GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE................................................. “PRELUDE”1..................... ARR. BY DOUGLAS
WAGNER
INTROIT......................................... “SEND
US YOUR SPIRIT”1............................. CHANCEL
CHOIR
OPENING
TIME OF CENTERING PRAYER
Leader: Beloved of God, pay attention. Did you notice? There are dry bones all
around us. In our neighborhoods, our workplaces, our
schools, our
community and nation and
world. They pop up wherever people are
parched for love and dignity,
provision and flourishing. We notice
them,
and we wonder:
People: Will these bones live?
Leader: Pay
attention. Can you hear it? So many of us carry dry bones that clank
around
in our hearts. Dreams that are dying. Gifts that are languishing.
Hopes
left undernourished and neglected. Loneliness
that eats away at our
sense
of connection with one another until we wonder:
People: Can these bones live?
Leader: Pay attention. Can you feel it? The Holy Spirit breathes among us.
Breathe in love. Breathe in provision. Breathe in connection and
flourishing. Because the Spirit never quits breathing among
us, assuring us:
People: These bones will live.
Leader: Pay attention. Can you sense it? God is always putting us back together.
In dreams of abundance and
visions of cooperation, in the cacophony of
voices who share and receive
the good news in their own languages, the
Spirit revives us and restores
us, reminding us:
All: These bones live, because Love
dwells among us, now and always.
Thanks be to God! AMEN.
**HYMN #577 (UMH)............................................................ “GOD
OF GRACE AND GOD OF GLORY”
We say we want change, but prefer the comfort of what we have; we long for new life, yet
turn our backs on those around us. We could open our arms to others, but close them tight
around our fears. Let us confess our sins to our God, as we hope for the Holy Spirit to come
and help
us, as we pray, saying…
We confess to you, Renewing Holy Spirit, that we confuse unity with uniformity, and
diversity with divisiveness. We speak and behave as if being a part of your family means
assimilating others to our way of living. We deny and destroy the beauty you created in
each person. We long to change these patterns, O Creator, but we do not know how.
Teach us to value challenge. Help us to see strength in difference. And empower us to
build your kingdom in creativity and love. AMEN.
SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION
Leader: Hear the good news! God’s Spirit has been
poured out upon all flesh,
and we have been made one. We are no longer scattered or divided, but
gathered together to build up God’s
kingdom on this earth. Thanks be to
God that grace prevails!
All: Thanks be to God that we are
forgiven so that we can serve our God!
MUSICAL OFFERING........... “PRAISE HIS HOLY
NAME”1................................. CHANCEL
CHOIR
**RESPONSE #539 (UMH).................................................................. “O
SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD”
SERMON......................................
“A NEW TEMPLE” ........................................ REV.
ERIC WARNER
Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is peace; where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is
love. There is comfort in life’s darkest hour; there is light and life, there is help and
power in the Spirit, in the
Spirit of the Lord.
PRAYER CONCERNS/PASTORAL 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
trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass 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.
I cast all my cares upon you, I lay all of my burdens down at your feet, and anytime that
I don't
know what to do, I will cast all my cares upon you.
**HYMN #2237 (TFWS)........................................................... “AS
A FIRE IS MEANT FOR BURNING”
Go out into the world, and labor to bring forth new life. Dream dreams, pursue visions and
speak of God’s goodness to those who would hear. And may the God who breathed life into
creation be your delight. May Christ Jesus give hope to your dreaming, and may the Holy
Spirit, your advocate and supporter, set your hearts ablaze with a passion for peace and godly
love. We go in peace to love and serve the Lord. In the name of Christ. AMEN!
Bind us together, Lord, bind us together with cords
that cannot be broken.
Bind us together, Lord, bind us together, bind us
together in love.
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Flowers
on the altar are given in loving memory of Larry Garber by his family,
Gail,
Gretchen, Nicole, Hunter, Megan, Halle, Colin & Charlotte,
in honor
of his birthday, May 18th.
Happy Birthday.
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**Indicates the
congregation should stand if able
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