Sunday Worship Bulletin - Fourth Church

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Sunday, June 8
10:00 a.m. Worship Service

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PRELUDE
Come, Holy Spirit
Libby Larson
Ave Maria
Theodore Dubois
Shall We Gather at the River
Aaron Copland

INTROIT
Every Time I Feel the Spirit
African American spiritual

DOXOLOGY
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures here below; praise God above, ye heavenly host; Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

CALL TO WORSHIP

One: On a day of uncertain hope, but a day of certain loss,
All: the Spirit of God drew near like the coming of a new day.
One: Even now, during these in-between days— days that are a mixture of beauty and brokenness, a mixture of hunger and hope, a mixture of life and death,
All: you have raised us to new life.
One: So this day and every day, our song is
All: alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.

HYMN
“Come, O Spirit, Dwell among Us”

Come, O Spirit, dwell among us; come with Pentecostal power; give the church a stronger vision; help us face each crucial hour. Built upon a firm foundation, Jesus Christ, the Cornerstone, still the church is called to mission that God’s love shall be made known.

We would raise our alleluias for the grace of yesteryears; for tomorrow’s unknown pathway, hear, O Lord, our humble prayers. In the church’s pilgrim journey you have led us all the way; still in presence move before us, fire by night and cloud by day.

Come, O Spirit, dwell among us; give us words of fire and flame. Help our feeble lips to praise you, glorify your holy name. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Three in One: what mystery! We would sing our loud hosannas now and through eternity.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

God, our help in ages past and our hope for years to come, it is rather easy to confess in this moment that Jesus Christ is Lord, that we are redeemed by grace, and that we are living toward your promised day. But on Tuesday, when life is cluttered, it can be hard to remember, and on Thursday, when worries are common, it can be hard to trust, and by Saturday, when we just want rest, it can be hard to live trusting that Jesus is Lord. But he is. So strengthen us in faith that now and in the days to come we may live in faith. Amen

DECLARATION OF PARDON
One: Friends, believe the good news.
All: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven.

SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
Leader: The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
People: And also with you.

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WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

ANTHEM
“Salvation Is Created”
Pavel Chesnokov
Salvation is created, in the midst of the earth, O God, O our God. Alleluia.

FIRST LESSON
Joel 2:28–29
Then afterwards I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Even on the male and female slaves, in those days, I will pour out my spirit.

One: The Word of God for the people of God.
All: Thanks be to God.

GLORIA PATRI
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.

SECOND LESSON
Acts 2:1–13
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.
Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked, ‘Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.’ All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, ‘What does this mean?’ But others sneered and said, ‘They are filled with new wine.’

One: The grass withers, and the flower fades,
All: but the word of our God shall stand forever.

SERMON
Holiday Blues
Tom Are Jr.

HYMN
“Come Down, O Love Divine”

Come down, O Love Divine; seek out this soul of mine, and visit it with your own ardor glowing. O Comforter, draw near; within my heart appear, and kindle it, your holy flame bestowing.

O let it freely burn, till earthly passions turn to dust and ashes in its heat consuming. And let your glorious light shine ever on my sight, and clothe me round, the while my path illuming.

And so the yearning strong, with which the soul will long, shall far outpass the power of human telling. For none can guess God’s grace, till Love creates a place wherein the Holy Spirit makes a dwelling.

MINISTRY MOMENT

LITANY OF GRATITUDE FOR THE REPLOGLE CENTER
One: God, the source of every beginning, and our home at every ending, we give you thanks for your faithfulness witnessed in forty-nine years of ministry at the Lorene Replogle Counseling Center.

All: We give you thanks for the gentle and hopeful ministry of Dr. John Boyle as he labored there to draw the hurting to the light that shines in the darkness. We give you thanks for the steadfast and wise counsel offered to so many by Dr. Tom Schemper, as he shepherded the Replogle Center for thirty-five years. We celebrate the hundreds of counselors who were inspired and instructed in the compassionate art of caring for the grieving, the broken, and the bruised and who now stretch out across the nation and the globe extending the ministry of care birthed here.

One: We thank you for your faithfulness to all who found their way to the Replogle Center for Counseling and Well-Being in their weakest moments, their darkest hours, and their deepest griefs to find strength and light and love.

All: Accept the faithful offering of this ministry as a testament to our trust in you, our Rock and our Redeemer. In the name of Christ, our friend, we pray. Amen.

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

THE 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors;
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

OFFERING

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OFFERTORY ANTHEM

“Amazing Grace”
John Newton/arr. Richard Proulx

OFFERTORY RESPONSE
A grateful heart is what I bring, a song of praise, my offering.
Among the saints I lift my voice: in you, O God, I will rejoice.

PRAYER OF DEDICATION
God of grace, we come again to place parts of ourselves in these offering plates, for we know that when we are generous, we look a bit more like you. Amen.

HYMN
“Go to the World!”

Go to the world! Go into all the earth. Go preach the cross where Christ renews life’s worth, baptizing as the sign of our rebirth. Alleluia. Alleluia.

Go to the world! Go into every place. Go live the word of God’s redeeming grace. Go seek God’s presence in each time and space. Alleluia. Alleluia.

Go to the world! Go struggle, bless, and pray; the nights of tears give way to joyous day. As servant church, you follow Christ’s own way. Alleluia. Alleluia.

Go to the world! Go as the ones I send, for I am with you till the age shall end, when all the hosts of glory cry “Amen!” Alleluia. Alleluia.

CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

CHORAL BENEDICTION
Amen
Peter Christian Lutkin

POSTLUDE
“Come, Holy Spirit”
Maurice Duruflé

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