Worship at St. Helena United Methodist Church

Sunday Worship 

May 9, 2021 

6th Sunday in Easter 

and Mother's Day at the White Barn

Recorded on YouTube and

available for viewing, later in the day, after worship

 see details below 

Wherever we are in our spiritual journey,we intend to come into closer relationship with God and with each other. God's presence awakens our hearts, and informs our lives, so that we are grounded by divine grace. Our church is a place where we practice living in faith, supporting each other so that with time we become the beloved community.  For when we awaken our soul, God is brought into the world.

 

May 9, 2021

6th Sunday in Easter

and Mother's Day at The White Barn

 

SHUMC Worship 

 

Prelude

 

Musician- Jeffrey McFarland Johnson and Joe Pesch

 

Welcome

 

Announcements

 

Passing the peace

Contemplative prayer- Love

 __George Herbert

Call to worship-

And Jesus said, "Come!"

To all mothers and all children: he said, "Come!"

to the motherless and the childless: he said, "Come!"

to all who long to be mothered: he said, "Come!,

Come unto me all ye who labour and are heavy-laden,

and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,

for I am gentle and humble of heart
and you will find rest for your souls." 

Amen

 

 Singing- Marching to Zion, #733, verses 1-3

1. Come, we that love the Lord,
and let our joys be known.
Join in a song with sweet accord,
join in a song with sweet accord,
and thus surround the throne,
and thus surround the throne.

 Refrain:

We’re marching to Zion,
beautiful, beautiful Zion.
We’re marching upward to Zion,
the beautiful city of God.

 2. The hill of Zion yields

a thousand sacred sweets,
before we reach the heav’nly fields,
before we reach the heav’nly fields,
or walk the golden streets,
or walk the golden streets.

[Refrain]

 3. Then let our songs abound,

and ev’ry tear be dry.
We’re marching thro’ Immanuel’s ground,
we’re marching thro’ Immanuel’s ground,
to fairer worlds on high,
to fairer worlds on high.

[Refrain]

Unity prayer-

God of Unconditional Love,

We give you thanks for the mothers among us, and ask that you strengthen them in their lives. Grant them patience and wisdom in their seemingly endless tasks. They lead us all in love; give them the honor and thanks they deserve but often do not receive. We give you thanks for the wide spectrum of motherhood: new mothers and young mothers, with children always needing them; mothers of grown children, transitioning from full time Mom, yet always ready and older mothers and grandmothers, living into a later season in the life of a mother. We give you thanks, O God, who is a loving Mother and Father to us all, and in whose name we pray,

Amen.

Singing- In the Garden, #314, verses 1 & 2

1. I come to the garden alone
while the dew is still on the roses,
and the voice I hear falling on my ear
the Son of God discloses.

Refrain:
And he walks with me, and he talks with me,
and he tells me I am his own;
and the joy we share as we tarry there,
none other has ever known.

2. He speaks, and the sound of his voice,
is so sweet the birds hush their singing,
and the melody that he gave to me
within my heart is ringing.

(Refrain)

 

Reading- Proverbs 31:25-31

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