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April 26, 2026 · 10:45 am · Fourth Sunday of Easter

On this Fourth Sunday of the season of Easter, our Scripture text will be Acts 16:16-34. In this text, we encounter…

📢an enslaved girl proclaiming truth
💲her enslavers using her for monetary gain
😠Paul’s annoyance
🔒the arrest of Paul and Silas
🎶Paul and Silas singing in prison
🔓a miraculous potential escape
✝️the salvation of the jailer

These events offer multiple opportunities to explore motivation. WHY does each person do what they do? What about us? What motivates us? Why do we do what we do? What’s your Why?

Rev. Jennifer McClung Rygg will give the Welcome and Invocation. The Call to Worship will be “God’s Time Is Best.” Rev. Chris Cottingham will lead the Passing of the Peace based on Philippians 1:2. The Hymn of Praise will be “God of Grace and God of Glory.” Warren Willoughby will read Acts 16:16-34. The Offertory Hymn will be “Here I Am, Lord.” Pam Willoughby will give the Offertory Prayer. Rev. Chris Cottingham and Richard Reynolds Huss will perform a piano and organ duet of “God Is Our Refuge and Strength” for the Offertory. The Sanctuary Choir will sing “Give Us a Vision.” Rev. Jennifer McClung Rygg will preach the sermon “What is your Why?” The Hymn of Response will be “Will You Come and Follow Me.”

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Acts 16:16-34