May 10, 2026

Welcome

Prelude/Time of Meditation/Opening Prayer

Call to Worship* (Responsively)
    Sing praises to God, O faithful ones.
    Give thanks and proclaim God’s holy name.
    Weeping or joyful, mourning or dancing,
    come as you are, for all are welcome here.
    Open your hearts to healing, to life restored.
    Let us worship God.                          – Psalm 30



“Faith of our Mothers”                                            Handout*
“Count Your Blessings”"                                      Hymn 430*

“What a Friend We Have in Jesus”                        Hymn 412
“Sweet Hour of Prayer”                                         Hymn 414
Pastoral Prayer/Prayer for Mothers

Psalm 66:8-20                                                                 Insert
John 14:14-21                                         Pew Bible, Page 875

Sermon
“My Jesus, I Love Thee”                                        Hymn 386

Offering Prayer
Receiving the Tithes and Offerings
“Find Us Faithful”                                                          Video
                                Copyright #2350446

Announcements

Benediction*

Sending Forth        “The Family of God”               Hymn 138

    I’m so glad I’m a part of the family of God;
    I’ve been washed in the fountain, cleansed by His blood.
    Joint heirs with Jesus as we travel this sod,
    For I’m part of the family, the family of God.

*Please stand as you are able.

May Calendar and Announcements

10 Today! Mother’s Day
11 ABW Monthly meeting – Bring snacks
    to share
26 Linda Crites’ birthday
30 Commencement for Laveda McIntosh*
31 May Birthday Fellowship – The church
    is providing the meal.

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A new feature has been added to our church website! Anyone can now make a financial contribution via a button marked “Give”. Anytime you forget your checkbook on Sunday morning or if you are unable to attend in person and want to contribute, just go to the website (abcbc.org) and click on the button to donate. It is user-friendly and can be negotiated from the comfort of your home!

*Everyone is invited to Levada McIntosh’s commencement exercise at 1:00 on May 30 here at the church building. Congratulations are in order for this milestone that Laveda has reached!

8 Praise our God, all peoples,
    let the sound of his praise be heard;
9 he has preserved our lives
    and kept our feet from slipping.
10 For you, God, tested us;
    you refined us like silver.
11 You brought us into prison
    and laid burdens on our backs.
12 You let people ride over our heads;
    we went through fire and water,
    but you brought us to a place of abundance.

13 I will come to your temple with burnt offerings
    and fulfill my vows to you—
14 vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke
    when I was in trouble.
15 I will sacrifice fat animals to you
    and an offering of rams;
    I will offer bulls and goats.

16 Come and hear, all you who fear God;
    let me tell you what he has done for me.
17 I cried out to him with my mouth;
    his praise was on my tongue.
18 If I had cherished sin in my heart,
    the Lord would not have listened;
19 but God has surely listened
    and has heard my prayer.
20 Praise be to God,
    who has not rejected my prayer
    or withheld his love from me!

Proverbs 31:26-29

26 She speaks with wisdom,
    and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
27 She watches over the affairs of her household
    and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise and call her blessed;
    her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “Many women do noble things,
    but you surpass them all.”

For our mothers, who have given us life and love, that we may show them reverence and love, we pray to the Lord...

For mothers who have lost a child through death, that their faith may give them hope, and their family and friends support and console them, we pray to the Lord...

For women, though without children of their own, who like mothers have nurtured and cared for us, we pray to the Lord...

For mothers, who have been unable to be a source of strength, who have not responded to their children and have not sustained their families, we pray to the Lord...

Loving God, as a mother gives life and nourishment to her children, so you watch over your Church

Bless these women, that they may be strengthened as Christian mothers,

Let the example of their faith and love shine forth. Grant that we, their sons and daughters, may honor them always with a spirit of profound respect.

Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Faith of our Mothers

Faith of our mothers, living still

In cradle song and bedtime prayer,

In nursery lore and fireside love,

Thy presence still pervades the air;

Faith of our mothers, living faith,

We will be true to thee till death!

Faith of our mothers, loving faith,

Fount of our childhood's trust and grace,

O may thy consecration prove

Source of a finer, nobler race:

Faith of our mothers, loving faith,

We will be true to thee till death!

Faith of our mothers, Christian faith,

In truth beyond our stumbling creeds,

Still serve the home and save the Church

And breathe thy spirit thru our deeds:

Faith of our mothers, Christian faith,

We will be true to thee till death!