May 31 @ St. Paul's UMC: Worship

"Pentecost" by Pastor Charles

May 31st —Pentecost 

Today’s Meditation Verse: “On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and shouted, ‘All who are thirsty should come to me! All who believe in me should drink!’” --John 7:27, 28a

Welcome—Pastor Charles

Call to Worship (Psalm 104:24, 35b)—Pastor Charles (Leader) and Tim Cook (People) Congregation is encouraged to read People’s response aloud on mute setting

Leader: Lord, You have done so many things! People: You made them all so wisely!                              Leader: But let my whole being bless the Lord! People: Praise the Lord!

Congregational Reading--Tim Cook - Congregation is encouraged to read aloud on mute setting     

“Jesus, We on the Word Depend” by Charles Wesley, from Hymns of Petition and Thanksgiving for the Promise of the Father (1746)                           

Jesus, we on the word depend, Spoken by Thee while present here,
The Father in My name shall send The Holy Ghost, the Comforter.

That promise made to Adam’s race, Now, Lord, in us, even us, fulfill;
And give the Spirit of Thy grace, To teach us all Thy perfect will.

That heavenly Teacher of mankind, That Guide infallible impart,
To bring Thy sayings to our mind, And write them on our faithful heart.

He only can the words apply Through which we endless life possess
And deal to each His legacy, His Lord’s unutterable peace.

That peace of God, that peace of Thine, O might He now to us bring in,
And fill our souls with power divine, And make an end of fear and sin.

The length and breadth of love reveal, The height and depth of Deity;
And all the sons of glory seal, And change, and make us all like Thee!

Community prayer requests, concerns, and celebrations—Pastor Charles

Pastoral Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer—Pastor Charles

Congregation is encouraged to pray The Lord’s Prayer aloud on mute setting

First Scripture Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13—Tim Cook

Musical Offering: “Sing Hosanna” performed by Chancel Choir (September 8, 2019)

Second Lesson: Acts 2:1-4, 14-21 —Pastor Charles               

Sermon: “Be careful what you pray for” —Pastor Charles

Words for the Journey—Pastor Charles

The purchased Comforter is given,
For Jesus is returned to heaven,
To claim, and then THE GRACE impart:
Our day of Pentecost is come,
And God vouchsafes to fix His home
In every poor expecting heart.

--Charles Wesley, Hymns of Petition and Thanksgiving for the Promise of the Father (1746)    

    

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