ORDER OF WORSHIP May 24, 2015 Day of Pentecost

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1 ORDER OF WORSHIP May 24, 2015 Day of Pentecost *Congregation Stands (If you prefer, It is acceptable to remain seated.) Welcome to Knox Presbyterian Church! Please sign and pass the Friendship Book located at the end of your pew. If you re a first-time visitor, our prayer is that you will experience the presence of the eternal, as we worship our God together. We invite you to take the time during the prelude to focus your heart and mind in worship. WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS Ryan Moore PRELUDE Spirit of the Living Lord Organ Robert J. Thygerson Ryan Moore Come, Holy Spirit! Ignite our hearts with joy and confidence! For God has done wondrous things for us. Come, Holy Spirit! Fill us with the power of the rushing wind that we may faithfully serve you in all that we do. For Christ has called each of us and blessed us! Come, Holy Spirit! Be with us today. Help us to boldly proclaim Christ Risen. We are the Easter people! We have witnessed the Resurrection of our Lord. We are now called to be people of the Pentecost. We are called to boldly share the good news of God s love. Open your hearts, O people, to God s great power and love. We open our hearts to hear God s word for us and to joyfully proclaim Jesus Christ as our Savior. Come Holy Spirit dwell in us today. AMEN. CALL TO WORSHIP *SONGS OF WORSHIP: Worship Connections Pentecost 13: by Nancy C. Townley

2 SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD (Hymn #297) (VERSE 1) Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me. Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me. Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me. Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me. (VERSE 2) Spirit of the living God, move among us all; make us one in heart and mind, make us one in love: humble, caring, selfless, sharing- Spirit of the living God, fill our lives with love! (REPEAT VERSE 1) SHINE JESUS SHINE (VERSE 1) Lord the light of your love is shining In the midst of the darkness shining Jesus Light of the world shine upon us Set us free by the truth you now bring us Shine on me shine on me (CHORUS) Shine Jesus shine Fill this land with the Father's glory Blaze Spirit blaze Set our hearts on fire Flow river flow Flood the nations with grace and mercy Send forth your word Lord And let there be light (VERSE 2) Lord I come to your awesome presence From the shadows into your radiance By the blood I may enter your brightness Search me try me consume all my darkness Shine on me shine on me (VERSE 3) As we gaze on your kingly brightness

3 So our faces display your likeness Ever changing from glory to glory Mirrored here may our lives tell your story Shine on me shine on me CCLI Song No Make Way Music (Admin. by Music Services) Graham Kendrick For use solely with the SongSelect Terms of Use. All rights Reserved. CCLI License No John McCallum Call to Confession (based on Romans 8:22-27) We have received life through the Spirit of God compelling us to future glory. In this, we know the Spirit of God intercedes for us and helps us in our weakness. Together may we confess what the Lord has already heard. TIME OF PRAYER Prayer of Confession for Pentecost Our God, we come in humility, confessing who and what we are. We are often unresponsive for we are afraid. When your Spirit speaks, we turn deaf ears, for we fear what you might call us to do. When your Spirit touches our lips, we close our mouths, embarrassed to speak your Word. When the wind of your Spirit blows, we close the windows of our hearts, afraid the breeze will disrupt our ordered lives. When the fire of your Spirit touches us, we quench the flame, afraid of the new life it might bring. Forgive us, O Lord. Amen By Nolan Palsma and Phyllis Palsma Come Holy Spirit, fall afresh on me [Time of silent prayer] Assurance of Pardon (inspired by John 3:16-17)

4 How much does God love us? Enough to send the divine heart, hope, and spirit to us, not to condemn us, but to save us. Not by our speaking or doing, but by God's good and precious grace are we saved. Thanks be to God! Amen. *SONGS OF WORSHIP: BREATHE ON ME, BREATH OF GOD (Hymn #295) (VERSE 1) Breathe on me, Breath of God, fill me with life anew, that I may love what thou dost love, and do what thou wouldst do. (VERSE 2) Breathe on me, Breath of God, until my heart is pure, until my will is one with thine, to do and to endure. (VERSE 3) Breathe on me, Breath of God, till I am wholly thine, until this earthly part of me glows with thy fire divine. (VERSE 4) Breathe on me, Breath of God, so shall I never die, but live with thee the perfect life of thine eternity. OFFERING OF OURSELVES & OUR GIFTS: Ryan Moore Holy Spirit, come upon us this day. We feel your joy and delight as we celebrate this glorious day. With a sense of happiness and gratitude, we eagerly offer you these financial gifts for your ministry in this community and beyond. May all who call upon your name be saved from selfishness and

5 filled with God-honoring habits of generous giving. All praise and glory be unto you. Amen. *Doxology Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise him, all creatures here below Praise him above ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen. Offertory Prayer God of glory, receive these gifts and the offering of our lives. As Jesus was lifted up from earth, draw us to your heart in the midst of this world, that all creation may be brought from bondage to freedom, from darkness to light, and from death to life, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. Reprinted by permission from The Worship Sourcebook, 2004, Faith Alive Christian Resources Bringing our gifts forward and/or lighting a candle Also at this time the children are excused to the back of the sanctuary to attend Junior Chapel. Offertory Come Down, Holy Spirit Organ David Paxton PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Rev. Don Meekhof ANTHEM The Gift of Love Choir Hal H. Hopson OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE READING Ezekiel 37:1 14 (NIV) John McCallum The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley,

6 bones that were very dry. 3 He asked me, Son of man, can these bones live? I said, Sovereign Lord, you alone know. 4 Then he said to me, Prophesy to these bones and say to them, Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! 5 This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. 6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am thelord. 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them. 9 Then he said to me, Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, breath, from the four windsand breathe into these slain, that they may live. 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet a vast army. 11 Then he said to me: Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off. 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: This is what the Sovereign Lord says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. 13 Then you, my people, will know that I am the Lord,when I open your graves and bring you up from them. 14 I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and I have done it, declares the Lord. NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE READINGS Acts 2:1-21 (NIV) Pat Tucker When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where

7 they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. 5 Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. 6 When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. 7 Utterly amazed, they asked: Aren t all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? 9 Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome 11 (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues! 12 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, What does this mean? 13 Some, however, made fun of them and said, They have had too much wine. 14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. 15 These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It s only nine in the morning! 16 No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 17 In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. 18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. 19 I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. 20 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the

8 Lord. 21 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Romans 8:26 30 (NIV) Ryan Moore 26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God s people in accordance with the will of God. 28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. MESSAGE Dr. Tom Tiffany Is Blood Thicker than Water? *CLOSING SONG: BLESSED ASSURANCE, JESUS IS MINE (Hymn #514) (VERSE 1) Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, born of his Spirit, washed in his blood. (REFRAIN) This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long;

9 this is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long. (VERSE 2) Perfect submission, perfect delight, visions of rapture now burst on my sight; angels descending, bring from above echoes of mercy, whispers of love. (REPEAT REFRAIN) (VERSE 3) Perfect submission, all is at rest, I in my Savior am happy and blest, watching and waiting, looking above filled with his goodness, lost in his love. (REPEAT REFRAIN) BENEDICTION Tom Tiffany POSTLUDE Fantasia on Iste Confessor Organ tune from the Poittier s Antiphoner