CALL TO WORSHIP (from Ps. 104:33-35)
Come and worship the God of all creation
I will sing to the LORD all my life
and celebrate my God with music as long as I live.
Come and worship the God who gave you breath
May my meditation please the LORD,
as I have delighted in the LORD God.
Bless the LORD, O my soul. 
Hallelujah! 

ADORATION AND CONFESSION (from Psalm 104:1-9)
Great and gracious Lord God
arrayed in glory and majesty,
we praise you and bless you.
Creating God,
you stretched out the heavens like a tent
and set your dwelling place over the water
You are carried on the clouds, and on the wings of the wind;
the winds are your messengers, and flaming fire your servants.
You set the earth on its foundations,
never to be moved.
The deep waters covered even the mountains,
but at your voice they fled,
coming to rest where you had appointed,
beyond the boundary you set,
never to cover the earth again.
Bless the LORD, O my soul.
O LORD, my God, you are very great.
Your works are many and varied
and in wisdom you have made everything. 

Loving God, 
in our human condition you know who we are, and what we are;
you know our awkwardness with ourselves, with each other, 
and with you.
(a time of silence)
help our unbelief;
give us the boldness, by the presence of your Spirit,
to believe in your possibilities for us,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
 

PRAYER OF ADORATION AND CONFESSION (from Ps. 104:24-31)
O LORD, how many things there are that you have made! 
In wisdom you have made them all; 
the earth is filled with your creatures. 
And there is the sea, vast and stretching in all directions, 
teeming with creatures beyond number;
living things both small and great. 
Ships go there, and the largest of creatures which you fashioned to play in it. 
All of them look to you in hope 
&to give them their food as they need it 
You give to them, they gather it up; 
You open your hand, their needs are more than satisfied. 
You hide your face, they are terrified; 
You take away their breath, they die 
and revert to the dust from which they came. 
You send forth your breath; they are created; 
and you give new life to the land. 
You look at the earth and it trembles.
You touch the mountains and they pour out smoke.
May your glory endure forever, LORD God; 
may you find joy in all that you have made.

LORD God, your love for us is everlasting . . . 
For our eagerness to see what is wrong with our world,
when we might have embraced change in our own lives
Lord have mercy.
For our eagerness to help others pick up the broken pieces in their lives,
when we might have sat down and wept with them.
Christ have mercy.
For our eagerness to trust our own endeavours
when we might have waited on your Spirit,
Lord have mercy.
Lord God, forgive us and renew us.
In the name of Christ. Amen
 

Looking for contemporary music and song resources? Try David MacGregor's Together to Celebrate
Or metrical psalms? Try Dale A. Schoening's Sing the Psalms

HYMN SUGGESTIONS FOR PENTECOST - YEAR A
Numbers 11:24-30 (alternative reading)
Come, Spirit blest, our hearts inspire	TIS 425	AHB 331
Forth in your name, 0 Lord, I go	TIS 571	AHB 480
Acts 2: 1-21
O breath of life, come sweeping through us	TIS 409	AHB 322
A prophet-woman broke a jar	TIS 696
Christ is alive! Let Christians sing	TIS 387	SA 18
Christians lft up your hearts	TIS 423
Come, Holy Spirit, our souls inspire	TIS 396	AHB 308
Come, Holy Spirit, come! inflame our souls	TIS 422
Come down, O Love divine	TIS 398	AHB 310
Come, Spirit blest, Creator, come	TIS 397	AHB 309
Filled with the Spirit's power, with one	TIS 411	AHB 328
God has spoken by his prophets	TIS 158	AHB 92
Great God, your Spirit, like the wind	TIS 416	SA 41
Holy Spirit, come, confirm us	TIS 413	AHB 327
Lord God, the Spirit blest	TIS 404	AHB 317
Now we come, our heavenly Father	TIS 462
O Spirit of the living God	TIS 405	AHB 318
O breath of life, come sweeping through	TIS 409	AHB 322
Praise the Spirit in creation	TIS 415
Spirit divine, attend our prayers	TIS 406	AHB 377
The sounds in God's world all agree	TIS 176
Your words to me are life and health	TIS 430	AHB 337
Psalm 104:24-34,35b
All things bright and beautiful	TIS 135	AHB 70
Did you ever see a kookaburra laugh	TIS 175
For the beauty of the earth	TIS 137	AHB 77
For the fruits of all creation	TIS 168	SA 37
Joyful, joyful we adore you	TIS 152
Let all creation dance	TIS 187
Praise the Lord, 0 my soul	TIS 65
Sing a new song, sing a new song	TIS 166	AHB 102
This is my Father's world	TIS 149	SA 87
Where wide sky rolls down and touches re	TIS 188
1 Corinthians 12:3b-13
A prophet-woman broke a jar	TIS 696
All praise to our redeeming Lord	TIS 442	AHB 367
Christ, from whom all blessings flow	TIS 440	AHB 364
Come, Holy Spirit, come	TIS 422
Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our gu	TIS 524	AHB 442
Far beyond our mind's grasp	TIS 542	SA 30
Holy Spirit, ever dwelling	TIS 410	AHB 323
Like the murmur of the dove's song	TIS 419
Made in God's likeness, moved by the Spirit	TIS 671	SA 65
So God loved the people of the world	TIS 241	SA 78
We are your people, Lord, by your grace	TIS 468	SA 90
Where the Spirit is, there's freedom	TIS 421
John 20:19-23
Breathe on me, breath of God	TIS 407	AHB 320
Christ is alive, with joy we sing	TIS 393
Come, God's people, sing for joy	TIS 391	SA 26
God! When human bonds are broken	TIS 683
Holy Spirit, go before us	TIS 420
In suffering love the thread of life	TIS 177
Light's reddening dawn gleams through th	TIS 360	AHB 276
Loving Spirit, loving Spirit	TIS 417
My daughters and my sons hear tell	TIS 363
Now let us from this table rise	TIS 530	AHB 450
O breath of God, breathe on us now	TIS 408	AHB 321
Peace with the Father, peace with Christ his	TIS 466	AHB 402
John 7:37-39 (alternative Gospel reading)
As the deer pants for the water	TIS 703
Fill my whole life, O Lord my God	TIS 596	AHB 515
O let the Son of God enfold you	TIS 655
O let the Son of God enfold you	TIS 655
Jesus Christ is waiting	TIS 665
Refresh my heart, Lord	TIS 744