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WELCOME TO WORSHIP | sunday | april 12, 2026

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

to each other and our community.

WELCOME | Connie Bookholt, liturgist

WELCOME ONE ANOTHER

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PRELUDE
Were You There with Crown Him with Many Crowns | arr. Marilynn Ham
Wes Kassulke, piano; Doug Friend, percussion
1987 by Lillenas Publishing Co. | all rights reserved | used with permission under One License #A-726973

* CALL TO WORSHIP
Come, people of God, even with your questions and uncertainties.
We come seeking the presence of the risen Christ.

When fear closes doors and doubt fills our hearts—
Christ comes among us with peace.

When we struggle to believe what we cannot see—
We are invited to trust beyond our understanding.

Come, let us worship the risen one who brings peace and calls us to believe.
With hope and trust, we gather in Christ’s name.

* GATHERING HYMN
Crown Him with Many Crowns | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 327 (verses 1,2,3,4)
Crown him with many crowns, the lamb upon his throne.
Hark! How the heavenly anthem drowns all music but its own.
Awake my soul, and sing of him who died for thee,
and hail him as thy matchless king through all eternity.

Crown him the Lord of life, who triumphed o’er the grave,
and rose victorious in the strife for those he came to save.
His glories now we sing, who died, and rose on high,
who died, eternal life to bring, and lives that death may die.

Crown him the Lord of peace, whose power a scepter sways
from pole to pole, that wars may cease, and all be prayer and praise.
His reign shall know no end, and round his pierced feet
fair flowers of paradise extend their fragrance ever sweet.

Crown him the Lord of love, behold his hands and side,
those wounds, yet visible above, in beauty glorified.
All hail, redeemer, hail! For thou hast died for me;
thy praise and glory shall not fail throughout eternity.

George Job Elvey, Godfrey Thring & Matthew Bridges | words & music: public domain | CCLI License # 487103

* OPENING PRAYER
Gracious God, you know the places where we struggle to trust, the moments when doubt rises, and the questions we carry quietly within. You do not turn us away when we struggle to understand, but instead draw near with patience, peace, and grace. As we gather in your presence, open our hearts to recognize the ways you are already among us. Strengthen our faith to believe, even when we cannot see the whole path ahead. Give us courage to lean into your promises and the confidence to follow your call. Meet us here just as you met those first disciples—calm our fears, deepen our trust, and send us out with renewed faith to live as your people in the world. 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
Christ is Risen, Alleluia | Jay Althouse
Leigh Neely, soprano; Carrie Brooke, alto
Sally K Albrecht, Jay Althouse | © 2002 Jubilate Music Group, LLC | all rights reserved | used with permission under One License #A-726973

SCRIPTURE
John 20:19-31 | Common English Bible
¹⁹It was still the first day of the week. That evening, while the disciples were behind closed doors because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities, Jesus came and stood among them. He said, “Peace be with you.” ²⁰After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. When the disciples saw the Lord, they were filled with joy. ²¹Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father sent me, so I am sending you.” ²²Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. ²³If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven; if you don’t forgive them, they aren’t forgiven.”

²⁴Thomas, the one called Didymus, one of the Twelve, wasn’t with the disciples when Jesus came. ²⁵The other disciples told him, “We’ve seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands, put my finger in the wounds left by the nails, and put my hand into his side, I won’t believe.”

²⁶After eight days his disciples were again in a house and Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were locked, Jesus entered and stood among them. He said, “Peace be with you.” ²⁷Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here. Look at my hands. Put your hand into my side. No more disbelief. Believe!”

²⁸Thomas responded to Jesus, “My Lord and my God!”

²⁹Jesus replied, “Do you believe because you see me? Happy are those who don’t see and yet believe.”

³⁰Then Jesus did many other miraculous signs in his disciples’ presence, signs that aren’t recorded in this scroll. ³¹But these things are written so that you will believe that Jesus is the Christ, God’s Son, and that believing, you will have life in his name.

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

SKIT | Thomas the Skeptic
Brian McComb and Leigh Neely
Jane and Mark Lewis | copyright © 1995, 2003 Jane and Mark Lewis | http://www.pottedjam.org | email: sketches@pottedjam.org

MESSAGE
A Bad Rap | Brian McComb

OFFERING
worshiping through the offering of our lives and gifts

· Place offerings in the plates or wooden boxes

· Give online at christchurchfl.org/give

· Text GIVE to 954.880.3885

· Mail a check to Christ Church, 4845 NE 25^th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

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.

Today we are taking a special, extra-mile offering for Jamaica Hurricane Relief through United Methodist Committee on Relief. If you would like to make a gift, please place it in an offering envelope and write Jamaica on the envelope, or christchurchfl.org/give and scroll down to the designated gifts section, or bring a gift for Jamaica Hurricane Relief to the church office later in the week.

MUSIC MINISTRY

Awake, Awake! | Craig Courtney
Chancel Choir
Awake, awake! Let every heart in loudest praise adore the great eternal Lord of all, who reigns forevermore. He paints the orient sky of morn, he gives the flower its hue, and gently over its fragrant leaves, he drops the pearly dew. Sons and daughters of the king, let your endless praises ring: Christ the Lord is risen on high; he lives, no more to die. Awake, exalt his glorious name; and on this holy day, rejoicing in the house of prayer, your grateful homage pay. As over the earth the genial sun a radiant luster throws, so in the bosom where he dwells the light of mercy glows. How sweet when human voices join to sing his pardoning love, while angels waft the joyful strain, to purer worlds above. O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home.

* 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
When Thomas Heard from Jesus | LANCASHIRE
When Thomas heard from Jesus, “now come and follow me,”
he surely went with gladness, for there was much to see.
He witnessed Jesus’ teaching and saw his healing touch;
he found a faith to guide him, a friend he loved so much.

When crowds began to murmur and leaders raised their cry,
Brave Thomas spoke out firmly, “Let’s go with him and die.”
He ate at Jesus’s table, partaking wine and bread;
Yet later with the others, he saw the cross and fled.

What joy on Easter evening when many say the Lord!
Yet Thomas was not with them and would not trust their word.
When Christ appeared before him, his doubts were quickly gone;
He gladly knew that evening the joy of Easter dawn.

That man of fait saw Jesus at breakfast by the sea;
At Pentecost he witnessed so others would believe.
O Lord, may we, like Thomas, keep growing day by day;
Increase our faith and guide us, for Lord, you are the way.

* 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.

* please stand in body or spirit.

Join us next Sunday as we begin the new series, Signs of the Kingdom, with the message, The Rich Man and Lazarus, based on Luke 16:19-31.

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