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First Presbyterian Church

7 TO SERVE YOU: Pastor Rev. Peter Rupprecht First Presbyterian Church Sullivan, Missouri Telephone: cell: 573 205 7856 Liturgist Sally Jo Blevins Pianist Suzanne Scott Greeters Al & Jane Watz Coffee/Cookie Servers Jim & Ruth Scatz Deacons Valeta Betz & Michele Busse Elder on Call Terri Sappington Next Sunday Cookie Server ~ Al & Jane Watz Monday, May 10th Faithfully Active Walking Group 9 Mariner's Meeting 6 Faithfully Active Walking Group 7:30 Tuesday, May 11 th Knitting Class 10 Wednesday, May 12 th Faithfully Active Walking Group 9 Active Congregations Meeting 7 Faithfully Active Walking Group 7:30 Thursday, May 13 th Sixth Sunday of Easter FAST Bible Study 9:30 Friday, May 14 th Mother's Day Faithfully Active Walking Group 9 Faithfully Active Walking Group 7:30 Sunday, May 9 th , 2010 Next Sunday, May 16 th Adult Sunday School 9:30 11:00 Worship 11 285 E.

3 _____ GOD'S WORD TO US _____ Prayer of Illumination L: O Lord our God, your Word is a lamp to our feet and a light unto our path.

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1 7 TO SERVE YOU: Pastor Rev. Peter Rupprecht First Presbyterian Church Sullivan, Missouri Telephone: cell: 573 205 7856 Liturgist Sally Jo Blevins Pianist Suzanne Scott Greeters Al & Jane Watz Coffee/Cookie Servers Jim & Ruth Scatz Deacons Valeta Betz & Michele Busse Elder on Call Terri Sappington Next Sunday Cookie Server ~ Al & Jane Watz Monday, May 10th Faithfully Active Walking Group 9 Mariner's Meeting 6 Faithfully Active Walking Group 7:30 Tuesday, May 11 th Knitting Class 10 Wednesday, May 12 th Faithfully Active Walking Group 9 Active Congregations Meeting 7 Faithfully Active Walking Group 7:30 Thursday, May 13 th Sixth Sunday of Easter FAST Bible Study 9:30 Friday, May 14 th Mother's Day Faithfully Active Walking Group 9 Faithfully Active Walking Group 7:30 Sunday, May 9 th , 2010 Next Sunday, May 16 th Adult Sunday School 9:30 11:00 Worship 11 285 E.

2 Springfield Rd., Sullivan, Missouri 63080 Church office: 573 468 6364 Email: Pastor: Peter Rupprecht (cell: 573 205 7856). 6 Our Mission: Reaching Out with God's Light and Love Sixth Sunday of Easter Mother's Day: Visions abound in our readings today as John shares his vision of what will come, and the risen Jesus provides a vision of peace that passes all understanding. Today we also honor mothers and consider the motherly side of God. On Mother's Day We Consider This: GOD IS JUST LIKE A MOM! We welcome you to worship today! [ * Congregation invited to stand, as able ] God and mothers have much in common! Thank you for turning off or silencing your cell phone! The Bible presents both masculine and feminine aspects of God's nature.

3 LARGE PRINT HYMNALS are available at the worship entrance Hymn: Mothering God You Gave Me Birth PH = Presbyterian Hymnal (large blue) / SF = Sing the Faith (small blue) Genesis 1:27 In the image of God, God created human ___ PREPARATION FOR WORSHIP / GATHERING IN GOD'S PRESENCE ___ beings as male and female Prelude Beneath the Cross of Jesus Genesis 3:21 Like a caring mom, God dresses Adam and Eve [The light of Christ enters our worship with the lighting of our candles] Psalm 71:5 6 God is like a midwife Welcome and Announcements Isa. 42:13 14 God is like a warrior and also a woman in labor! Introit Jacob's Ladder Handbell Choir Isa. 49:14 15 God is like a mother who cannot forget her child Call To Worship: L: Let us go to the house of our God.

4 Isa. 66:13 God is like a mother who comforts her child C: With joy we enter the gates of God. L: For generations our ancestors have gathered to worship. Luke 15:8 God is like a woman who keeps searching C: It is good for us to enter the presence of our God. L: God delights to gather us under his wing. Matt. 23:47 God is like a mother hen protecting her chicks C: We rejoice to be under the shadow of God's wing. 3 4 25 _____ GOD'S WORD TO US _____ I have said these things to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Prayer of Illumination Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach L: O Lord our God, your Word is a lamp to our feet and a light unto our path. you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you.

5 27 Peace I Give us open and welcoming hearts to receive your truth in faith and love. leave with you my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world Amen. gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. 28 You heard me say to you, 'I am going away, and I am coming to you.' First Scripture Reading [Revelation 21:10, 22 27a, 22:1 2] If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because (John offers his vision of the new Jerusalem coming out of heaven at the the Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you this before it occurs, end of time, and God's presence replacing the temple.) 10 And in the spirit so that when it does occur, you may believe. The Gospel of the Lord, he carried me away to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city C: Praise to You, O Christ.

6 Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. 22 I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty Sermon: Jesus Is Lord, and God is Like a Mother Pastor Peter Rupprecht and the Lamb. 23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24 The nations will walk _____OUR RESPONSE TO GOD'S WORD AND GRACE _____ by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. 25 Its gates * Affirmation of Faith Apostles Creed [Ecumenical version PH, ] will never be shut by day and there will be no night there. 26 People will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. 27 But nothing unclean I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

7 Will enter it. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by 22 1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle was crucified, died, and was buried he descended to the dead. On the of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with its third day he rose again he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month and the leaves of the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the tree are for the healing of the nations.

8 Holy wisdom, Holy word. dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church , the C: Thanks be to God. communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. Loving Spirit (PH hymnal) No. 323 Prayers of the People / Sharing of Joys and Concerns * Second Scripture Reading [John 14:23 29] [After each petition:] P: Lord, in your mercy, C: Hear our Prayer. (As Jesus talks of returning to the Father, he promises to send the Lord's Prayer: [Traditional version PH ] Advocate, the Holy Spirit, who will teach Jesus' followers and remind them Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be they name. Thy kingdom of all that Jesus taught.) 23 Jesus answered him, "Those who love me will come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

9 Give us this day our keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and daily bread and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors and make our home with them. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the words and the word that you hear is not mine, but is from the Father who kingdom and power and the glory, forever. Amen. sent me. 5 2 Offering Invitation Prayer of Invocation As we await and trust god's blessings, let us give to God our offerings as L: Let us pray. O Lord God, you teach us that without love, our actions gain part of our ministry of service and caring. nothing. C: Help us to show love as Jesus taught us to love.

10 Give each of us the resolve to do what is right today, and to do unto others Mothers Are a Gift of God as we would have them do unto us. We pray through your Son, Jesus * The Doxology .. (PH hymnal) No. 592 Christ, our risen Savior and Lord. Amen. C: Praise God from whom all blessings flow * Hymn .. Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (PH hymnal) No. 376 Praise Him, all creatures here below Praise Him above, ye heavenly host Call to Confession Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. Confession: * Prayer of Dedication L: In the name of Christ, who loved his earthly parents and his heavenly O God, you formed us in our mother's womb you knew us intimately father, we come with repentant hearts to God who makes all things new.


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