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

* HYMN OF COMMITMENT
The Voice of God is Calling | AURIELA
The voice of God is calling its summons in our day;
Isaiah heard in Zion, and we now hear God say:
“Whom shall I send to succor my people in their need?
Whom shall I send to loosen the bonds of shame and greed?

“I hear my people crying in slum and mine and mill;
no field or mart is silent, no city street is still.
I see my people falling in darkness and despair.
Whom shall I send to shatter the fetters which they bear?”

We heed, O Lord, your summons, and answer: Here are we!
Send us upon your errand, let us your servants be.
Our strength is dust and ashes, our years a passing hour;
but you can use our weakness to magnify your power.

From ease and plenty save us; from pride of place absolve;
purge us of low desire; lift us to high resolve;
take us, and make us holy; teach us your will and way.
Speak, and behold! we answer; command, and we obey!

* SENDING FORTH

* RESPONSE
He Lives | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 310 (refrain)
He lives, he lives, Christ Jesus lives today!
He walks with me and talks with me along life’s narrow way.
He lives, he lives, salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know he lives. He lives within my heart.

MUSIC FOR CLOSING
Trumpet Tune III in D | Paul Fey
Chuck Stanley, organ

* please stand in body or spirit.

Join us next Sunday as we continue the series, Signs of the Kingdom, with the message, The Laborers in the Vineyard, based on Matthew 20:1-16.

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