WELCOME AND GREETINGS
PRELUDE “Spirit Song” Matilda Phillippy
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Beloved, the Spirit of Truth gathers us here to receive and discern God’s good
news working among us.
People: Come, Holy Spirit, come!
Leader: The Spirit of Love draws us together to receive and restore life-giving
relationships with God and one another.
People: Come, Holy Spirit, come!
Leader: The Spirit of Freedom knits us together to receive and renew the bonds of
empathy, justice, and peace that bind us together in the work for liberation and
wholeness.
People: Come, Holy Spirit, come!
Leader: Beloved, the Holy Spirit is here, moving and working among us. Will you come
and receive all the Spirit has to give?
People: We come to receive the Spirit’s abundant and gracious gifts that we may be
a people who live out God’s truth, love, and freedom in our neighborhood,
community, and throughout all creation. Amen. (Dr. Lisa Hancock)
INVOCATION
*HYMN “O Spirit of the Living God” #539
OPENING PRAYER
Send forth your Spirit, O God, and renew the face of the earth. Dwell
among us, even though your presence will startle and unsettle us.
Grant us your peace, we pray, as justice and love pour down upon the
yearning earth. Amen.
PASTORAL PRAYER
THE LORD’S PRAYER
*Presenting Our Gifts to the Lord – Doxology - Prayer of Dedication
*HYMN “Breathe on Me, Breath of God” #420
BLESSING THE READING AND HEARING OF THE WORD
FIRST EPISTLE READING Acts 2:1-21 Pastor Dave
SECOND EPISTLE READING 1 Corinthians 12:4-13 Pastor Dave
Leader: This is the word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
SERMON “All for One, and One for All” Pastor Dave
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Holy God, we ask for your help, your power, your Spirit, so that we can amend
our lives and grow more each day into the image of Christ. We confess that we
fear what is different.
We confess that it’s easier to lock the doors of our community than to receive
those who don’t look like we look, love like we love, or vote the way we vote.
We confess that we have not lived out your call to share in abundant life and
unconditional love.
We believe that you have the power to turn us around to a more inclusive way of
living, so we ask you to do that.
We ask you to give us the courage to change.
We ask that you give us the energy, intelligence, imagination, and love to be your
people in all we say and do. Amen.
A TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION
WORDS OF GRACE AND FORGIVENESS
*HYMN “This is My Song” #437
*BENEDICTION
*POSTLUDE “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee” Matilda Phillippy