Pentecost Fire

Lisa Frenz 2011

Fire of God

Order for Worship

As you are able: ▲ = Please stand. ▼= Please sit

Music & Candle-lighting

The Call:

P: In a world filled with hearts frozen with loneliness and fear

C: The Fire of God beckons with the promise of warmth and comfort.

P: In a world paralyzed with hate and injustice

C: The Fire of God dances with joy and love.

P: Come join the dance of life. Come open yourself to the Fire that never dies, that never fails, that supports life now, and forever.

C: Amen. So be it. Come to us now and always, God our Mother and Father, God our Savior and Friend, God our Advocate and Giver of Life.

Lisa Frenz 2011

Gathering Song: Wade in the Water

Tune Name: WADE IN THE WATER

Text Source: Text: African American spiritual

Music Source: Music: African American spiritual

Verses - Cantor(s), Refrain - All

Confession of Sin & Forgiveness:

P: Come, O Holy Spirit! . . .Cleanse us!

[from Choctaw Hymn 48]

P: The circle of love is repeatedly broken because of the sin of exclusion. . . .

C: Forgive us our sins, as we forgive all who have sinned against us. . . by the mercy of our Creator, through the love of the Christ, and in the power of the Spirit. Let us rejoice and be glad!

All: Glory to God. Amen.

▲ Apostolic Greeting

Praise Song: Hail Three, Festival Day! (Pentecost)

Tune Name: SALVE FESTA DIES

Text Source: Text: Venantius Honorius Fortunatus, 530-609; tr. Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978

Music Source: Music: R. Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958

Prayer of the Day

▼ Children’s Talk

First Reading: Acts 2:1-21

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 nation 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."

But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, "Men of Judea 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.'

Psalm 104:24-34, 35b

24How manifold are your | works, O LORD!

In wisdom you have made them all;

the earth is full | of your creatures.

25Yonder is the sea, great and wide,

with its swarms too man- | y to number,

living things both | small and great.

26There go the ships | to and fro,

and Leviathan, which you made for the | sport of it.

27All of them | look to you

to give them their food | in due season.

28You give it to them; they | gather it;

you open your hand, and they are filled | with good things.

29When you hide your face, | they are terrified;

when you take away their breath, they die and return | to their dust.

30You send forth your Spirit, and they | are created;

and so you renew the face | of the earth.

31May the glory of the LORD en- | dure forever;

O LORD, rejoice in | all your works.

32You look at the earth | and it trembles;

you touch the mountains | and they smoke.

33I will sing to the LORD as long | as I live;

I will praise my God while I | have my being.

34May these words of | mine please God.

I will rejoice | in the LORD.

35 Bless the LORD, O my soul. | Hallelujah!

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13

No one can say "Jesus is Lord" except by the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses. For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--Jews or Greeks, slaves or free--and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

▲ Holy Gospel: John 20:19-23

When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."

▼ Homily

▲ Theme Song:

Statement of Faith:

We believe in one God, Author of Life, . . . work towards the renewal

Of the whole earth.

Living Creed, Anon. From Laughter, Silence and Shouting an anthology of women’s prayers Compiled by Kathy Keay, Harper Collins Publishers

Prayers of the People

Greeting of Peace:

P: We are forgiven and at peace with God through Jesus Christ; let us also be at peace with one another.

[A greeting of peace is shared...]

▼ Offering of Gifts & Music

▲ Offering Prayer:

A: Let us pray. We give thanks, O God,

C: For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, For love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends.

Thanksgiving - Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1803-1882 (found at http://www.worldprayers.org/)

Great Thanksgiving

Prayer:

You are holy, Lord,

the only God,

and Your deeds are wonderful.

You are strong.

You are great.

You are the Most High.

You are Almighty.

You, Holy Father are King of heaven and earth.

You are Three and One, Lord God, all Good.

You are Good, all Good, supreme Good, Lord God, living and true.

You are love.

You are wisdom.

You are humility.

You are endurance.

You are rest.

You are peace.

You are joy and gladness.

You are justice and moderation.

You are all our riches, and You suffice for us.

You are beauty.

You are gentleness.

You are our protector.

You are our guardian and defender.

You are our courage.

You are our haven and our hope.

You are our faith, our great consolation.

You are our eternal life, Great and Wonderful Lord, God Almighty, Merciful Saviour.

St. Francis of Assisi (from http://www.worldprayers.org/)

The Lord’s Prayer:

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 forever. Amen.

▼ Distribution of Holy Communion

Post-Communion Prayer:

Soul of Christ, sanctify me;

Body of Christ, save me;

Blood of Christ, inebriate me;

Water from the side of Christ, wash me;

Passion of Christ, strengthen me;

0 good Jesus, hear me;

Within Thy wounds, hide me;

Permit me not to be separated from 'Thee;

From the wicked foe defend me;

In the hour of my death call me,

And bid me come unto Thee,

That with all Thy saints I may praise Thee

For ever and ever. Amen.

Anima Christi - Saint Ignatius Loyola - 16th century (from http://www.worldprayers.org/)

Benediction:

Image of God

Born of God's breath

Vessel of divine Love

After his likeness

Dwelling of God

Capacity for the infinite

Eternally known

Chosen of God

Home of the Infinite Majesty

Abiding in the Son

Called from eternity

Life in the Lord

Temple of the Holy Spirit

Branch of Christ

Receptacle of the Most High

Wellspring of Living Water

Heir of the kingdom

The glory of God

Abode of the Trinity.

God sings this litany

Eternally in his Word.

This is who you are.

A Litany of the Person - Anonymous Trappist Monk (found at http://www.worldprayers.org/)

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▼ Community Announcements

▲ SENDING SONG: Send Down The Fire

Text: Marty Haugen, b. 1950

Music: SEND DOWN THE FIRE, Marty Haugen

Dismissal:

A: Go in peace! Serve the Lord!

C: Thanks be to God!

Postlude