Third Sunday After Easter
Mother's Day
May 11, 2025
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Mother's Day
Links to some earlier
online Mother's Day services:
May 10, 2020
May 9, 2021
May 8, 2022
May 14, 2023
May 12, 2024
the following items were gathered
from those services
History of Mother's Day
Mother of George Washington
wiki Mother's Day
wiki Mother's Day (United States)
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Bethel Worship Planning Documents
2025 Monthly Worship Calendar
2025 RCL 2 page Summary
2025 Bethel Weekly Worship Planning worksheet
2024 Bethel Weekly Worship Planning worksheet
2025 Annual Program Planning worksheet
Guidance from UMC Discipleship Ministries
Weekly Worship Planning Series
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Worship Series: "Believing into Christ"
from umcdiscipleship.org
Throughout this season, we explore themes from Revelation and the Gospel of John about what is possible when we believe. The book by Natalya A. Cherry, Believing into Christ, may be a helpful accompaniment to the series as we learn more about the power of our belief in Christ, how belief is not only an intellectual endeavor and assent to the power of God to transform, but also a process that helps us use our hands and feet in ways similar to how Jesus used his hands and feet to seek out and address the hurting ones, including our planet and its most vulnerable people and beyond-human creatures.
This is the Third service of a 6 service Worship Series from the Discipleship Ministries.
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This Service's Theme: "Springs of Living Water"The graphics at the top of this page list topics for other services of the Series.
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Liturgical Resources
An old song, “Spring, up O Well!” reminds us that the river of life flows in us and out of us into the world. This week, we celebrate the living water that nourishes us and the world when we share it with those around us.
Worship Planning Notes
Preaching Notes
Lectionary Scriptures:
Psalm 23; Acts 9:36-43; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30;
Suggested Hymns . Music Notes . DM Accompaniments Sources of Music for the following hymns are:
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