Sunday May 10, 2026 Worship Service
Livestream at 11:10 a.m.

Gathering in God’s Name

Prelude — Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from “Solomon” — G.F. Handel
As the prelude begins, you are invited to begin your personal preparation for worship.

Silent Meditation                                                                                                         
“I learned more about Christianity from my mother than from all the theologians of England.” — John Wesley
“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.”  — William Makepeace Thackeray

Call to Worship                                                                                                                                                                                          
God of compassionate mercy,
       thank you for your love for us from the beginning of time.
You formed us when we were in our mother’s wombs,
       you knit us together lovingly,
your devotion to us has not failed,
       your care has followed us our whole lives long.
With our hearts, hands, and voices we give honor to you.
       Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

Praise and Adoration

*Hymn of Praise #366 — Love Divine, All Loves Excelling — HYDRYDOL
(*Please stand, if you are able)

Confession and Pardon

Call to Confession

Prayer of Confession
Merciful God, you made us in your image, with a mind to know you, a heart to love you, and a will to serve you.  But our knowledge is imperfect, our love inconstant, our obedience incomplete.  Day by day, we fail to grow into your likeness.  In your tender love, forgive us, shape us, and mold us into the followers of Christ you desire us to be.  Hear these our prayers, and hear us now as we pray in silence.

Silent Prayers of Confession and Petition

Kyrie Eleison #551 — Lord, Have Mercy — LAND OF REST
Lord, have mercy; Christ, have mercy; Lord, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy; Christ, have mercy; Lord, have mercy upon us.

Assurance of Pardon

*Congregational Response (#485) — We Know That Christ Is Raised — ENGELBERG

*Welcome — Children are invited to come forward for a time with Dr. Zieman

Time for Young Disciples

*Hymn 519 — You Are My Strength When I Am Weak — JERNIGAN

Announcements

Fellowship of Prayer

Joys and Concerns

Prayers of the People
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.  For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.

Epistle Reading — Romans 16: 1-7, 12-13 — page 925 of the pew Bible                                                                       

Anthem — A Mother’s Love — Paul Sjolund

Proclamation of God’s Word

Scripture Lesson — John 14: 15-21 — page 877 of the pew Bible  

Sermon — “The Holy Spirit and Your Mother” — Dr. Zieman                                                                   

Our Response to God’s Word

*Affirmation of Faith — from A Brief Statement of Faith (1991)
Yet God acts with justice and mercy to redeem creation.  In everlasting love, the God of Abraham and Sarah chose a covenant people to bless all families of the earth.  Hearing their cry, God delivered the children of Israel from the house of bondage.  Loving us still, God makes us heirs with Christ of the covenant.  Like a mother who will not forsake her nursing child, like a father who runs to welcome the prodigal home, God is faithful still.

*Sanctus (#572) — Holy, Holy, Holy — SANCTUS (Pavlechko)

Presentation of Tithes and Offerings

Offertory — I’ll Fly Away — arr. Craig Courtney

*Doxology (#609) — Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow — LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow. Praise God, all creatures high and low. Alleluia, Alleluia!
Praise God, in Jesus fully known: Creator, Word, and Spirit one. Alleluia, alleluia! alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

*Prayer of Dedication        
Bless these gifts, O God. They belong to you, as we belong to you. Through our gifts and through our lives may the good news of Jesus be proclaimed throughout the earth, and may those in need find the help and hope that will make all the difference. In the name of Christ, we pray. Amen.

*Hymn of Dedication #324 — For All the Faithful Women — NYLAND

*Charge and Benediction

Postlude — Allegro Maestoso from “Water Music” — G.F. Handel