Growing in faith, serving with love
Order for Worship - 5th Sunday of Easter
May 10, 2020
GATHER & PRAISE
It is a great day to worship the Lord! Take some time to leave behind all that worries you and enter into a place of worship. Lyrics for the hymn are provided in the description on the YouTube page.
CONFESS
God’s love for us is as powerful as it is unending. With confidence in the forgiveness that follows, let us confess to God where we have fallen short.
 
Pray aloud in unison with others who are gathered, both in body and spirit.
Lord, we come with humility, confessing who and what we are. We are often unresponsive because we are afraid. When your Spirit speaks, we turn deaf ears because we fear what you might call us to do. When your Spirit touches our lips, we close our mouths, embarrassed to speak your Word. Forgive us, Lord, when we do not follow you.
 
RECEIVE PEACE
Family, receive this Good News. Easter is real, and so is God’s love and grace. Be at peace what God and one another, for in Christ, we are all forgiven.
 
CHILDREN’S SERMON
PRAYER REQUESTS
If you would like to share a joy or prayer concern, please email Pastor Dan at dan@tequestapres.org and your request will be shared in next week’s worship packet. Prayer requests will remain for 3 weeks unless updated.
 
  • For all impacted by the COVID-19 virus. For our medical professionals, paramedics, firefighters, and police officers. For those suffering from illness or facing treatment.
  • Our leaders at every level, for wisdom and discernment as they make difficult decisions, for our Session and deacons.
  • For those burdened with stress and anxiety during this time, as well as those who facing financial uncertainty.
  • For all of our students, teachers, and parents who transitioned into virtual learning.
  • Tim Brown (Carol Taylor’s son-in-law), the Sparger Family, Sharon Gordon, Mia Villegas, Ginny Willoughby, Joan and Ken Stuart, Families who have lost loved ones; Adrian Salsman (cousin of Candace Morgan), Matt & Virginia Rippe and their son Amos, Brian Overfield.
 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Linda Kelly - May 11, Nancy Haldeman - May 16, Marge Sammis - May 16
 
SERMON
Old Testament Lesson: Isaiah 66:12-14
Gospel Lesson: 1 John 4:16-19
 
Sermon: God’s Motherly Love
LORD'S PRAYER

GIVE BACK
Thank you to everyone who has responded to this crisis with generosity! Together, we will endure this temporary season of physical separation. In the meantime, please know that your giving makes our ministry possible. With gratitude, let us return a portion of what God has given us. You can give by clicking the “give online” button or by mailing a check to our church office at:

FPC Tequesta
482 Tequesta Drive
Tequesta, FL 33469
OFFERTORY MUSIC
CHARGE & BENEDICTION
God loves you, and there’s nothing that will ever change that fact! Live in response to this love. May it fill us abundantly so that we can share it with the world. 
 
As we embrace the miracle of Easter every day of our lives, may the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit guide and sustain us until the day Christ comes again. Amen!
Announcements
Gather with us via ZOOM!
We have begun a Bible study on hope, and you are invited! Join us via ZOOM every Wednesday at 10am.
 
For all the links to our ZOOM gatherings, click  here.
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