May 28, 2023 - Pentecost
Prelude: Come, O Spirit, Dwell Among Us
Williams, arr. Smith/Arnatt
Leonard Byrne, tuba
Introit: Come, O Holy Spirit, Come
(Wa wa wa Emimimo)
Nigerian song/Solanke
Carollen Ryan, Betsy Hammond, Steve Goodner, Jim Price
Welcome & Call to Worship
[Psalm 104]
How many are your deeds, O LORD; all of them you do in wisdom.
The earth is filled with your riches.
Your creatures look to you, to give them their food in its season.
When you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
When you send forth your breath, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.
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. We confess that we sometimes feel as though we cannot serve your purposes until we are better or different. Forgive us for rejecting parts of ourselves which you have created. Forgive us when we have trouble engaging with others who do not conform to our ideals or preferences. Spirit, Breath, Fire: you meet us in our particularity and imperfection. Help us connect with you and allow others the same freedom, so that we may all join in your life together. Amen.
Silence
Breathe on Me, Breath of God (Hymn 316)
Hatch/Jackson
Breathe on me, Breath of God, fill me with life anew,
That I may love what Thou dost love, and do what Thou wouldst do.
Breathe on me, Breath of God, till I am wholly Thine,
Until this earthly part of me glows with Thy fire divine.
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
Spirit (Hymn 319)
Manley
Refrain:
Spirit, spirit of gentleness, blow through the wilderness, calling and free,
Spirit, spirit of restlessness, stir me from placidness, Wind, wind on the sea.
You moved on the waters, you call to the deep,
Then you coaxed up the mountains from the valleys of sleep,
And over the eons you called to each thing,
“Awake from your slumbers and rise on your wings.” (Refrain)
You sang in a stable, you cried from a hill,
Then you whispered in silence when the whole world was still,
And down in the city you called once again
When you blew through your people on the rush of the wind. (Refrain)
You call from tomorrow, you break ancient schemes,
From the bondage of sorrow the captives dream dreams;
Our women see visions, our men clear their eyes.
With bold new decisions your people arise. (Refrain)
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture Readings
Doug Hammond
Old Testament: Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
New Testament: Acts 2:1-21
Sermon: Knowing Beyond Borders
Focus: The more specific we are, the more universal something can become. Life is in the details. If you generalize, it doesn't resonate. The specificity of it is what resonates.
–Jacqueline Woodson
Response: O Day of Joy and Wonder
Buchanan/Hopson
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, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Call to Stewardship
Mila Russell
And Abram gave him one tenth of everything. -Genesis 14:20b
Offering Our Gifts: Come Down, O Love Divine
Vaughan Williams/Langlois
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: I’m Goin'a Sing When the Spirit Says Sing
African-American Spiritual, arr. Webb
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