WELCOME AND CONCERNS OF THE CONGREGATION

PRELUDE        “O For a Thousand Tongues”             Robert Powell          

*CALL TO WORSHIP – (from Joel 1:1a; 2:28-29; Acts 1:8)

Leader: The word of the Lord to the prophet: “I will pour out

  my Spirit upon all flesh;

People: Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy;

Leader: Your old ones shall dream dreams, and your young shall

   see visions.

People: You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has

    come upon you, and you shall be my witnesses to

    the ends of the earth.

*PRAYER OF THE DAY

*HYMN 289          “On Pentecost They Gathered”

PRAYER OF CONFESSION (in unison)                                  

Almighty God, you poured your Spirit upon gathered disciples, creating bold tongues, open ears, and a new community of faith.  We confess that we often hold back the force of your Spirit among us.  We do not listen for your word of grace, speak the good news of your love, or live as a people made one in Christ.  Have mercy on us, O God.  Transform our timid lives by the power of your Spirit, and fill us with a flaming desire to be your faithful people, doing your will, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord …

Silent Prayers of Confession

ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS 

Anyone who is in Christ is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. In Jesus Christ, our sins are forgiven, and we are free to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to love our neighbor as ourselves.

Thanks be to God! Amen!

*GLORIA PATRI            “Glory Be to the Father”      #581

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION – Hymn 288

Spirit of the living God, fall a-fresh on me.

Spirit of the living God, fall a-fresh on me.

Melt me; mold me; fill me; use me.

Spirit of the living God, fall a-fresh on me. 

SCRIPTURE LESSONS: Acts 2:1-13; Galatians 5:16-26

SERMON    “Raising Our Sails to the Wind”     Rev. Charles Elliott 

*HYMN  286   “Breathe on Me, Breath of God” 

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH        The Apostles’ Creed         pg. 35

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic* Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.  

PASTORAL PRAYER AND THE LORD’S PRAYER 

Minister: Lord, send forth your transforming Spirit 

People: to draw us to yourself and to renew the face of

   the earth.

OFFERTORY ANTHEM      “Come Down, O Love Divine”

                                                                         Thomas Keesecker

RECEIVING OF GOD’S TITHES AND OFFERINGS

*DOXOLOGY – Hymn 606  

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION

*HYMN  279         “Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove”

*BENEDICTION  

*POSTLUDE     Fugue on “Unser Herrscher”   Edward Beals