39B – Day of Pentecost

38B - Easter 7B — 40B - Trinity Sunday
 
See also my post from 2012, 2018, 2021, 2024

 
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

For use in worship, with acknowledgement. © Jeff Shrowder 2000, 2012.

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A CREATIVE MOMENT 
Click here for some ideas for worship at Pentecost gleaned from the pages of “On the Move” (now out of print) originally published by the Joint Board of Christian Education, Melbourne, Australia

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THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
(A prayer to gather the spoken and silent concerns/joys/thanks expressed by the congregation and lead into a more structured Intercession with connection to the lections for the day. Sometimes this prayer will borrow lightly from other sources e.g. Uniting in Worship 2 or publications of the Iona Community.)
 
God of all grace,
in you is hope which has endured throughout every age.
In that hope we remember before you now
those we have named on our lips and in the silence of our hearts.
Help us bring consolation to those known to us
whose hope is lost; who feel cut off completely,
return to our memory those whom we have forgotten
and be present to those who have no-one …
      (The Prayers of the People continue)

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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

PENTECOST – YEAR B
God sends us his Spirit to befriend and help	TIS 412
In great thanksgiving	TIS 632
O Holy Sprit, enter in	TIS 400
Veni, Sancte Spiritus [Taize]	TIS 752
Where the Spirit is, there is freedom	TIS 421
Acts 2:1-21
A prophet-woman broke a jar	TIS 696
Come Holy Ghost our souls inspire	TIS 396
Come holy Spirit, come!	TIS 422
Father, Lord of all creation	TIS 631
Filled with the Spirit’s power, with one accord	TIS 411
Great God, your Spirit, like the wind	TIS 416
Holy Spirit ever dwelling	TIS 410
Like the murmur of the dove’s song	TIS 419
O Spirit of the living God	TIS 405
Spirit, divine, attend our prayers	TIS 406
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Breathe on me breathe of God	TIS 407
Come, O God of all the earth	TIS 181
Loving Spirit, loving Spirit	TIS 417
O Breath of life, come sweeping through us	TIS 409
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
All things bright and beautiful	TIS 135
Did you ever see a kookaburra laugh	TIS 175
For the beauty of the earth	TIS 137
For the fruits of all creation	TIS 168
Let all creation dance	TIS 187
Morning has broken	TIS 156
Sing a new song, sing a new song	TIS 166
Sing praise and thanksgiving	TIS 107
This is my Father’s world	TIS 149
Where wide sky rolls down and touches red sand	TIS 188
Romans 8:22-27
By your kingly power,O risen Lord	TIS 386
Hark the glad sound ! the Saviour comes	TIS 269
Lord God, the Spirit blest	TIS 404
O God of every nation	TIS 621
Praise the Spirit in creation	TIS 415
There’s a spirit in the air	TIS 414
John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15
Christ is alive, with joy we sing	TIS 393
Come, Spirit blest, Creator, come	TIS 397
Come, gracious Spirit, heavenly dove	TIS 402
Holy Spirit, come confirm us	TIS 413
Lord God, the Spirit blest	TIS 404
O Spirit of life, O Spirit of God	TIS 401
O breath of God, breathe on us now	TIS 408
O love how deep, how broad, how high!	TIS 194
Spirit of truth, essential God	TIS 426
Your words to me are life and health	TIS 430

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