Pentecost Sunday—Celebration of Holy Communion
June 5, 2022, 11:00 am
PRELUDE: In Christ Alone: Townend/Getty, arr. Lloyd Larson
CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS
Pastor: All beings are words of God, God’s music, God’s art.
People: Sacred books we are, For the infinite camps in our souls.
Pastor: Every act reveals God and expands God’s being. I know that may be hard to comprehend.
People: All creatures are doing their best To help God in God’s birth of God.
All: Enough talk for the night. God is laboring in us; We need to be silent for a while, Worlds are forming in our hearts.
—adapted from Meister Eckhart(1260-1328) German theologian, philosopher, mystic
HYMN: Every Time I Feel the Spirit GTG#66
CALL TO CONFESSION AND COMMITMENT
Pastor: There is something basically messed up with our world.
People: We don’t have to look too far to see that.
Pastor: Look in the hearts and souls of human beings.
People: The great danger facing us today is not the atomic bomb, dangerous as it is.
Pastor: The real danger is that atomic bomb which lies in the hearts & souls of humans.
People: Capable of exploding in the vilest of hate and the most damaging selfishness.
Pastor: That’s the atomic bomb we must fear today.
People: And that is the basis of our confession
Pastor: And our commitment
People:To go beyond the mind that we now have. Amen.
—adapted from “Recovering Lost Values” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
HYMN: Breathe On Me, Breath of God GTG#286
HYMN: Acts 2: 1-21
CHORAL ANTHEM: Come, Holy Ghost: Orlando Gibbons
MESSAGE: A #Pentecost #HolySpiritDay Meditation -Rev. Scott Myers
SUNG PREPARATION FOR COMMUNION: Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ GTG#526
COMMUNION: EVERYONE INVITED TO THE LORD’S TABLE
Pastor: Let us gather around this planet friendly, holy table! With holy bread and drink upon it!
People: The promise of Christ being alive among us!
Pastor: This is the welcome table of God where all who intend to experience the non-physical spiritual dimension of life—
People: And live in relationships of freedom and peace with neighbors!
Pastor: Hunger no more!… Come to eat!! Here, everyone who longs for otherwise elusive grace
People: May enjoy the strong love of God in Jesus Christ.
Pastor: Here you are embraced and held by Self Giving Love!—
People: One of God’s great and holy names!
Pastor: Come to drink, you are invited into this holy mystery.
People: We are ready!
Pastor: Jesus said: “I am the bread of life. All who come to me shall not hunger, and all who believe in me shall never be thirsty.”
People: We are hungry for Your Love, O God. We are thirsty for Your Deep Peace, O Lamb of God. We come seeking an unusual gift— an experience of wonder and joy.
Pastor: Come, Holy Spirit. Come. Open our eyes to the mystery of The living Christ’s presence in our midst. Through the broken bread…
People: We are becoming the Body of Christ—
Pastor: Whom we named Pat after our fire—a name crossing genders.
People: We celebrate the new life Christ gives us.
Pastor: Now Pat has a new life, Pat is a new person, as a particular Body of Christ.
People: Let us praise and pray to God by singing an African hymn!
Pastor: Lift up names of people we wish to pray for, concluding with The Lord’s Prayer (GTG#, page 35)…
CONGREGATIONAL SUNG PRAYER: Come, Bring Your Burdens to God GTG#851
BREAKING AND SHARING OF THE BREAD
POURING AND SHARING OF THE WINE
Pastor: The Grace, Peace, Love and Joy of Jesus Christ be with you.
People: And also with you.
Pastor: Let us pray…..
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING:
Gracious and loving God, You have united us into a body of Christ, And nourished us at Your table with holy food and drink. Thank you for feeding our hunger and relieving our thirst. Now send us into the world to do the great work You have called us to do; To find the lost and lonely! To heal wounded souls! To free people, including ourselves, who are not at all free! To give compassion to the vulnerable and marginalized! To love Beauty, the Planet and Sky, To persist in resisting evil, and to share by what we say and do The Message of Jesus Christ!—Who is The Light in the World. Amen.
SUNG COMMUNION RESPONSE: Let Us Break Bread Together GTG#525
WELCOMING
OFFERTORY: Life Indeed: Handel, arr. John F Wilson; Jennifer Weiman, mezzo soprano
SUNG PRAYER OF DEDICATION: Spirit of the Living God (sing twice) GTG#288
CLOSING HYMN: Down to the River to Pray(stanzas 1-4)
BLESSING
SUNG BENEDICTION RESPONSE: Down to the River to Pray (stanza 5)
POSTLUDE: Every Time I Feel the Spirit (African American spiritual); setting by John Carter
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