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June 8, 2025
Pentecost
Music for Gathering:
Brian Jay
Organist
Welcome & Announcements:
Rev. Aaron J. White, Pastor
Minute for Mission:
Diane Frans, 2025 Pride Parade
Call to Worship:
O Lord, our God, you are very great.
You are clothed in glory and majesty,
wrapped in a robe of light.
You set the earth on its foundations,
never to be shaken.
May the glory of the Lord endure forever.
Let us sing to the Lord as long as we live.
Let us sing praises to God our whole life long.
Let us worship God!
* Hymn #289 “On Pentecost They Gathered”
Please see screens for lyrics.
* Confession of Sin:
God of fire and wind, holy and powerful, mighty and mysterious, we are drawn by your Spirit to this place. As we gather and behold your glory, we become aware of our sin. We have ignored your word. We have rejected your gifts. We have failed in your work. Ignoring the truth of Pentecost, we exclude those different from us. We divide our loyalties, and we divide our hearts. Let your Spirit burn away our sins and fill us with faith and courage, so that we might live into the promise of this day and receive the fullness of all that you have prepared for us in Jesus Christ.
Silence for personal confession
Assurance of Pardon
…This is good news!
In Jesus Christ we are forgiven!
Song of Praise: #288 “Spirit of the Living God”
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* Passing the Peace
Prayer for Illumination:
First Reading: (Responsive)
Acts 2:1-21
Anthem: PCM Bell Choir
Second Scripture:
John 14:8-27
Time for Children:
Chuck McGavren
Sermon:
Rev. Aaron J. White
* Hymn #291 “Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness”
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Celebrating our 2024-2025 Church Educators
Kathy Sutula, Elder & Chairperson Christian Education Committee
Commissioning for 2025 Delegates to the Presbyterian Youth Triennium
Congregational Response:
We will, with God’s help.
Pastoral Prayer:
Congregation Response: Hear our prayer.
Invitation to Discipleship
The Lord’s Supper:
Invitation
Great Thanksgiving
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
…Therefore we praise you, joining the song of the universal church and the heavenly choir:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, Heaven and earth are full of Your glory.
Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,
Hosanna in the highest, hosanna in the highest.
…great is the mystery of faith:
Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
…God of glory, now and forever.
Amen
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 sins as we forgive those who sin 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. Amen.
The Bread is Broken and the Cup is Filled.
The Communion of the People.
The Prayer After Communion.
* Hymn #290 “O Day of Joy and Wonder”
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* Charge & Blessing
Response:
Alleluia! Amen!