First Lesson: Acts 1:1-11

Theme: The ascension of Jesus

Call to Worship
Pastor: Jesus, whom God raised from the dead, was taken into heaven as his disciples watched.
People: The ascension of Jesus was the crowning event in his ministry.
Pastor: It was also the beginning of a new ministry for the church. The whole world became a mission field in which the church is sent to be witnesses of the risen Lord.
People: God help us accept our mission, that we may prepare our world for our Lord's final triumph when he returns.

Collect
Father in heaven, who glorified your Son through his ascension, and who continues to glorify him through the witnessing faith of his church: Make us sensitive to our mission, that we may convince others to accept him as Lord and Savior. In his name we pray. Amen.

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