Order of
Service
8th June
2003
Pentecost Communion Service
We invite
you to maintain a spirit of silence as the prelude begins our service.
OUR
APPROACH TO GOD
Prelude "Fill Me Now" E.
Stokes
Introit "Welcome, Welcome"
L. Morris
Welcome
*Call to Worship:
Psalm 104: 24, 29 & 30
O Lord, how manifold are Your
works!
IN WISDOM YOU HAVE MADE THEM
ALL! THE EARTH IS FULL OF YOUR CREATURES!
When you hide Your face, we are dismayed; When you take away Your
breath, we die, and return to our dust.
WHEN YOU SEND FORTH YOUR SPIRIT,
WE ARE CREATED; AND YOU RENEW THE FACE OF THE EARTH!
*Hymn BB 200 "Creator Spirit, By Whose Aid"
Let us be before
our God in silence. (Romans
8: 26)
Unison Prayer:
Psalm 104:
1b-4; 33
YOU ARE CLOTHED WITH HONOR AND
MAJESTY; WRAPPED IN LIGHT AS WITH A GARMENT, YOU STRETCHED OUT THE
HEAVENS LIKE A TENT, YOU SET THE BEAMS OF YOUR CHAMBERS ON THE WATERS,
YOU MAKE CLOUDS YOUR CHARIOT, YOU RIDE ON THE WINGS OF THE WIND, YOU
MAKE THE WINDS YOUR MESSENGERS, FIRE AND FLAME YOUR MINISTERS.
I WILL SING TO THE LORD AS LONG AS I LIVE;
I WILL SING PRAISE TO MY GOD WHILE I HAVE BREATH.
LORD, HAVE
MERCY ON US.
CHRIST, HAVE MERCY ON US.
LORD, HAVE MERCY ON US.
A Word of
Assurance: Ezekiel
37: 1-6
The Summary of the
Law (Mk 12: 29-31)
This is the first commandment:
HEAR O ISRAEL,
THE LORD OUR GOD,
THE LORD IS ONE!
THEREFORE
YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD
WITH ALL YOUR HEART,
WITH ALL YOUR SOUL,
WITH ALL YOUR MIND,
AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.
This is the second commandment:
YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
There is no greater commandment than these.
Anthem "Come
Holy Spirit" G. Gaither
THE WORD OF
GOD
*Responsive Reading: "Veni, Sancte,
Spiritus"
*Gloria Patri
(Hymn No. 623)
GLORY BE TO THE FATHER
AND TO THE SON
AND TO THE HOLY GHOST.
AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING,
IS NOW AND EVER SHALL BE,
WORLD WITHOUT END,
AMEN, AMEN!
The Greeting
of Peace (John 20:21)
Announcements
*Hymn 247 "Spirit of the
Living God"
Scripture Lessons:
First Reading: Acts
2: 1-11
Epistle: 1
Corinthians 12: 3-7, 12-13
Alleluia! ALLELUIA!
Gospel: John
14: 25-31, 20:
19-23
Pentecost Meditation
OUR
RESPONSE TO GOD
*Hymn 259 "Breathe on Me,
Breathe on God"
The Offering
*Doxology (625) and Prayer
PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW;
PRAISE GOD ALL CREATURES HERE BELOW;
PRAISE GOD ABOVE YE HEAVENLY HOSTS;
PRAISE FATHER (CREATOR), SON (CHRIST) AND HOLY GHOST.
AMEN.
The
Invitation to the Table
Hymn BB 490 "Come, Holy Ghost"
The Breaking of the Bread
The Great Thanksgiving & the Lord’s Prayer
*Hymn 252 "There's A Sweet Spirit"
*Benediction
*Response to the Benediction
Postlude "Nicacea" J. Dykes
*Please stand if you are able.
News - 8th
June 2003
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