Pentecost Spirit

Order of Holy Communion for Pentecost

Order of Worship

Choral Prelude:

Pentecost Proclamation:

The pastor, assistant and acolyte(s) process to the front. The following is read as the candles are lighted.

(Spoken over music)

Stand

P: In the beginning, O God, there was only you, our ending and our beginning. The Breath of our Life, our Guide and Inspiration, a conflagration of unknowable power, the Fire that fills our soul consuming us, driving us and renewing us, calling us, commissioning us and empowering us, leading us ever onward to paths we could never imagine, ways we never sought, lives filled and lived in the joy of divine transcendence even in the face of evil: suffering, pain and death.

A: Come to us, Holy Spirit,

C: in the quiet times of peace.

A: Come to us, Holy Spirit,

C: in the anguished eternities of grief.

A: Come to us, Holy Spirit,

C: in welling fountains of joy.

A: Come to us, Holy Spirit,

C: in cold vistas of disbelief.

A: Come to us, Holy Spirit,

C: in burning certainties of faith.

Come to us, Holy Spirit, come!

Proclamation Song: "Send Down the Fire" (Gather Comprehensive, GIA Music, Text & Music, Marty Haugen)

Refrain: Send down the ... the Spirit, breath life in your people, and we shall be people of God.

1. Call us to be... song of your love. Refrain

2. Call us to learn ... way of your peace. Refrain

3. Call us to answer... the fire of your love. Refrain

4. Call us to witness...the presence of Christ. Refrain

Prayer of the Day:

P: The Lord be with you.

C: And also with you.

A: Let us pray,

(The prayer of the day is spoken)

Sit

Special Music:

First Lesson: Acts2:1-21

(You may read this lesson simultaneously in various languages. Read verse 1-6 only in English. At verse 7 add languages (the more the merrier) every half verse or so, so the sound builds. Have the non-English readers stop by about verse 16, and finish the reading in English only.)

Psalm 104

Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13

Refrain: Spirit, Spirit of gentleness, ...wind on the sea.

1. You moved on the waters,... and rise on your wings." Refrain

2. You swept through the desert, ... to open their eyes. Refrain

Holy Gospel: John 20:19-23

P: The Holy Gospel of St. John beginning at the 20th chapter.

C: Glory to you, O Lord.

Gospel is read

P: The Word of the Lord.

C: Praise to you, O Christ.

Sit

Music for Meditation

Message

Stand

1. Before I can remember the covenant was sealed...they were heard.

Refrain: They were singing waterlife, beginning life,... Spirit life, waterlife.

2. A simple sweet beginning, a loving place to start:

Christ began... into his family. Refrain

3. My hope and expectation for true community...tomorrow, his waterlife in me. Final refrain

Nicene Creed

We believe in one God,

the Father, the Almighty,

maker of heaven and earth,

of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,

the only Son of God,

eternally begotten of the Father,

God from God, Light from Light,

true God from true God,

begotten, not made,

of one Being with the Father;

through him all things were made.

For us and for our salvation

he came down from heaven,

was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary

and became truly human.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;

he suffered death and was buried.

On the third day he rose again

in accordance with the Scriptures;

he ascended into heaven

and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory to judge

the living and the dead,

and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,

who proceeds from the Father and the Son,

who with the Father and the Son is worshiped

and glorified,

who has spoken through the prophets.

We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.

We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.

We look for the resurrection of the dead,

and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Prayers of the Church

Recognition of Graduating Seniors

Blessing Song: "Valley Psalm To The Holy Spirit" Vs.1 & Refrain, Vs.2-3 - Cantor, Refrain - Congregation (Global Songs Local Voices 15, Augsburg Fortress Press, Text: Melchizedek M. Solis, Music: Mutya Lopez Solis)

Greeting of Peace

P: The peace of God given to us through Christ Jesus' death and resurrection be with you all,

C: And also, with you. (All exchange a word of peace.)

Sit

Offering

Stand

Offering Prayer

Communion Prayer:

(spoken over music)

P: In the beginning there was only God: the Creator dreamed, giving birth to a vision; the Word spoke, calling the universe into being; the Breath swept through all things, bringing life.

C: Breathe on us, O Breath of God. Give us the promise of life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

P: In the beginning, O God, there was only you. Be our guide, our hope and our joy. As you led your people Israel, as you led Sara and Abraham, Jacob and Isaac, Moses and David, Mary and Joseph, lead us.

C: Breathe on us, O Breath of God. Send us your light, our hope and our salvation. Send us your Son. Send us Jesus.

P: In the beginning, O God, there was only you: Creator, Word and Breath. And from that beginning we see our birth. From that beginning we see our salvation. From that beginning we see our source of life.

C: Come loving Parent. Come Lord Jesus. Come Holy Spirit. Come to us now.

P: For the promise of our salvation, the ember of life still burning, is Christ Jesus who comes as one of us, who comes to save us, who sends us the fire of your Spirit, who comes to lead us into the light.

In the night in which he was betrayed our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks; he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."

After supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying, "This cup is the new covenant which is in my blood. Do this in remembrance of me"

P: Let us pray as our Lord taught us,

Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come,

your will be done,

on earth as in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins

as we forgive those who sin against us.

Save us from the time of trial

and deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power, and the glory

are yours now and for ever. Amen.

P: Now may the body and blood of our risen Savior, Jesus Christ, keep you always in God's grace.

C: Amen.

Prayer:

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Sending Song: "Shine, Jesus, Shine" (Worship & Praise 123, Augsburg Fortress Press,Text: Graham Kendrick (c) 1987 Make Way Music, admin. by Music Services in the Western Hemisphere (ASCAP). All rights reserved. )

A: Go in peace. Service the Lord.

C: Thanks be to God!

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