Fourth Sunday of Easter
Video:
Scripture: Acts 2:42-47; 1 Peter 2:19-25
Gospel: John 10:1-10
Reverend Dr. Desi Larson
- Prelude: “Have You any Room for Jesus?” music by C C Williams, arr. by Roger C Wilson; Pauline Olsen, organ
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ONE LICENSE A-741127 - Hymn 336: “Of All the Spirit’s Gifts to Me,”, music by J. Meyer, words by Fred Pratt Green; Trinity Singers
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ONE LICENSE A-741127 - Hymn 71: “Glory Be to the Father (Gloria Patri),” by Henry W. Greatorex
- Hymn 140: “Great Is Thy Faithfulness,” words by Thomas O Chisholm, music by William Runyan, 1923
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ONE LICENSE A-741127 - Hymn 474: “Precious Lord, Take My Hand”, by Thomas A. Dorsey
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ONE LICENSE A-741127 - Offertory: “Offertorium,” music by Gordon Young
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ONE LICENSE A-741127 - Hymn 95: “Praise God from Whom all Blessings Flow,” words by Thomas Ken, music attr. to Louis Bourgeois
- Special Music: “The King of Love My Shepherd Is,” traditional Irish tune, words by Henry Baker; Greg Scherer, vocal
- Reading from Scripture: Scripture: Acts 2:42-47; 1 Peter 2:19-25; Lynette Baughman
- Gospel Reading: John 10:1-10
- Sermon: “His Wounds Heal Us,” Pastor Desi Larson
- Hymn 127: “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah,“ music by John Hughes, text by William Williams, trans. by Peter Williams
- Benediction Response Hymn 336: “Of All the Spirit’s Gifts to Me”, music by J. Meyer, words by Fred Pratt Green
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ONE LICENSE A-741127 - Postlude: “Recessional”, music by Robert J. Hughes; Pauline Olsen, organ
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By His Wounds You Have Been Healed
Sermon Outline, April 30, 2023
Key Scriptures
The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not want. Psalm 23:1
He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. For you were going astray like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls. 1 Peter 2:24-25
“I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” John 10:9-10
I. Sheep and shepherds
a. The Good Shepherd
b. Sheep
II. The Way – Who is your shepherd?
a. The Voice
b. False Voices
c. Wounded healer
III. The Flock – Christian Community
a. Sheep Nature
b. Christian Community/Counter Culture
c. Abundant Life
I do not at all understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.
– Anne Lamott, American Novelist