Call To Worship
Leader: It’s Ascension Day, the day we celebrate Jesus’ return to God, forty days after Easter. The scriptures say that the disciples were filled with joy when Jesus was taken up into heaven. After that, they spent all their time in the temple giving thanks to God.
People: They must not have had to work for a corporation! Or punch a time clock!
Leader: In fact, times are very different but the image of Jesus returning to God is essential for our faith.
People: He didn’t stay dead and buried! He returned to life and to God!
Leader: In all of our texts for today, there is reference to Jesus’ return to the divine home.
People: With Jesus absent, people looked forward to the coming of the Holy Spirit. We are thankful for the stories of Jesus’ ascension to heaven, and we anticip…
Ascension
Psalm 47:1-9, Luke 24:44-53, Acts 1:1-11, Ephesians 1:15-23
Psalm 47:1-9, Luke 24:44-53, Acts 1:1-11, Ephesians 1:15-23
Bulletin Aid
by Julia Ross Strope
by Julia Ross Strope
CSS Publishing Company, Inc., Lectionary Worship Workbook: Soul Motion, by Julia Ross Strope