Service for the Lord's Day

ORDER OF WORSHIP



Gathering and Centering Ourselves for Worship

Welcome



Prelude

Now We Ask the Holy Spirit BuxWV208 - Dietrich Buxtehude



Call to Worship

inspired by Joel 2:28-29

One:

Then I will pour out my spirit on all flesh, thus says the Lord.

Send down the fire of your justice!

Many:

Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy.

Send down the rain of your love!

One:

Your old shall dream dreams, and your young shall see visions.

Send down your Spirit, breathe life into your people!

Many:

In those days, I will pour out my spirit.

And we shall be people of God.

Hymn

Come, O Spirit, Dwell Among Us

EBENEZER

The Prayer of Confession

in unison



Forgiving God, we confess that we have failed to allow the flames of your Holy Spirit to rekindle warmth and love among us. We have fostered division and failed to seek reconciliation. We have claimed privilege and position at the price of those whom you love and counted ourselves as your most treasured. Through the rushing winds of your Spirit, revive and refresh us, we pray, and by your purifying fire, cleanse us for life in community that we, and all your children, might live fully the lives for which you created us. Amen.

The Assurance of Forgiveness

One:

Jesus said “Peace be with you. Receive the Holy Spirit.” Your sins are forgiven.

Friends, believe the Good News of the Gospel.

Many:

In Christ, we are all forgiven.

Assurance Response

Breathe on Me, Breath of God

TRENTHAM

Passing of the Peace

Announcements

Proclaiming the Word

A Reading from the Gospels

John 20:19-23

The Word of the Lord - Thanks be to God.

Musical Offering

Revive Us Again - arr. Larry Shackley

Joshua Hearn, piano

A Time for All God's Children

Madeline Dasch, leader



A Reading from the Epistles

Acts 2:1-21



The Word of the Lord - Thanks be to God.

Sermon

Come Holy Spirit

Rev. Jeanie Murphy, guest minister

Our Response to the Word



Affirmation of Faith

from A Brief Statement of Faith

in unison

We trust in God the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of life. The Spirit justifies us by grace through faith, sets us free to accept ourselves and to love God and neighbor, and binds us together with all believers in the one body of Christ, the church.

Hymn

Like the Murmur of the Dove's Song

BRIDEGROOM

The Church at Prayer

The Lord be with you. And also with you.



The Lord’s Prayer

(in unison)



Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

The Presentation & Dedication of Our Gifts

Offertory

Holy Ghost, with Light Divine - arr. Robert Noehren

Offertory Response

Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow

PRAISE GOD (Hopson)

The Prayer of Thanksgiving

(in unison)

Blow the dust off our fears, Generous Spirit, so we might be more giving people. Blow the dust off our material gifts we think are so paltry, so we might realize how they can bring hope and life to others. Blow the dust off our mistaken views of others, so we might see them as our siblings, ready to grace us, even as we may bless them with these offerings. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

Going Forth into the World to Live the Gospel

Hymn

On Pentecost They Gathered

MUNICH

Benediction & Response

Amen

AMEN

Postlude

Come, Holy Ghost, God, and Lord – arr. Matthias Weckmann

The flowers for today’s worship service are given by Curt and Linda Bonewits to the Glory of God in celebration of

their 44th wedding anniversary.

Mark Jorgenson, liturgist

Tim Thomas & Wayne Wilson, audio/visual

SOUTHMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH STAFF



Rev. Kent Winters-Hazelton, Pastor (Transitional)

Joshua G. Hearn, Director of Music Ministry

Denise Dillon-Gruber, Office Manager

Come, O Spirit, Dwell Among Us | Text: Janie Alford, © 1979 Hope Publishing Co. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-726989. All rights reserved.

Like The Murmur of the Dove's Song | Text: Carl P. Daw; Tune: Peter Cutts, © 1982/1969 Hope Publishing Co. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-726989. All rights reserved.

On Pentecost They Gathered | Text: Jane Parker Huber, © 1981 Westminster John Knox Press. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-726989. All rights reserved.

Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow | Text: Brian Wren; Tune: harm. Hal Hopson, Text: © 1989 Hope Publishing Co.; Tune: © 1998 Hope Publishing Co. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-726989. All rights reserved.