Acts 1:1-11 | “Why do you stand looking to the sky?” an angel asked Jesus’ disciples following his ascension. Bewildered and horrified, the disciples’ gaze looked longingly in the direction where Jesus had just been taken into heaven by a cloud. But what the disciples did not yet understand was that in Jesus’ ascension, no longer would there be any place, or any time, that they would be separated from their Lord. Instead, God’s power would be right there with them as heaven and earth were gathered together. As we continue our walk as disciples of Jesus, join us for worship as we hear this promise, and consider what it means for us to seek out God’s power at work among us and in us, in every moment of our lives and our world.
Ascension Sunday Worship Bulletin
Acknowledgments: Music covered under CCLI License #1141706, One License #738138-A. Scripture from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. Prelude: The Gift of Love. Hal Hopson, Arr. John Carter. Music: ©1972, 1995 Hope Publishing Company. Covered under One License subscription. Gathering Song: Crown Him with Many Crowns Text: Matthew Bridges, 1800-1894, sts. 1-3,5: Godfrey Thring, 1823-1903, st. 4. Music: DIADEMATA, George J. Elvey, 1816-1893. Covered under One License subscription. Hymn of the Day: A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing, Text: Bede, 673-735; tr. Lutheran Book of Worship. Music: Geistliche Kirchengesänge, Köln, 1623; arr. hymnal version. Text © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship, admin. Augsburg Fortress. Arr. © 2006 Augsburg Fortress. Covered under One License subscription. Sending Song: This Little Light of Mine. Text: African American spiritual; arr. Horace Clarence Boyer, b. 1935. Arr. © Horace Clarence Boyer, admin. Augsburg Fortress. Covered under One License subscription.