Let’s spend a moment preparing on this Pentecost Sunday LINK HERE
In today’s worship we have leadership from Bill, Merle, Sheri, Steve and all those worshiping, including: Garnet, Lisa, Bev, Bob, Betty, Janet, Marilyn, Laura…
Who have I not included in that list of people who is also attending?
STEVE reads
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
Yonder is the sea, great and wide, creeping things innumerable are there, living things both small and great.
There go the ships, and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.
These all look to you to give them their food in due season;
when you give to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
When you send forth your spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the ground.
May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works–
who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke.
I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD!
Jesus loves me, this I know For the Bible tells me so
Little ones to Him belong They are weak, but He is strong
REFRAIN
Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so
Jesus loves me, this I know As He loved so long ago
Taking children on His knee, Saying, “Let them come to Me.”
REFRAIN
Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so
BILL reads
John 7:37-39
On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me,
and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.'”
Now he said this about the Spirit, which believers in him were to receive; for as yet there was no Spirit, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
BILL – shares a prayer of confession
Precious Lord, take my hand
Lead me on, help me stand
I am tired, I am weak, I am worn
Through the storm, through the night
Lead me on to the light
Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home
When my way grows drear,
Precious Lord, linger near
When my life is al-most gone,
Hear my cry, hear my call,
Hold my hand lest I fall
Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home
Precious Lord, take my hand
Lead me on, help me stand
I am tired, I am weak, I am worn
Through the storm, through the night
Lead me on to the light
Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home
MERLE reads 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13
12:3b No one can say “Jesus is Lord” except by the Holy Spirit.
12:4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;
12:5 and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord;
12:6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone.
12:7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
12:8 To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
12:9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
12:10 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.
12:11 All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.
12:12 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.
12:13 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.
Spir – it, spir – it of gentleness, blow thru the wilderness, calling and free
Spir – it, spir – it of restlessness, stir me from placidness, wind, wind on the sea
You moved on the wa – ters, you called from the deep
Then you coaxed up the mountains, from the valley of sleep
And over the ee – ons, you called to each thing
Awake from your slumbers, and rise on your wings
Spir – it, spir – it of gentleness, blow thru the wilderness, calling and free
Spir – it, spir – it of restlessness, stir me from placidness, wind, wind on the sea
You swept thru the des – ert. You stung with the sand,
And you gifted your people, with a law and a land
And when they were blind – ded with their idols and lies
Then you spoke thru your prophets to open their eyes
Spir – it, spir – it of gentleness, blow thru the wilderness, calling and free
Spir – it, spir – it of restlessness, stir me from placidness, wind, wind on the sea
You sang in a sta – ble, you cried from a hill
Then you whispered in silence, when the whole world was still
And down in the ci — ty, you called once again
When you blew thru your people on the rush of the wind
Spir – it, spir – it of gentleness, blow thru the wilderness, calling and free
Spir – it, spir – it of restlessness, stir me from placidness, wind, wind on the sea
You call from tomor — row, You break ancient schemes,
From the bondage of sorrow, the captives dream dreams,
Our women see vi — sions, our men clear their eyes,
With bold new decisions, Your people arise
Spir – it, spir – it of gentleness, blow thru the wilderness, calling and free
Spir – it, spir – it of restlessness, stir me from placidness, wind, wind on the sea
SHERI: What reflections do we want to share on this Pentecost Sunday?
SHERI: Sharing of Joys & Concerns
- Bev’s good news
- Challenges in our country with racial injustice
Prayer – concluding with The Lord’s Prayer
Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.
Before our Father’s throne
We pour our ardent prayers;
Our fears, our hopes, our aims, are one,
Our comforts and our cares.
We share our mutual woes,
Our mutual burdens bear,
And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear
Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.