St. Andrew’s United Church, Bayfield

Sunday, May 10

This is a photograph of dafodils in bloom.

Sunday, May 10

This is an image of white tulips in bloom.

Seek Ye First (Voices United, page 356)

Welcome and Opening Prayer

Our Wisdom Stories

Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16

I come to you, Lord, for protection;

never let me be defeated.

You are a righteous God;

save me, I pray!

Hear me! Save me now!

Be my refuge to protect me;

my defense to save me.

You are my refuge and defense;

guide me and lead me as you have promised.

Keep me safe from the trap that has been set for me;

shelter me from danger.

I place myself in your care.

You will save me, Lord;

you are a faithful God….

I am always in your care;

save me from my enemies,

from those who persecute me.

Look on your servant with kindness;

save me in your constant love.

This is a beautiful image of praying hands with a bright, backlit cross in the background.

This is an image of a hand in the sunlight with a cross superimposed behind it.

This is a photograph of hands clasped in prayer, resting on a bible.

John 14: 1 - 14

Jesus Comforts His Disciples

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.”

Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”

Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves. Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.