Liturgical Color: White

Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20; Luke 24:44-53

Theme: The Great Commission.

Pastoral Invitation
Try this: Invite the choir and congregation to respond with the following litany (Perhaps the choir could develop a tune to go with the words, and maybe a soloist could sing the congregation's line, and the congregation then repeat it.):
Choir: Come, come with open hearts and lives.
People: O Lord, we come.
Choir: Come into community, communion with one another, and with God.
People: O Lord, we come.
Choir: Come then, awake, aware hearts and hopes awaiting.
People: O Lord, we come.
Choir: Come to meet the reality of today and the vision of tomorrow.
People: O Lord, we come.

Act of Recognizing our Humanness and Receiving New Life
Consider this: The essence of confession is 1.…