June 5, 2022
Pentecost
Enhance your online worship experience
Whether you’re a first-time online visitor or a life-long member, we welcome and celebrate the ways you enrich our collective worship of a scattered yet gathered Children of God. As we begin our service, we invite you to light a candle, just as we do in the prelude during our in-person worship. Our two altar candles symbolize that Christ was both a human being and God. A light being carried into the world shows that Jesus Christ is for all people - everywhere. Just as a the acolyte carries the lighted candlelight into the congregation, the light symbolizes the light of Jesus Christ preceding us into the world where we as the church are to serve.
Gathering
The Chiming of the Trinity
Prelude
Come, Holy Spirit Jon D. Vieker
Brooke Reyes, solo
Please join the choir in singing the antiphon
Call to Worship
One: When the world divides us
Many: Come, Holy Spirit, make us one.
One: When the world calls us orphaned
Many: Come, Holy Spirit, make us family.
One: When the world leads us astray
Many: Come, Holy Spirit, call us home.
Come, Holy Spirit, come! Come and fill this place!
Opening Hymn
O Spirit of the Living God UMH# 539
Stanzas 1,2,3
Concerns and Prayers with the Lord’s Prayer
UMH# 895
Reading from the Epistles Concerns and Prayers with the Lord’s Prayer
Anthem
Gracious Spirit, Dwell with Me arr. K. Lee Scott
The Reading from the New Testament
Sermon
The work of the Spirit | Rev. Lisa Hartzog
Prayer of Confession & Assurance of Pardon
The Spirit of God is alive today. The world is aflame with this power. Know without doubt that the love and power of God is here for you now.
In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven and made new.
Thanks be to God.
The Celebration of Holy Communion
Solo
Take, Eat Fred Bock
Alex Ngamhuy
The Great Thanksgiving and Communion UMH pp. 9-10
Breaking the Bread
Giving the Bread and Cup
The Prayer of Thanksgiving
Blessing of the Tithes and Offerings
Doxology UMH# 94
Hymn
Like the Murmur of the Dove’s Song UMH# 544
Dismissal with Blessing
Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness arr. David M. Cherwien
Today’s Worship Participants
Our Pastor: Rev. Lisa Hartzog
Music Director: Dr. Joel Reed
Pianist: Patty Higgins
Handbell Director: Lucy Butterworth
Pastor Emeritus: Rev. Wiley Cooper
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