Call to Worship for Easter Season

Call to Worship for Easter Season (May be spoken by one leader of read responsively.)

Jesus is risen! We shall rise up! 

Jesus is lifted up! We shall lift up those around us! 

Jesus is risen! We shall raise our voices for a world at peace! 

Jesus is lifted up! We shall rise to a vision of justice and life! 

It is Easter, not a day but a season of 7 weeks, during which we celebrate the non-ending of the story of Jesus. 

When he rose up against the powers that oppressed and harmed, they tried to put him down. In an ugly scene, they killed him and likely left his body for the dogs. 

The movement that followed him changed the story, 

changed the outcome, 

and generations later we are part of that story. 

It is a story of life, of transformation, of hope, of resilience, of refusing to concede to the powers of death. 

Jesus is risen! We too shall rise. 

Let’s pray. 

God of life and light, you call us from lives of woundedness and graves of despair to a new life lived in your imagination. Show us again what you desire, and teach us to live. As we walk with our living Jesus, receive our worship and claim our spirits for your own. Let us live only in you. Amen.