Pentecost Zeal

Lisa Frenz 2007

This order emphasizes the unity of our world by using songs from many cultures. If you substitute hymns be sure to keep your music sources diverse.

▲ = rise as you are able ▼ = sit

Order of Worship

Prelude

▲ LITANY OF PRAISE

P: Praise the Lord all you people! Praise the Lord with singing, for the Lord is great and wonderful. Vast beyond our understanding, still God reaches out to us all, calling us to receive God’s love. Come worship God, today!

HYMN: “Oh, Sing to God Above” (Mexican) vs. 1 [in English]

Alternate Title: Cantemos al Senor

Tune Name: ROSAS

Text Source: Text: Carlos Rosas, b. 1939; tr. With One Voice, 1995

Music Source: Music: Carlos Rosas, b. 1939

A: Praise the Lord all you people! Praise the Lord with singing, for the Lord is great and wonderful. Before all time God loved us. Before all creation God knew us and made us who we are, giving us the gift of ourselves: our bodies, our minds, our spirits, that we may be a blessing to God and to all those around us. Come worship God, today!

HYMN: “Oh, Sing to God Above” vs. 2 [in English]

P: Praise the Lord all you people! Praise the Lord with singing, for the Lord is great and wonderful. Rejoice and be glad, for the Lord remembers us all. God has seen our weaknesses and has set us free to be people of God, so dance before the Lord. Take the gift of life that God gives you and shout the good news to all: God has rescued the world from death. Come worship God, today!

HYMN: “Oh, Sing to God Above” vs. 1 [in Spanish]

Welcome

Greeting of Peace

Gathering Prayer

▼ Scripture Readings

SCRIPTURE SONG: “Lord, Your Hands Have Formed” (Philippine)

Tune Name: GAYOM NI HIGAMI

Text Source: Text: Roman and Sario Oliano, tr. Delbert Rice, para. James Minchin

Music Source: Music: Ikalahan (Philippines) traditional

▲ Holy Gospel

▼ Music for Meditation

Message

▲ THEME SONG

TESTIMONY OF FAITH: Nicene Creed

Offering & Special Music

Offering Prayer

PRAYER SONG “O Living Breath of God” (Swedish melody) vs. 1, 2

Tune: VARVINDAR FRISKA

Text: Osvaldo Catena, 1920-1886; tr. Gerhard M. Cartford, b. 1923

Music: Swedish folk tune

Prayers of the Community

Lord's Prayer

PRAYER SONG “O Living Breath of God” (Swedish melody) vs. 3

Eucharistic Prayer

COMMUNION SONG: “Holy, Holy, Holy” (Argentine)

TUNE: ARGENTINE SANTO

Text & Music : Argentine traditional

▼ Distribution of Communion

POST COMMUNION SONG: “He Came Down” (Cameroon)

Tune Name: HE CAME DOWN

Text Source: Text: Cameroon traditional

Music Source: Music: Cameroon traditional; arr. John L. Bell, b. 1949

▲ Prayer p. 114

BLESSING

The Lord Bless You (R.E.Nitz) Music, or

May God Bless Us (African)

Tune Name: BWANA AWABARIKI

Text Source: Text: Numbers 6:24, adapt.

Music Source: Music: African

▼ Announcements

▲ PENTECOST LITANY

P: Come Holy Spirit,

C: Come and ignite us with the fire of your zeal.

A: Come Holy Spirit,

C: Come and create in us a burning desire

P: to serve,

C: to preach,

A: to teach,

C: to prophecy,

P: to love,

C: to dream.

P: Come Holy Spirit,

C: Come and ignite us with the eagerness of your wonder.

A: Come Holy Spirit,

C: Come and create in us an undying need to be Christ to all we meet.

SENDING SONG: The Church Song (American)

Tune Name: THE CHURCH SONG

Text Source: Text: Jay Beech

Music Source: Music: Jay Beech

A: Go in Peace serve the Lord. C: Thanks be to God!

Postlude