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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COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS – 2

May 2, 2021

ANNOUNCEMENTS & COUNTDOWN
(PC) WELCOME & CANDLE LIGHTING
(DW) A TIME OF CENTERING “Bless”
Diane reads the words?
(DW) SPECIAL MUSIC “What A Friend We Have in Jesus” Virtual
Choir
(DW) MESSAGE FROM MARC
(PC) PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
(DW) SCRIPTURE READING John 15: 1 – 8
(PC) SERMON “Growing in Christ”
(PC) REFLECTION VIDEO “Back to Back: Brokenness”
(PC & DW) THE BLESSING OF THE OFFERING
(PC & DW) THE GREAT THANKSGIVING
Serve PC and Lay Reader, and those at home.
(PC) BENEDICTION
Send forth to receive Communion and go into the world
SHARING THE BREAD AND CUP “You Are the Vine”
Ushers dismiss slowly from the back rows forward

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COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS – 1

April 25, 2021

GATHERING OF THE PEOPLE

ANNOUNCEMENTS & COUNTDOWN

WELCOME & CANDLE LIGHTING

CENTERING PRAYER                                       “Bless”                                                            Skit Guys

OPENING MUSIC                                  “Standing on the Promises”                          Virtual Bell Choir

THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD

MESSAGE FROM MARC                                  

SCRIPTURE READING             John 1: 43 – 49

VIDEO                                       “What Do You See?”                                                  Skit Guys

SCRIPTURE READING             John 8: 3 – 11

SERMON                                                “Curiosity and Courage”

OUR RESPONSE TO THE WORD

THE BLESSING OF THE OFFERING                  

SENT FORTH TO SERVE

A TIME OF REFLECTION                     “Breathe on Me, Breath of God”                      (Acoustic video)

UNISON PRAYER                                  “For Courage to Do Justice”                            #456, UMH

BENEDICTION

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