Call to Worship
Pastor: The hope of the Christian faith is the assurance of life after death.
People: We believe in God's power over death and look forward to living with him.
Pastor: There are many things we do not know about eternity; but we do know God is a God of the living, and we shall live with him.
People: Praise God for his Son, Jesus, who has shown us the way through death into life eternal!

Collect
Father in heaven, author of everla…