May 2, 2021
Fifth Sunday of Easter
11:00 a.m. Service
I'm So Glad I'm a Part of the Family of God
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.
Psalm 22:25-31
25 From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him. 26 The poor[a] shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord. May your hearts live forever!
27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him.[b] 28 For dominion belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations.
29 To him,[c] indeed, shall all who sleep in[d] the earth bow down; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, and I shall live for him.[e] 30 Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord, 31 and[f] proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, saying that he has done it.
This is My Commandment
This is My commandment, That you love one another, That your joy may be full.
This is my commandment, That you love one another That your joy may be full
That your joy may be full, That your joy may be full.
This is my commandment, That you love one another That your joy may be full.
This is my commandment, That you love one another That your joy may be full.
The Bond of Love
We are one in the bond of love,
We are one in the bond of love.
We have joined our spirit
With the Spirit of God;
We are one in the bond of love.
Let us sing now, ev’ry one;
Let us feel His love begun.
Let us join our hands, that the world will know
We are one in the bond of love.
Acts 8:26-40
26 Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go toward the south[a] to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a wilderness road.) 27 So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship 28 and was returning home; seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. 29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to this chariot and join it.” 30 So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” 31 He replied, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to get in and sit beside him. 32 Now the passage of the scripture that he was reading was this:
“Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth. 33 In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth.”
34 The eunuch asked Philip, “About whom, may I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” 35 Then Philip began to speak, and starting with this scripture, he proclaimed to him the good news about Jesus. 36 As they were going along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from being baptized?”
Pastor Prayer/Joys & Concerns
John 15:1-8
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. 2 He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes[a] to make it bear more fruit. 3 You have already been cleansed[b] by the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. 6 Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become[c] my disciples.
I Love You Lord
I love you Lord, and I lift my voice
To worship you. O my soul, rejoice!
Take joy my King,
In what You hear;
May it be a sweet, sweet sound
In Your ear.
My Jesus I Love Thee
My Jesus I love Thee, I know Thou art mine For Thee all the follies of sin I resign My gracious Redeemer, my Saviour art Thou If ever I loved Thee my Jesus 'tis now
I love Thee because Thou has first loved me And purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow If ever I loved Thee my Jesus 'tis now
I willl love Thee in life and I will love Thee in death And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow If ever I loved Thee my Jesus 'tis now
In mansions of glory and endless delight I'll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright I'll sing with the glittering crown on my brow If ever I loved Thee my Jesus 'tis now
Blest Be the Tie That Binds
1 Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love; the fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above.
2 Before our Father's throne we pour our ardent prayers; our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, our comforts and our cares.
3 We share our mutual woes, our mutual burdens bear, and often for each other flows the sympathizing tear.
4 When we asunder part, it gives us inward pain; but we shall still be joined in heart, and hope to meet again.
1 John 4:7-21
7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world. 15 God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God. 16 So we have known and believe the love that God has for us.
God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. 17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love. 19 We love[a] because he first loved us. 20 Those who say, “I love God,” and hate their brothers or sisters,[b] are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister[c] whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen. 21 The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters[d] also.
Message: Pastor Ryan
Benediction
Weekly budgeted need: $3,578.00
Monthly budgeted need: $14,312.00
April giving received: $ 12,072.00
Giving received April 25, 2021
Tithes and Offerings $1,317.00
Building Fund 60.00
Faith Promise/Missions 20.00
Sunday school 19.00
Teens 10.00
Food Pantry 15.00
Total $1,441.00