Sunday, May 24, 2015 - Pentecost Sunday (Year B)

Hymnsing:

#672VU   “Take Time to Be Holy”

#703VU   “In the Bulb”

#178MV   “Who Is My Mother?”

News and
Announcements:

Lighting of Candles: #6MV
(refrain)

Holy
Spirit, come into our lives.

Holy
Spirit, make us truly wise.

Coming
Together:

The day of Pentecost has come and we are all together in
one place.

Can you feel the Spirit blowing
through this place?

הַלְּלוּיָהּ   Слава Богу   주님을 찬양  Praise the Lord.  

In every tongue, give praise to God.

Let us pray...

God of wonder, open our ears to your voice, open our hearts and minds to search deeply
and clearly, so we may seek to understand what following Jesus truly means. 
Amen.

Singing:   #375VU   “Spirit of Gentleness”

Sharing the
Peace of Christ:

In a spirit of community and thanksgiving,
reach out to those around you and share with each other the Peace of Christ,
perhaps with the words "Peace be with you!", responding "And
also with you!"

Readings
from Scripture:

Acts 2:^1-21                 NT pg 119

Romans 8:^22-27        NT pg 158

In ages past, disciples,
prophets, priests and historians wrote down their faith.  This is a faithful witness of our
ancestors.  Word of God for us today.

Thanks be
to God.

Singing:   #23MV     “Come, O Holy Spirit”

(Greeters
will pick up prayer request cards)

Storytelling:

Music
for Movement:  #156MV

(Sunday
School participants leave for their learning circle)

Dance
with the Spirit early in the mornin’,

walk
with the Spirit throughout the long day.

Work
and hope for the new life a-bornin’,

listen
to the Spirit to show you the way.

Welcoming
with Confirmation:

Introduction

Statement of Faith:  #918VU 
"A New Creed"

Questions and Promises

Congregation's Promise

All:  As a baptized and baptizing people, we commit
ourselves to support and uphold you within the community of faith.  May God grant us all grace to live out our
baptismal promises!

Prayer
(together):  Gracious and Holy God,
Mother and Father of us all, we bless you for the gift of life and within it,
the gift of water.  We recall how your
Spirit hovered over creation's unshaped waters and how, by water, comes the
growth of the earth.  It was through
water that you led the children of Israel to freedom.  It was in the waters of the Jordan, your
child, Jesus, was baptized.  Now, may
your Spirit be upon us and work through this day's water to link us with Jesus'
baptism and with Christians in every time and place.  May what we do here be a sign for all of new
life in Christ!  Amen.

Message:                    “Sighs and Words”

Singing:   #79MV     “Spirit, Open My Heart”

Giving
Our Offerings:

Minute
for Mission

Offering
Song (#540VU) and Prayer:

Grant
us, God, the grace of giving,

with
a spirit large and free,

that
ourselves and all our living

we
may offer faithfully.

Let us pray...

O God, we see the needs in our world.  We know we can make a difference.  May these gifts be a part of what makes that dif­ference.  Amen.

Prayers of the People and
Our Lord’s Prayer (#921VU):

Singing:   #481VU   “Sent Forth By God’s Blessing”

Sending
Out and  Sung Response:  #431VU

Amen,
we praise you name O God

Amen,
we praise you name O God

Amen,
amen.  Amen, amen.

Amen,
we praise you name O God

Sunday, May 17, 2015 - Seventh Sunday of Easter (Year B)

News and Announcements:

Lighting of Candles:

Hallelujah...

Coming Together:

God’s greatest desire for us is that we live life abundantly lives

We can bring joy and justice to the world.

We can live lives full of contentment and love.

For this we are grateful.

Let us pray...

Great God, you know our hearts. Let that be enough to bring us together to share what we know and what we wish to know. Amen.

Singing:   #2MV        “Come, All You People”

Sharing the Peace of Christ:

In a spirit of community and thanksgiving, reach out to those around you and share with each other the Peace of Christ, perhaps with the words "Peace be with you!", responding "And also with you!"

Storytelling:

John 17:^1a,6-11          NT pg 111

In ages past, disciples, prophets, priests and historians wrote down their faith.  This is a faithful witness of our ancestors.  Word of God for us today.

Thanks be to God.

Singing:   #365VU   “Jesus Loves Me”

Choir:

Message:                        “What May Be”

Singing:   #509VU   “Here I Am, Lord”

Giving Our Offerings:.

Offering Song (#179VU-r) and Prayer:

Hallelujah, hallelujah.

Give thanks to the risen Christ;

Hallelujah, hallelujah.

Give praise to God's name.

Let us pray:

God, as you have given to us abundantly, may we be gener­ous to others. Bless these gifts as they flow into our world to become part of your realm of compassion, justice, and love. Amen.

Prayers of the People and Our Lord’s Prayer (sung Stathdee)

Singing:   #326VU   “O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing”

Sending Out and  Sung Response:  #649VU (refrain)

Walk with me, I will walk with you.

And build the land that God has planned,

where love shines through.