PENTECOST SUNDAY
May 31, 2020- 10:30 A.M.
Preparation for Worship: "Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides, and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the story of the world, man will have discovered fire." Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.
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PRELUDE
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
LIGHT THE CHRIST CANDLE, WE REMEMBER GOD IS WITH US.CALL TO WORSHIP (Responsive)
L: Fling wide the doors! Open the windows! Let the Spirit of God pour in!
P: Come, Holy Spirit, Come!
L: Ignite within us a passion to live and share our faith.
P: Come, Holy Spirit, Come!
L: Be the fuel for our faith. Inspire us with a bold courage, to act to heal, and to work for justice. Launch us into a life do service.
All: Come, Holy Spirit, Come! Amen!
OPENING HYMN: "Fill Me Now" (No. 153, HFG)
THE COMMANDMENT OF JESUS (John 15: 5,12)
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. "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
PRAYER OF INVOCATION (Unison)
Gather us in as those who want to know you more deeply, Holy Spirit. speak. Speak to us in ways that reach each heart and mind. Light the fires of your life in us, then scatter us into the world as bearers of your sacred word, and of a joy that cannot be restrained, Encircle us with your grace and gather in all that we have received and become, we pray. Amen.
SPECIAL MUSIC "Holy spirit Rain Down" Russell Frager
SCRIPTURE LESSON: Acts 2: 1 - 21 NRSV
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven the came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them;. all of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked, "Are not all these who are speaking Galileans/ And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents Of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene and resistors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs --in our own languages we hear them speaking about God's deeds of power." All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this mean?" But others sneered and said, "They are filled with new wine." But Peter, standing with the eleven raised his voice and addressed them, "Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and listen to what I say. Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning. No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: 'In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will our out my spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire, and smoky mist. The sun shall be turned to darkness and the mood to blood, before the coming of the Lord's great and glorious day. Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'
CHILDREN'S MESSAGE
SHARING OUR JOYS AND CONCERNS
PRAYER SONG: "Spirit of he Living God" (No. 283, NCH)
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me: (2X)
Melt me, mold me, fill me, use.
Spirit if the living God, fall afresh on me.
PASTORAL PRAYER
THE PRAYER JESUS (The Lord's Prayer) (Unison)
OFFERING THOUGHTS - Pastor
MUSICAL OFFERING: "I'm Gonna Sing When the Spirit Says Sing!" Arr. Anthony Giamanco Traditional Spiritual.
MESSAGE: "Waiting to Exhale" Pastor Candy Thomas
Communion Hymn: "I Come with Joy" (No. 349, NCH)
I come the joy, a child of God, forgiven, loved and free.
The life off Jesus to recall, in love laid down for m, in love laid down for me.
I come with Christians far and near to find, as all are fed.
The new community of love in Christs communion bread, in Christ's communion bread.
The Sacrament of holy Communion
INVITATION
L: From the Beginning, followers of Christ have broken bread together.
P: Gathered at tables fancy and simple , sharing wafers or full meals.
L: In this era of pandemic and separation we continue to gather together.
P: Sitting in our homes, with our own supplies, but linked together by the bits and bytes and cables.
L: The meal we share is hosted by the God who meets us where we are. And so all who seek to live by the values f God's Kingdom are welcome to join as we eat together, from a distance.
P: Let us break bread together in our homes.
GREAT THANKSGIVING
L: May the Peace of Christ be with you.
P: And also with you.
L: Feel the wind of God blow in your lives.
P: Refreshing us, bringing in new air.
L: We offer God, who is in our ever breath, our prayers.
P: With the breath of God in us we share our fears, our hopes, or dreams, our thanks.
WORDS OF REMEMBERING
SHARING THE ELEMENTS
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING (Unison)
We have broken the bread, we have poured the drink, we have shared a meal together. Even while we remain physically separated, we have been united in our souls. May this meal we share with each other and with the whole Christian Family across the centuries and miles change who we are. May it feed the fire in our bellies. May it strengthen us when the storms blow through. And now as we continue to live as people who have had the Holy Spirit breathed onto and into us, may we love and serve God, our neighbor, and ourselves. So that the Kingdom of Love is made real in our lives. Amen.
CLOSING HYMN: "Every Time I feel the Spirit" (No. 282, NCH)
COMMISSION
May the fire of the Holy Spirit warm your heart; may the wind of Pentecost inspire your soul, may the tongue of the Spirit give your faith new voice; may you see visions, dream dreams, and may you be prophets, sensing where the word of God is needed and being unafraid to speak and live for Christ.
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
