WELCOME AND CONCERNS OF THE CONGREGATION
PRELUDE “Come Down, O Love Divine” Marilyn Biery
*CALL TO WORSHIP – from Acts 2:1-4
Leader: “When the Day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.
People: And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.
Leader: Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them,
and a tongue rested on each of them.
People: All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”
*PRAYER OF THE DAY
*HYMN 289 “On Pentecost They Gathered”
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
God of fire and wind, holy and powerful, mighty and mysterious, we are drawn by your Spirit to this place. As we gather and behold your glory, we become aware of our sin. We have ignored your word. We have rejected your gifts. We have failed in your work. Ignoring the truth of Pentecost, we exclude those different from us. We divide our loyalties, and we divide our hearts. Let your Spirit burn away our sins and fill us with faith and courage, so that we might live into the promise of this day and receive the fullness of all that you have prepared for us in Jesus Christ…
Silent Prayers of confession
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
Leader: The Holy Spirit animates our lives,
People: lifting us into the presence of Christ,
and sealing our hearts in the promise
of his faithful love.
Leader: This is good news!
People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven!
*GLORIA PATRI “Glory Be to the Father” #581
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.
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me.
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me.
Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me.
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me.
SCRIPTURE LESSON: John 14:15-27
SERMON “The Spirit’s Work” Rev. Barrett Ingram
*HYMN 279 “Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove”
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH The Apostles’ Creed Page 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 you Spirit
People: and renew the face of the earth.
OFFERTORY “Holy Spirit, Living Breath of God”
Soloist, Bridger Warlick arr Lloyd Larson
RECEIVING OF GOD’S TITHES AND OFFERINGS
*DOXOLOGY – Hymn 606
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 OF DEDICATION
*HYMN 291 “Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness”
*BENEDICTION
*POSTLUDE “Trumpet Tune in D Major” David Johnson
*Those who are able are invited to stand.