Mother’s Day Celebration Sunday 05/10/2020
WELCOME & INVOCATION
AFFIRMATION CHORUS: “IN THIS PLACE”
SING AND CELEBRATE:
“FRIEND OF GOD”
“I’LL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU”
“GOD IS HERE”
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE:
HOSEA 11:1-9; ISAIAH 49:15
LIGHTING OF CANDLES FOR
OUR MOMS WHO HAVE PASSED
SPECIAL MUSIC
PRAISE AND PRAYER
SPECIAL MUSIC
TODAY’S SERMON:
“MOTHER’S DAY PONDERINGS”
CLOSING MUSIC
I AM A FRIEND OF GOD
Verse: Who am I that you are mindful of me
That you hear me when I call
Is it true that you are thinking of me
How you love me, it’s amazing
(Who am I Lord) repeat
Chorus: I am a friend of God, I am a friend of God
I am a friend of God, You call me friend (repeat chorus)
Verse: Who am I that you are mindful of me
That you hear me when I call
Is it true that you are thinking of me, How you love me
It’s amazing. It’s amazing. It’s amazing. (repeat chorus 2x)
Bridge: God Almighty, Lord of Glory, You have called me friend
(4TIMES…FIRST TWO UNISUN) (repeat chorus3x)
You call me friend. You call me friend. You call me friend
I’LL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU
La la la la (4 times)
Humbly I bow needing You now
Drawn by my desperation
Do I deserve this time You reserve
For friendship and conversation
Your voice unmistakable
I believe You when You say to me (pause)
I’ll never no never, I’ll never ever stop loving You
My precious possession, There is no end to what we can do
Unconditional forever, I’ll never stop loving You. La la la la (2x)
Boldly I stand taking Your hand, Still drawn by my desperation
Longing to hear You drawing me near,
For friendship and conversation
Your voice unmistakable, I believe You when You say to me…
I’ll never no never, I’ll never ever stop loving You
My precious possession, There is no end to what we can do
Unconditional forever, I’ll never stop loving You. La la la la (4x)
Your voice unmistakable, I believe You when You say to me…
TAMMY: You say to me… RYAN: You say to me…
I’ll never no never, I’ll never ever stop loving You
My precious possession, There is no end to what we can do
Unconditional forever, Unconditional forever,
Unconditional forever, I’ll never stop loving You. La la la la (4x)
GOD IS HERE
Verse 1 There is a sweet anointing in this sanctuary
There is a stillness in the atmosphere
Come and lay down the burdens you have carried
For in this sanctuary God is here (repeat 2x)
Chorus God is here, God is here
To break the yoke and lift the heavy burden
God is here, God is here
To heal the hopeless heart and bless the broken
Come and lay down the burdens you have carried
For in this sanctuary God is here (repeat chorus)
Acappella Come and lay down the burdens you have carried
For in this sanctuary God is here
Today’s Scripture
“When Israel was only a child, I loved him.
I called out, ‘My son!’—called him out of Egypt.
But when others called him, he ran off and left me.
He worshiped the popular sex gods, he played at religion
with toy gods. Still, I stuck with him. I led Ephraim. I rescued
him from human bondage, But he never acknowledged my
help, never admitted that I was the one pulling his wagon,
That I lifted him, like a baby, to my cheek, that I bent down
to feed him. Now he wants to go back to Egypt or go over
to Assyria— anything but return to me! That’s why his cities
are unsafe—the murder rate skyrockets and every plan to
improve things falls to pieces. My people are hell-bent on
leaving me. They pray to god Baal for help. He doesn’t lift a
finger to help them. But how can I give up on you, Ephraim?
How can I turn you loose, Israel? How can I leave you to be
ruined like Admah, devastated like luckless Zeboim? I can’t
bear to even think such thoughts. My insides churn in protest.
And so I’m not going to act on my anger. I’m not going to
destroy Ephraim. And why? Because I am God and not a
human. I’m The Holy One and I’m here—in your very midst.”
HOSEA 11:1-9
Can a mother forget the infant at her breast,
walk away from the baby she bore?
But even if mothers forget, I’d never forget you—never.
ISAIAH 49:15