Sunday, May 31, 2026

 Blessings

 

 

 Sunday, May 31st, 2026

 

Prelude:  "There is Sunshine in my Soul Today" 

Call to Worship and Prayer
              John 15

Hymn, “Open My Eyes, That I May See”

Offering and Doxology

Hymn, “O To Be Like Thee”

Praise and Prayers

Responsive Scripture
      John 15:1-17 

The Vine and the Branches

 

1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.

2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prune so that it will be even more
fruitful.

3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown
away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.

7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing
yourselves to be my disciples.

9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.

10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I
have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.

11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy
may be complete.

12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s
friends.

14 You are my friends if you do what I command.

15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his
master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything
that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that
you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.

17 This is my command: Love each other.

 

 

Hymn, “Fill My Cup, Lord” 

                    Special Music
“All Because Of Mercy” by Casting Crowns

Sermon: “More Red Letters”

Hymn, “The Love Of God"

 

 

 Prayers
Mary Sherwood, sign book and sing
Lynn and Barb Handy
Beth’s nephew, Steven, liver transplant
Jan’s sister, Monica Kelso - serious fall
Mike Shipley of Rockport, Don Shipley
Lucy Roth, Beth’s young friend
Talia Hirsch, 12 yr. old with leg brace for 6 months
Davie Warren, Ellie Warren
Lorinda’s husband David - serious accident
Rosie’s husband Gregg, Lyme disease
The family of Mollie Sanders (Moyer’s niece Whitney’s mother)
The family of Kaden Frye
Unspoken prayers

 

 

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 Last Sunday we remembered our dear friends Wava and Phyllis, whose lives blessed our church family.  Forever remembered, forever missed.

 

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Old churches must not simply stand as monuments to the past but as spiritual grandparents that have invested in the future by passing on their life to others and releasing their offspring to form new congregations. ~ unknown  

 

 

 

 

 Today's Sunday Church Share...

 

 

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 Percy's Tidbit

 

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  Have a great week!