10:30 a.m.
OPENING SONG SERVICE
Refrain:
Spirit, Spirit of gentleness, blow through the wilderness
calling and free;
Spirit, Spirit of restlessness, stir me from placidness,
wind, wind on the sea.
You moved on the waters, you called to the deep.
Then you coaxed up the mountains from the valleys of sleep;
And over the eons you called to each thing:
"Awake from your slumbers and rise on your wings." Refrain
You swept through the desert, you stung with the sand,
And you goaded your people with a law and a land;
And when they were blinded with idols and lies,
Then you spoke through your prophets to open their eyes. Refrain
You sang in a stable, you cried from a hill.
Then you whispered in silence when the whole world was still;
And down in the city you called once again,
When you blew through your people on the rush of the wind. Refrain
You call from tomorrow, you break ancient schemes.
From the bondage of sorrow all the captives dream dreams;
Our women see visions, our men clear their eyes,
With bold new decisions your people arise. Refrain.
Let Your Spirit Rise Within Me
Let Your Spirit rise within me,
Let Your Spirit rise within me.
You set my feet a-dancin' and my heart rejoicin'
And my mouth singin' out Your praise.
Let Your Spirit rise within me.
Let Your Spirit rise within me.
You set my feet a-dancin' and my heart rejoicin'
And my mouth singin' out Your praise.
You alone are great God and worthy to be praised.
You alone are great God and worthy to be praised.
Let Your Spirit rise within me,
Let Your Spirit rise within me.
You set my feet a-dancin' and my heart rejoicin'
And my mouth singin' out Your praise.
Let Your Spirit rise within me.
Let Your Spirit rise within me.
You set my feet a-dancin' and my heart rejoicin'
And my mouth singin' out Your praise.
Holy Spirit rain down, rain down.
Oh, comforter and friend, how we need Your touch again.
Holy Spirit rain down, rain down.
Let Your power fall, let your voice be heard;
Come and change our hearts, as we stand on Your Word.
Holy Spirit rain down.
No eye has seen, no ear has heard,
No mind can know what god has in store.
So open up Heaven, open it wide,
Over your church and over our lives.
Holy Spirit rain down, rain down.
Oh, comforter and friend, how we need Your touch again.
Holy Spirit rain down, rain down.
Let Your power fall, let your voice be heard;
Come and change our hearts, as we stand on Your Word.
Holy Spirit rain down.
Holy Spirit rain down, rain down.
Oh, comforter and friend, how we need Your touch again.
Holy Spirit rain down, rain down.
Let Your power fall, let your voice be heard;
Come and change our hearts, as we stand on Your Word.
Holy Spirit rain down.
OPENING WORDS
Reign of Healing
God be near us as we travel
And help us when we fall;
In the chaos that surrounds us
Send your hope through it all.
Be mercy for our madness
At the world and ones we love,
A gentle rain of healing from above.
CONFESSION PRAYER-PASTOR
God be near us as we travel
And help us when we fall;
In the chaos that surrounds us
Send your hope through it all.
Be mercy for our madness
At the world and ones we love,
A gentle rain of healing from above.
ABSOLUTION-PASTOR
Every Time I Feel the Spirit
All: Every time I feel the Spirit
Moving in my heart, I will pray.
Yes, every time I feel the Spirit
Moving in my heart, I will pray.
Solo: upon the mountain, my Lord spoke,
Out his mouth came fire and smoke.
All around me looks so shine,
Ask my Lord if all was mine.
All: Every time I feel the Spirit
Moving in my heart, I will pray.
Yes, every time I feel the Spirit
Moving in my heart, I will pray.
Solo: Jordan river runs right cold,
Chills the body, not the soul.
Ain't but one train, on this track,
Runs to heaven and right back.
All: Every time I feel the Spirit
Moving in my heart, I will pray.
Yes, every time I feel the Spirit
Moving in my heart, I will pray.
SCRIPTURE LESSON--I CORINTHIANS 12:3B-13
3bAnd no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except by the Holy Spirit. 4Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; 6and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. 7To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10to 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. 11All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.
12For 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. 13For 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.
GOSPEL LESSON--JOHN 20:19-23
19When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." 20After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." 22When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. 23If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."
CHILDREN'S SERMON
SERMON
APOSTLES' CREED
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen
PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH
PASSING THE PEACE
OFFERING
OFFERING RESPONSE AND COMMUNION PREPARATION
Give thanks with a grateful heart,
Give thanks to the Holy One,
Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son.
Give thanks with a grateful heart,
Give thanks to the Holy One,
Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son.
And now let the weak say, " I am strong,"
Let the poor say, "I am rich because of what
The Lord has done for us."
And now let the weak say, " I am strong,"
Let the poor say, "I am rich because of what
The Lord has done for us."
Give thanks, give thanks, give thanks.
WORDS OF INSTITUTION
LORD'S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name,
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those
Who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
Forever and ever. Amen.
DISTRIBUTION MUSIC (refer to hymnal)
Holy Spirit, Truth Divine (ELW #398)
Spirit of the living God, fall fresh on me,
Spirit of the living God, fall fresh on me.
Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me.
Spirit of the living god, fall fresh on me.
Spirit of the living God, move in us all.
Make us one in heart and mind, one in your love;
Humble, caring, selfless, sharing.
Spirit of the living God, fill us with love.
COMMUNION PRAYER
Oh, how He loves you and me,
Oh, how He loves you and me.
He gave His life, what more could He give?
Oh, how He loves you; Oh, how He loves me;
Oh, how He love you and me.
BENEDICTION-PASTOR
SENDING SONG-Spirit Song
Oh ,let the Son of God enfold you
With His Spirit and His love,
Let Him fill your life and satisfy your soul.
O let Him have the things that hold you,
And His Spirit, like a dove,
Will descend upon your life and make you whole.
Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill Your lambs.
Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill Your lambs.
O come and sing this song with gladness
As your hearts are filled with joy,
Lift your hands in sweet surrender to His name.
O give Him all your tears and sadness,
Give him all your years of pain,
And you'll enter into life in Jesus' name.
Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill Your lambs.
Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill Your lambs.
SENDING
Pastor: Go with the Holy Spirit of Christ within you.
All: Thanks be to God.