Sunday June 8th Worship Service Pentecost Sunday

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©Order of Worship for Sunday June 08, 2025

Pentecost Sunday

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Prelude…………….Send The Holy Spirit Now……………Greg
Arr. by G. Dixon
 
Coming of the Light
 
Greetings…………………………………………Pastor Steven
 
Announcements……………………………………Lorri B.
 
Call to Worship…………………………………..Melrose D.
Beloved, pay attention! The Holy Spirit sweeps among us, binding us together as family in Christ.
We are children of God, heirs of grace.
Beloved, have you noticed? The Holy Spirit moves among us, creating and renewing the whole of creation, inspiring us to co-create with God and one another.
We are children of God, co-creators in grace.
Beloved, be encouraged. The Holy Spirit lives among us, surrounding us with mercy and grace, witnessing to us about God’s steadfast love for God’s people.
We are children of God, witnesses to grace.
Beloved, pay attention! Whether in a rushing wind or a gentle breath, the Holy Spirit welcomes you here, for we are all children of God, brought together by grace.
We are children of God, knit together by the Spirit. Thanks be to God! Amen.
Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries, October 2024.

Opening Prayer………………………………….Melrose D.
 
May we feel your presence this day, Holy Spirit, like the people gathered on that Day of Pentecost. May you rush into our hearts and inebriate our souls. May we be empowered by your Spirit to live a life more faithful to God. Amen.
Written by Ciona D. Rouse, The Africana Worship Book, Year C (Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 2008), 123.

Opening Hymns……Sweet Sweet Spirit….UMH 334
 
There’s a sweet, sweet Spirit in this place,
And I know that it’s the Spirit of the Lord;
There are sweet expressions on each face,
And I know that it’s the presence of the Lord.
 
Sweet Holy Spirit, Sweet heavenly dove,
Stay right here with us, filling us with Your love;
And for these blessings we lift our hearts in praise
Without a doubt we know that we’ll have been revived,
When we shall leave this place.
 
(2x)
 
Spirit Song……………………………………..UMH 347
 
1       O let the Son of God enfold you
with His Spirit and His love.
Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.
O let him have the things that hold you,
and his Spirit like a dove
will descend upon your life and make you whole.
Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill your lambs.
Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill your lambs.
 
2       O come and sing this song with gladness
as your hearts are filled with joy.
Lift your hands in sweet surrender to his name.
O give him all your tears and sadness;
give him all your years of pain,
and you’ll enter into life in Jesus’ name.
Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill your lambs.
Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill your lambs.
 
Passing of the Peace………………………….Pastor Steven
Let us offer signs of reconciliation and peace 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.

Giving of our tithes and offerings………………………Pastor Steven
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Offertory…………….Shine On Me……….Drew Register, Zane Fadul 
Traditional Spiritual, arranged by Rollo Dilworth (c) 2001, Hal Leonard Company
 
“Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” (The Doxology)
#95 UMH
Words by Thomas Ken, 1674
Music attributed to Louis Bourgeois, 1551
 
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise him, all creatures here below;
praise him above, ye heavenly host;
praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
 
Prayer After Receiving………………………..Pastor Steven
 
Prayers of the People………………………….Pastor Steven
 
Anthem………When I Hear Music……Drew Register, Zane Fadul
Words and Music by Michael G. Martin (c) 2003, Studio 224 (ASCAP)
 
Lesson:………………….Acts 2: 1 – 21 ………..Melrose D.
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 people 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.”

Peter Addresses the Crowd

But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Fellow Jews 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.’

Hymn of Preparation:……….Holy Ground…2272 TFWS
 
We are standing on holy ground
And I know that there
Are angels all around
Let us praise Jesus now
We are standing in His presence
On holy ground

Sermon:………..“What does this mean?”………..Pastor Steven
 
Closing Hymn…….The Spirit Sends us Forth to Serve…..2241 TFWS
 
1   The Spirit sends us forth to serve;
we go in Jesus’ name
to bring glad tidings to the poor,
God’s favor to proclaim.
 
2   We go to comfort those who mourn
and set the burdened free;
where hope is dim, to share a dream
and help the blind to see.
 
3   We go to be the hands of Christ,
to scatter joy like seed
and, all our days, to cherish life,
to do the loving deed.
 
4   Then let us go to serve in peace,
the gospel to proclaim.
God’s Spirit has empowered us;
we go in Jesus’ name.
 
Dismissal with Blessing…………….Pastor Steven
 
Postlude
 

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