Service for Sunday May 23rd
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Order of Service for Pentecost
Prelude
Welcome
Opening Hymn: Holy Spirit, Come with Power. CP #643
Holy Spirit, come with power,
breathe into our aching night.
We expect you this glad hour,
waiting for your strength and light.
We are fearful, we are ailing,
we are weak and selfish too.
Break upon your congregation,
give us vigour, life anew.
Holy Spirit, come with fire,
burn us with your presence new.
Let us as one mighty choir
sing our hymn of praise to you.
Burn away our wasted sadness
and enflame us with your love.
Burst upon your congregation,
give us gladness from above.
The Greeting
Alleluia! Christ is risen.
The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!
May his grace and peace be with you.
May he fill our hearts with joy!
Opening Response - Pentecost (BAS pg. 98)
God’s love has been poured into our hearts.
We dwell in God and God in us.
Give thanks to the Lord and call upon his name;
Make known his deeds among the peoples.
Sing to him, sing praises to him,
And speak of all his marvellous works.
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God almighty,
Who was and is and is to come!
The Collect Prayer
Spirit of truth, guide us into all truth; consume the lies that shroud the world in hate; pray in us with sighs too deep for words; and let the victim’s voice ring out with hope for a new world; through Jesus Christ, who goes to the right hand of God. Amen.
The Readings
Acts 2:1-21*; Romans 8:22-27; John 15:26-27, 16:4b-15
*You will find the English version of this reading below in the file downloads. It will be read during the service in Estonian.
The Homily
Hymn after the Homily: Come Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire CP #637
Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire
and lighten with celestial fire;
thou the anointing Spirit art,
who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart.
Thy blessed unction from above
is comfort, life, and fire of love;
enable with perpetual light
the dullness of our mortal sight.
Praise to thine eternal merit,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Hear, O Israel
Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 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 first and the great commandment. The second is like it: Love your neighbour as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.
The Prayers of the People
Confession and Absolution
Dear friends in Christ, let us bring before God the truth of our ways by making our
confession to the One who forgives us.
Silence is kept.
Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbours as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us, that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your name. Amen.
Almighty God have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and keep you in eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer
As our Saviour taught us, let us pray,
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen.
The Doxology
Glory to God, whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Glory to God from generation to generation, in the Church and in Christ
Jesus, forever and ever. Amen
The Blessing
Closing Hymn: I Feel the Winds of God Today all 3 verses
I feel the winds of God today; today my sail I lift,
Though heavy, oft with drenching spray, and torn with many a rift;
If hope but light the water's crest, and Christ my bark will use,
I'll seek the seas at His behest, and brave another cruise.
It is the wind of God that dries my vain regretful tears,
Until with braver thoughts shall rise the purer, brighter years;
If cast on shores of selfish ease or pleasure I should be;
Lord, let me feel Thy freshening breeze, and I'll put back to sea.
If ever I forget Thy love and how that love was shown,
Lift high the blood red flag above; it bears Thy name alone.
Great pilot of my onward way, Thou wilt not let me drift;
I feel the winds of God today, today my sail I lift.
Dismissal
Postlude