June 8, 2025 - Pentecost
Prelude: We Pray Now to the Holy Spirit
Buxtehude
Introit: Come Down, O Love Divine
Vaughan Williams/Langlois
Jill Cathey, English Horn
Welcome & Call to Worship
[Romans 8]
All who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.
We did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear; but we have received a spirit of adoption.
The sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us.
Creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God…for in hope we were saved.
Let us worship the LORD!
Come, O Spirit (Hymn 127)
Union Harmony/Dalles
Come, O Spirit, with Your sound like a wind, quick rushing;
Come from heaven and stir our hearts, each disciple touching!
Mold our actions to Your will, You our service giving;
Move within our fellowship, transform now our living!
Come, O Spirit, with Your flame, leaping tongues of fire;
Come, and with Your glorious light all our thoughts inspire!
Rest upon each servant’s head till each one is speaking
Of our Christ, the Holy One all the earth is seeking!
Come, O Spirit, fill Your church, making strong our mission;
Fill Your daughters and Your sons with a mighty vision,
Till the great and glorious day when the whole creation
Sings Your praise as Lord and King, Giver of salvation!
Confession
Spirit of God, we build walls and barriers. We assume and stereotype. We devalue diversity and stick with what is comfortable and familiar. Forgive our lack of courage. Embolden us to cross borders and boundaries of difference. Fill us with your Holy Spirit that gathers us together and calls us to build beloved community. Amen.
Silence
Breathe on Me, Breath of God (Hymn 316)
Hatch/Jackson
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.
Breathe on me, Breath of God, till I am wholly Thine,
Until this earthly part of me glows with Thy fire divine.
Forgiveness in Jesus Christ
Peace
The peace of Christ be with you.
And also with you.
Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
O Day of Peace (Hymn 450)
Parry/Daw
O day of peace that dimly shines through all our hopes and prayers and dreams,
Guide us to justice, truth, and love, delivered from our selfish schemes.
May swords of hate fall from our hands, our hearts from envy find release,
Till by God’s grace our warring world shall see Christ’s promised reign of peace.
Then shall the wolf dwell with the lamb, nor shall the fierce devour the small;
As beasts and cattle calmly graze, a little child shall lead them all.
Then enemies shall learn to love, all creatures find their true accord;
The hope of peace shall be fulfilled, for all the earth shall know the Lord.
Prayer for Illumination
Creed
With an urgency born of this hope, the church applies itself to present tasks and strives for a better world. It does not identify limited progress with the kingdom of God on earth, nor does it despair in the face of disappointment and defeat. In steadfast hope, the church looks beyond all partial achievement to God's final triumph.
Scripture Readings
Jill Cathey
Old Testament: Joel 2:28-29
New Testament: Matthew 5:9
Sermon: Engagement with Hope
Scott Starbuck
Focus: “God wants humanity to be His creature. Furthermore, He wants us to be His PARTNER...God wants light, not darkness. He wants cosmos, not chaos. He wants peace, not disorder.” ― Karl Barth
Response: Veni Sancte Spiritus (Come, Holy Spirit)
Berthier
Manito Men’s Chorus
As you listen to the Refrain that the Men’s Chorus is repeating,
if you wish to join the chorus you may use the words “Holy Spirit, come to us.”
Pastoral Prayer & The Lord's 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, and deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Call to Stewardship
Betsy Hammond
The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, seeing that Abraham shall become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? No, for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice; so that the Lord may bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.” -Genesis 18:17-19
Sending: Today We All Are Called to Be Disciples of the Lord (Hymn 434)
Carmichael/English Country Songs
Today we all are called to be disciples of the Lord,
To help to set the captive free, make plowshare out of sword,
To feed the hungry, quench their thirst, make love and peace our fast,
To serve the poor and homeless first, our ease and comfort last.
God made the world and at its birth ordained our human race
To live as stewards of the earth, responding to God’s grace.
But we are vain and sadly proud, we sow not peace but strife,
Our discord spreads a deadly cloud that threatens all of life.
Pray justice may come rolling down as in a mighty stream,
With righteousness in field and town to cleanse us and redeem.
For God is longing to restore an earth where conflicts cease,
A world that was created for a harmony of peace.
Charge & Benediction
Postlude: Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling
Dutch folk tune/Burkhardt
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