(Image: “Happy Pentecost!” Church of the Holy Spirit, Singapore)

©Order of Worship for Sunday May 28, 2023

Pentecost Sunday


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Text for hymns are found below each hymn.  Click on the hymn highlighted text for music if shown.

Prelude:………………………………………………….Valerie W.
 
Call to Worship:…………….“Anointing”…………………….Choir
Words and Music: Donn C. Thomas, © Paragon Music Corp; arr. By Evelyn
Simpson-Curenton, © 2000 TIA Publications, Inc.
 
Coming of the Light:………………………………………..Eli A.
 
Greetings:…………………………………………….Pastor Steven
 
Opening Prayer:……………………….…………….Aaron B.
 
O God, the Holy Spirit,
        come to us, and among us;
        come as the wind, and cleanse us;
        come as the fire, and burn;
        come as the dew, and refresh;
convict, convert, and consecrate
        many hearts and lives
        to our great good
        and to thy greater glory,
and this we ask for Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen
 
Opening Hymns  “Every Time I Feel the Spirit #404 UMH
Words and Music: Afro-American spiritual Adapt. and arr.
© 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House
 
Refrain:
Every time I feel the Spirit moving in my heart,
I will pray.  Yes, every time I feel the Spirit moving
in my heart, I will pray.
 
1. Upon the mountain when my God spoke, out his mouth
came fire and smoke.  All around me, it looked so shine,
ask my Lord if all was mine.
 
Every time I feel the Spirit moving in my heart,
I will pray.  Yes, every time I feel the Spirit moving
in my heart, I will pray.
 
2. Jordan River, runs right cold, chills the body, not
the soul.  Ain’t but one train on this track, runs
to heaven and right back.
 
Every time I feel the Spirit moving in my heart,
I will pray.  Yes, every time I feel the Spirit moving
in my heart, I will pray.
 
 Surely the Presence of the Lord #328, UMH
Words and Music: Lanny Wolfe, 1977 © 1977 Lanny Wolfe Music
(Sing Twice)
 
Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place;
I can feel His mighty power and His grace.
I can hear the brush of angel’s wings,
I see glory on each face; surely the presence
of the Lord is in this place
 
The Passing of the Peace:……………………..Pastor Steven
 Let us show signs of reconciliation and love to one another.
 
Gloria Patri: “Glory Be to the Father” #71 UMH
Words: Lesser Doxology, 3rd-4th century
Music: Henry W. Greatorex, 1851
 
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,
world without end. Amen. Amen.

Announcements:………………………………………….Lorri B.
 
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Offertory: ………………………………….…..Valerie W.
 
Offertory Response:  “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow(The Doxology) #94 UMH
Adapted © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House
Words by Thomas Ken, 1674, adapted by Gilbert Vieira, 1978
Music: Geistliche Kirchengesänge, 1623; harmony by Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906
 
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise God, all creatures here below:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God, the source of all our gifts!
Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts!
Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
 
Prayer After Receiving:……………………….Pastor Steven
 
Prayers of the People:………………………...Pastor Steven
The Lord’s Prayer
 
Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.
 
Hymn of Preparation:I’m Goin’ a Sing When the Spirit Says Sing #333 UMH
Words and Music: Afro-American spiritual
Adapt. © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House
 
1.I’m goin’ a sing when the Spirit says sing,
I’m goin’ a sing when the Spirit says sing,
I’m goin’ a sing when the Spirit says sing,
and obey the Spirit of the Lord.
 
2.pray   3.moan   4.shout
 
New Testament Lesson:………..Acts 2:1-21……Aaron B.
 
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.  And suddenly from heaven there 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 visitors 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 pour 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 moon 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.’
 
Sermon:…….”Pouring Forth the Grace….Pastor Steven
                                 of Christ Jesus”
 
Anthem:………..“Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness”……………Choir
Words and Music: James K. Manley © 1978 James K. Manley

Closing Hymn:“As a Fire Is Meant for Burning#2237 TFWS
Words: Ruth Duck  Music: From The Sacred Harp, 1844
Words: © 1992 GIA Publications, Inc.

1. As a fire is meant for burning with a bright and
warming flame, so the church is meant for mission,
giving glory to God’s name.  Not to preach our creeds
or customs, but to build a bridge of care, we join
hands across the nations, finding neighbors everywhere.
 
2. We are learners; we are teachers; we are pilgrims
on the way.  We are seekers; we are givers; we are
vessels made of clay.  By our gentle, loving actions we
would show that Christ is light.  In a humble, listening
spirit we would live to God’s delight.
 
3. As a green bud in the springtime is a sign of life renewed,
so may we be signs of oneness ‘mid earth’s peoples, many
hued.  As a rainbow lights the heavens when a storm is
past and gone, may our lives reflect the radiance of God’s
new and glorious dawn.
 
Dismissal with Blessing: …………………..Pastor Steven
 
Postlude:…………………………………………..Valerie W.


 
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