Hymn: VU 345

Come, Children, Join to Sing

Come, Children, Join to Sing

Come, children, join to sing: Hallelujah!

Praise to our Servant King: Hallelujah!

Let all with heart and voice,

Now in this place rejoice: Hallelujah!

Come, lift your hearts on high: Hallelujah!

Let praises fill the sky: Hallelujah!

Christ calls his people friends,

The helpless he defends,

A love that never ends: Hallelujah!

Praise yet our Christ again: Hallelujah!

Raise high the joyous strain: Hallelujah!

Singing for evermore: Hallelujah!

Leader: Risen in joy,

People: We come before You, God,

and rejoice.

Leader: Risen in hope,

People: We come before You, God,

in anticipation.

Leader: Risen in love,

People: We come before You, God,

with thankful hearts.

Leader: Risen for the world,

People: We come before You, God,

in solidarity with all Your

suffering people.

Come Holy Spirit

Come Holy Spirit.

Sanctify this place.

Shine your light upon us.

Fill us with your grace.

Make us disciples of your living word.

Come Holy Spirit. Come. (Repeat)

All : God of power and might, we thank You

for the love that You have poured out upon

us. We come before You as a resurrection

community, as an Easter people, and we

ask for Your holy and transforming

presence to be among us.

Take the blindness from our eyes and our

hearts . Give us the joy of knowing and

serving You in all that we say, think and

do . In name we pray . Amen .

Come Holy Spirit

Come Holy Spirit.

Sanctify this place.

Shine your light upon us.

Fill us with your grace.

Make us disciples of your living word.

Come Holy Spirit. Come. (Repeat)

Hymn: VU 166

Joy Comes with the Dawn

Joy Comes with the Dawn

Joy comes with the dawn;

Joy comes with the morning sun;

Joy springs from the tomb

And scatters the night with her song,

Joy comes with the dawn.

Weeping may come,

Weeping may come in the night,

When dark shadows cloud our sight.