Westminster Presbyterian is Located in Uptown Phoenix, Just Minutes From Downtown.
4735 N. 19th Ave. Phoenix, AZ, 602-274-2122
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Order of Service for Sunday, April 27, 2025, 10:30 AM
Prelude (Kathleen Jones)
Welcome and Call to Worship
Hymn: “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today” (Presbyterian Hymnal #113)
Prayer of Adoration and Confession
Christ the Lord is risen today! Alleluia!
Merciful and mighty God, we rejoice that we serve a risen Savior today.
Christ the Lord has died for us, and has won the victory over the grave.
We thank you for the living hope that is ours in Christ.
Merciful God, we confess today that we are prone to lose hope.
We fail to recognize the risen Lord even when he is near.
The pieces of our lives don’t fit together, and we are tempted to despair.
We ask today that your Holy Spirit would come alongside us, as you promised,
that you would once more restore hope to the hopeless,
and confidence that the risen Lord is near to us every step of our journey.
We pray in his name. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
Song of Praise: “He Is Lord” (Lift Up Your Hearts #150)
We Greet One Another
Choir Anthem: “Hope of the World” arranged by Lloyd Larson (directed by Carol Fassbender)
Scripture Reading
John 20:19-31 (NRSV)
19When 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.” 20After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 22When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
24But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25So 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.”
26A 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.” 27Then 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.” 28Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” 29Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.”
30Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. 31But 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.
Sermon (Gale Watkins, Pastor)
Affirmation of Faith (from the Heidelberg Catechism)
How does Christ’s resurrection benefit us?
First, by his resurrection he has overcome death,
so that he might make us share in the righteousness he obtained for us by his death.
Second, by his power we too are already raised to a new life.
Third, Christ’s resurrection is a sure pledge to us of our blessed resurrection.
Hymn: “Christ Is Alive!” (Presbyterian Hymnal #108)
A Time of Prayer
Answers to Prayer and Prayer Requests
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession
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 debts, as we forgive our debtors;
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Offertory
Doxology
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Hymn: “Thine Is the Glory” (Presbyterian Hymnal #122)
Benediction
Postlude (Kathleen Jones)
Church leaders are available to join you for personal prayer in the front of the sanctuary immediately after the postlude.
Today: Coffee hour in Fellowship Hall after worship
Game Day in the Lounge at 1:00 PM
This week:
Monday, April 28 Prayer in the Lounge at 2:45 PM
Wednesday, April 30 Session meeting in the Lounge at 3:15 PM
Thursday, May 1 Choir practice in the Choir Room at 7:00 PM
Sunday, May 4 Class in the Lounge at 9:15 AM
Worship (including the Lord’s Supper) in the Sanctuary at 10:30 AM, followed by coffee hour in Fellowship Hall Game Day in the Lounge at 1:00 PM
Prayer Requests
Do you have a prayer request?
If you have a prayer request, please fill out the prayer request form below or halfway down the Contact page.
We will forward prayer requests to our prayer chain when we receive them from the church answering machine, from one of our deacons, from email, or from the Contact page form.