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May 3 • 2026
Fifth Sunday of Easter
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Sermon:
‘Asking Questions’
— The Rev. Alexandra Hutson, pastor
Scripture:
Psalm 31:1–5,15–16 • John 14:1–14
■ The Lord’s Supper will be served. Everyone is invited to the table.
■ This is our designated monthly “bring a friend” day. We welcome all who join us for worship, study and fellowship — today and each time we gather.
■ To join “live stream” worship, go to Facebook — Swift Presbyterian Church.
■ Worship services are available for viewing in the afternoon on the church website and YouTube.
■ Bulletins for today and recent weeks. Click here.
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| Join us for refreshments and fellowship in the fellowship hall immediately after the worship service.
Please consider signing up to bring a treat for our fellowship time. Treats can be store-bought or homemade; sweets, fruits, veggies or meats. There is a sign-up sheet in the fellowship hall, and if you have questions, please contact, by voice or text, Barb Kelleher, (251) 269-9815.
Thank you so much for your consideration.
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God is good all the time.
■ “Presbyterianisms” class — Sundays at 11:15 a.m. in the annex room 2, concluding May 3
■ Handbell choir rehearsal — Tuesdays at 6 p.m. in the sanctuary
■ Choir rehearsal — Wednesdays at 6 p.m. in the sanctuary
■ Yoga — Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. in the fellowship hall
■ Intercessory prayer group meets each Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the chapel.
“James says that fervent prayer avails much (James 5:16b). Fervent prayer means we do not quit easily. Fervent prayer means we purposefully spend sufficient time in intercession. Fervent prayer means we cry out to the Father, sometimes in tears, with our hearts and souls.”
— From Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby
■ Our food pantry is open to serve the community on Wednesdays from 10 to 11 a.m.
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Open Wednesdays from 10 to 11 a.m.
This week the food pantry served 88 families, including 320 people.
If you are interested in helping or know of someone who might be interested, please consider getting involved or at least share the opportunity to volunteer with others.
If you have questions or want to volunteer, please contact the church office at 251-943-8367 or email.
The pantry needs egg cartons and plastic grocery bags.
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| We are looking for men and women of Swift to support our nursery for our 10 a.m. service, two adults each Sunday.
If you are interested in volunteering either once a month or once every two months, please contact co-captains Kathy Menk at 251-518-7966 or Eunice Ray at 251-979-2231 or see them after church.
Thank you for loving and supporting the children of Swift Church.
“Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
— Proverbs 22:6
• May 3 — Eunice Ray and Kathy Menk
• May 10 — Sena Cooper and Betty Carneal
• May 17 — Eunice Ray and Lynn Barnwell
• May 24 — Karen Langley and Catherine Garretson
• May 31 — Marcia Lawson and Georgette Haupt
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Sundays at 9 a.m. in annex room 4
‘Becoming Like Jesus’
Through May 24
Many of us imagine spiritual growth as a steady climb upward. In reality, the journey of faith is rarely linear. It’s filled with moments of joy and struggle, clarity and confusion — times when we feel close to God and times when we are learning to trust Him again.
Yet through every high and low, Jesus is faithfully shaping us into His image.
In the “Becoming Like Jesus” video study, Matt Chandler walks us through the Beatitudes in Matthew 5, where Jesus describes the surprising qualities that define life in His kingdom.
Poverty in spirit, godly sorrow, meekness, a hunger and thirst for righteousness, mercy, purity of heart, peacemaking, and perseverance in trials — these are not traits we develop overnight. They are formed slowly as the Holy Spirit works in us and as we walk alongside others in faith.
Join us for this six-session study.
| ►Adult Bible study class, led by Bill and Catherine | |
Sundays at 9 a.m. in annex room 2
Our Sunday school class is studying of the book of Esther.
This book forms part of the closing story of Old Testament history. It tells the amazing and intriguing tale of how one young Jewish woman and her older cousin saved the exiled Jewish people from extermination at the hands of the Persian Empire.
If you are new to the class, don’t worry about missing previous lessons. As in the rest of the Bible, each verse is almost a lesson in itself. Visitors and new class members are always welcome. We have coffee brewed and take turns bringing pastries.
We look forward to seeing you.
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Thank you for your generous pledges and ongoing offerings. Your support and commitment to Swift Church is greatly appreciated.
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Prayers and concerns
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Please call the church or email to notify us of any joys or concerns; birthdays, anniversaries, health issues or family deaths so that we may put it in the weekly emailed announcements for your church family to pray with you or to praise God for your joy. (We don’t publish personal prayer concerns on the website.)
■ Julie Parent’s grandson has lowered anxiety.
■ Elsie Hutson does not have a broken collarbone.
►Please remember our military friends
and families in your prayers. | |
Names are listed in the monthly newsletter.
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If you would like to provide flowers for a worship service, please contact Susie Alexander by phone or email.
Are you willing to serve as a liturgist, acolyte or greeter/usher? Contact Marvin King or Eunice Ray, worship elders.
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