May 19, 2024
Prelude: Veni Creator Spiritus
Jehan Titelouze
Welcome & Call to Worship
The winds of the Spirit are starting to move!
The dry bones are beginning to rattle!
Be ready to be amazed and astonished,
for God’s presence will fill this house of worship.
The Spirit is here, speaking to us and through us,
drawing us into God’s praise.
Let us worship the LORD!
Come, O Spirit (Hymn 127)
Union Harmony/Dalles
Come, O Spirit, with Your sound like a wind, quick rushing;
Come from heaven and stir our hearts, each disciple touching!
Mold our actions to Your will, You our service giving;
Move within our fellowship, transform now our living!
Come, O Spirit, with Your flame, leaping tongues of fire;
Come, and with Your glorious light all our thoughts inspire!
Rest upon each servant’s head till each one is speaking
Of our Christ, the Holy One all the earth is seeking!
Come, O Spirit, fill Your church, making strong our mission;
Fill Your daughters and Your sons with a mighty vision,
Till the great and glorious day when the whole creation
Sings Your praise as Lord and King, Giver of salvation!
Confession
Spirit of God, in your wisdom you have created us and called us to be your people. As we hear daily reports of violence, division, and loss, we yearn for your renewal and the redemption of the world. Forgive us when we are overwhelmed and lose hope. We are in desperate need of you and the mysterious ways you keep showing up. By your purifying fire, transform our life together. Give us voices to speak so that others may hear and understand your ways, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Silence
Be Not Afraid
Taizé Community/Berthier
Be not afraid; sing out for joy! Christ is risen, alleluia!
Be not afraid; sing out for joy! Christ is risen, alleluia!
(repeat)
Forgiveness in Jesus Christ
Peace
The peace of Christ be with you.
And also with you.
Gloria Patri (Hymn 579)
Greatorex
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
Word without end. Amen, Amen.
Children’s Message
Come, O Spirit, Dwell Among Us (Hymn 129)
Alford/Williams
Come, O Spirit, dwell among us, come with Pentecostal power;
Give the church a stronger vision, help us face each crucial hour.
Built upon a firm foundation, Jesus Christ, the Cornerstone,
Still the church is called to mission that God’s love shall be made known.
We would raise our alleluias for the grace of yester-years;
For tomorrow’s unknown pathway, hear, O Lord, our humble prayers.
In the church’s pilgrim journey, you have led us all the way,
Still in presence move before us, fire by night and cloud by day.
Come, O Spirit, dwell among us; give us words of fire and flame.
Help our feeble lips to praise You, glorify Your holy name.
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Three in one: what mystery!
We would sing our loud hosannas now and through eternity.
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture Readings
Karen Bart
Old Testament: Ezekiel 37:1-14
New Testament: Acts 2:1-21
Sermon: Now, We are all Jonah!
Focus: On Pentecost, the gift of the Holy Spirit draws us all into the Prophetic Call.
Response: Wind Who Makes All Winds That Blow (Hymn 131)
Troeger/Parry
Wind who makes all winds that blow–Gusts that bend the saplings low,
Gales that heave the sea in waves, stirrings in the mind’s deep caves–
Aim Your breath with steady power on Your church this day, this hour.
Raise, renew the life we’ve lost, Spirit God of Pentecost.
Fire who fuels all fires that burn–Suns around which planets turn,
Beacons marking reefs and shoals, shining truth to guide our souls–
Come to us as once You came: burst in tongues of sacred flame!
Light and Power, Might and Strength, fill Your church, its breadth and length.
Holy Spirit, Wind and Flame, move within our mortal frame.
Make our hearts an altar pyre, kindle them with Your own fire.
Breathe and blow upon that blaze till our lives, our deeds and ways,
Speak that tongue which every land by Your grace shall understand.
Pastoral Prayer & The Lord's Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, and deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Call to Stewardship
Jeannie Lemm
Missional Outreach Ministry Unit
Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common.
-Acts 4:32
Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye heavenly host
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Charge & Benediction
Postlude: Come, Holy Ghost, Lord God
Robert Lind
John Bodinger, Organ
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