Order of Worship

Pentecost

BOLD indicates congregational SPEAKING participation

GATHERING AS THE BODY OF CHRIST

Prelude

"Hail Thee, Festival Day"

UMH #324

   Welcome and Sharing of Announcements

A Time to Make Connections

Call to Worship

Liturgist:  Coming from different places,

People: We gather as one church, one community of faith.

Liturgist: Bringing different gifts,

People: We come to offer ourselves as we are.

Liturgist: Blessed by one Spirit,

People: We bring our unity of gratitude and praise.

Opening Prayer



Holy Spirit, blow through our gathering as you blew through that Pentecost gathering so many centuries ago. Breathe in us your new creation, that we may be renewed and revived to be your people once more. Speak through our differences and our diversity, and bind us together in unity and love. 

Opening Hymn

   “Come, Thou Almighty King” 

   UMH #61

Message in Music

  “O Morn of Beauty” 

arr. H. Alexander Matthews

John Wilder, Larry Guilmartin, Scott Hall, Mark Johnson

(in-person service only) 

  “This Is My Song” 

by Stone, Harkness, and Sibelius

Nancy Burns, vocalist, and Matt Cron, organist

(online service only)

Children's Time

Pastor Seok-Hwan Hong

Pastoral Prayer and Apostles' Creed

I believe in God, the Father almighty,

 creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord,

 who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

 born of the virgin Mary,

 suffered under Pontius Pilate,

 was crucified, died, and was buried;

 he descended to the dead.*

 On the third day he rose again;

 he ascended into heaven,

 he is seated at the right hand of the Father,

 and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

 the holy catholic church,

 the communion of saints,

 the forgiveness of sins,

 the resurrection of the body,

 and the life everlasting. Amen. 

Prayer Response

 “Father, I Adore You”    

  TFWS #2038        

ATTENTION TO THE WORD OF GOD

Scripture Readings: Philippians 2:5-11; John 1:1-14

5 Let the same mind be in you that was[a] in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, assuming human likeness. And being found in appearance as a human, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death— even death on a cross. Therefore God exalted him even more highly and gave him the name that is above every other name, so that at the name given to Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being 4 in him was life,[a] and the life was the light of all people. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it. 6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. 8 He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. 9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.10 He was in the world, and the world came into being through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to what was his own,[c] and his own people did not accept him. 12 But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son,[d] full of grace and truth.

Liturgist: The word of God for the people of God.

People: Thanks be to God.  

Message

“Apostle’s Creed (III): God the Savior”

  Pastor Seok-Hwan 

We Respond

Offering

“O Happy Day, That Fixed My Choice” 

 UMH #391

Doxology

 UMH #95

*Offertory Prayer

Creative Spirit, create miracles through the gifts we return to you now. Create miracles through us, as we give our lives back to you. Create miracles through our gifts, as we share them with one another. Truly, the whole of the gifts you have given us is greater than the sum of the parts, thanks to your powerful presence in our lives and in our church. Amen.

Closing Hymn

 “To God Be the Glory”  

UMH #98

The Blessing and Sending Forth

Postlude

"God of our Fathers"

arr. J. Wayne Kerr

The Abingdon Worship Annual 2023 (pp. 97-98)