A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN
May 9, 2021
ANNOUNCEMENTS & COUNTDOWN
(CH) WELCOME & CANDLE LIGHTING
(CH) I. MOTHERS OF MUSIC — Fannie Crosby video: Nonie Lemmon & Karen
Nichols
(VH) OPENING HYMN “Blessed Assurance”
Please use your bells to ring instead of sing! Just shake your bell when its color is on the screen.
Make a joyful noise!
(VH) II. MOTHERS OF THE BIBLE — Video
Let this video be a celebration of the many different kinds of mothers we find in the Bible.
(VH) A MESSAGE FROM MARC
(CH) PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
(CH&VH) Prayer for Mother’s Day
(VH) SCRIPTURE READING Exodus 1: 6 – 9, 11 – 13, 15 – 17; and 2: 1 – 10
(CH) SERMON “Uppity Women”
Focus: Moses’ mother / sister / foster mother / midwives
Honorable Mention: Deborah, Mary, Ruth & Naomi; Bishop Marjorie Matthews,
(VH) SPECIAL MUSIC “M.O.T.H.E.R.” (chorus only) Rachel DeShone & Mavis Miller
(CH) III. MOTHERS OF BETHANY —
Focus: Edna Farnum, Alice Boyse, Sandy Anderson, etc
(VH & CH) BLESSING OF THE OFFERING
(CH) IV. MOTHERING THE FUTURE
Focus: Amanda Gorman, Greta Thunberg, Vice-President Kamala Harris
Honorable Mention: Erin, Alicia, Samantha, Rachel, Laurie, Geneva, Claire, Hope, Victoria,
Izzy, Courtney, Ariel, Eliana
(CH) CLOSING HYMN “Blessed Assurance”
Please use your bells to ring instead of sing! Just shake your bell when its color is on the screen.
Make a joyful noise!
(CH) BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE “M.O.T.H.E.R.” (instrumental only — full song) Mavis
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