As churches across Ireland remain closed today, due to the current Coronavirus emergency, Presbyterian Moderator, Rt Rev Dr William Henry, begins his third in a four-part series of sermons entitled ‘Hope beyond lockdown’.

Recorded in his home congregation, Maze Presbyterian earlier this week, Dr Henry said, “I’ve entitled this new series ‘Hope beyond Lockdown’ as I would like to focus on things that are important to all of us a church. This week my theme is the value of service, and serving, and that this can be letting your light shine in the darkness.

“Based on Matthew 20:20-28 I want to try and remind us of our core value of serving one another and the wider world, despite the world’s low estimate of service. God values it and calls us to serve. The world says service is menial - God values it. The world says service is getting what you want - God says it’s doing what He wants.”

This Sunday’s songs will be:

• You are my vision
• Strength will arise

Dr Henry’s Kids’s talk will be ‘let your light shine’ and the song will be ‘I’m gonna clap my hands.’

With this being the UK's Mental Health Awareness Week, there will be a short video from Action on Mental Health, an organisation Dr Henry visited on his Ards Presbytery Tour last September. The video was made in conjunction with Belfast Giants outlining five simple steps to improve mental health. Prayer of Intercession will focus on current mental health pressures.

The service will close with the worship song, ‘Good good father’ and is Dr Henry’s penultimate service that he will give as Moderator, before handing over to his successor, Rev David Bruce, on 1 June.

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You can watch Dr Henry's Hope beyond Lockdown sermons here:

• Part 1 - 10 May
• Part 2 - 17 May

You can watch his sermons based on Habakkuk here:

• 3 May
• 25 April
• 19 April
• 29 March
• 22 March

You can also watch Dr Henry's Easter Services here:

• Easter Sunday
• Palm Sunday