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A Service of Divine Worship on the Lord’s Day

May 31st, 2020 - Pentecost

The Prelude Days of Elijah

with Flames Slideshow

Welcome

*Gathering Song #393: Breathe on Me, Breath of God E. Hatch

R. Jackson

*The Call to Worship

Liturgist: O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them

all; the earth is full of your creatures.

People: Yonder is the sea, great and wide, creeping things innumerable are there,

living things both small and great.

L: These all look to you to give them food in due season. When you open your hand,

they are filled with good things.

P: When you send forth your spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the

grounds.

L: I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have

my being. May our meditations this morning be pleasing to God, for we find our

rejoicing in the Lord!

Adapted from Psalm 104:24-34

*Opening Hymn: Every Time I Feel the Spirit Afro-American Spiritual

*A Call to Confession (Liturgist)

In the uncertainty of days between resurrection, ascension and the advent of the

holy spirit, the disciples struggled to make sense of the next steps, even Jesus’

resurrected presence startled and confused them. Yet, the spirit of God came

nonetheless. We, too, then can stand in its presence with all that confuses us.

*Unison Prayer of Confession (prayed aloud by all)

Gracious God, we, too, live in uncertainty. The metrics we live by have been

totally upended. New normals surround us. We, too, ache for former things as we

wonder what the future holds just like those disciples.

Our faith is shaky at times. Our spirits depleted. We are tired. We are

anxious. We give way to despair, even as we try to hold out in hope. Hear the

anguish of our cries, the pain of our hearts, and all the brokenness and confusion

with us.

Cover us with your spirit, too. May it dance upon us so to pick up our forlorn

heads. May it blow within us to give us courage to imagine new ways of being.

May the spirit give us dreams and visions, making us believe in impossible things

again. Amen.

The Silent Confession (please be seated)

The Declaration and Assurance of Forgiveness

Liturgist: Grace has not been cancelled. Love has not been cancelled. Mercy has not

been cancelled - even on this Pentecost, when we gather not in a building but in the

sanctuaries of our homes.

All: Let this grace, love and mercy dwell in us so that we may be little churches

scattered in a world hungry to know of such things no longer confined in a

building.

*The Sung Response of Praise Spirit of the Living God

Spirit of the living God, fall fresh on me.

Spirit of the living God, fall fresh on me.

Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me.

Spirit of the living God, fall fresh on me.

*Passing the Peace of Christ, Sharing in Christ’s Welcome

Liturgist: May the spirit of peace be with you.

All: And, also with you.

(Congregation shares peace and greetings with one another.)

Small Talk 5th Grade Bible Presentation Jo VanMeter

The Anthem I’m Gonna Sing When the Spirit Says Sing arr. J. Desjardins

Lisa and Madolyn Boynton

The Prayer for Illumination

Sweet Spirit, cut through our hearts and all the noise. Settle our own spirits to seek your

presence and guidance this morning as the word is read and proclaimed. Then, summon us to

the work of that word, which demands us to live it out! Amen.

The First Lesson Acts 2:1-21

The Second Lesson Numbers 11:24-30

The Message “The Wild, Unwieldy Spirit”

Rev. Jessica McClure Archer

Celebrating the Lord’s Table

Invitation to the Table in Song

Hymn #460: Let us Break Bread Together arr. K. Phillips

Great Prayer of Thanksgiving

Sharing the Feast Together (Prepare your home feast by gathering bread and cup

common to your family. Break and share together in your home!)

Praying Together - A time of silent reflection for personal and corporate prayer.

The Offering – Many ways to give – Online, Mail-in, Drop-off

The Offertory Sentence

Let us offer our lives to the Spirit, trusting that God’s presence will move us where there’s

life and hope. May these gifts be a sign and seal of such commitment.

The Offertory

*The Prayer of Dedication

*The Sending Hymn: Go to the World S. Dunstin

*The Charge and Benediction

*Sung Response Every Time I Feel the Spirit

Every time I feel the Spirit moving in my heart, I will pray.

Yes, every time I feel the Spirit moving in my heart, I will pray.