Worship | Sunday May 23, 2010

Penecost / Graduation Sunday

At CCC, we honor and celebrate people of all races, cultures, ages, abilities,
sexual orientations and gender identity.

Let us now enter into the Holy One’s presence.

Welcome and Announcements

Processional Prelude                          Fire-Storm Comin’                                           Nathan Hill
Nathan Hill, saxophone
                                                            
*Call to Worship
We have come to celebrate the birth of the church.
We have come to celebrate Pentecost.
We have come to open ourselves to God’s Spirit that it might fill us.
O God, help us direct our thoughts to you,
that your power might fill this church and our lives.
Let it fill us as it has filled your people through the ages.
Teach us to be your church and your people. 
           
*Hymn of Praise #265                                                                               BOUNDLESS MERCY
Come, O Spirit, With Your Sound

Prayer Of Invocation And The Lord’s Prayer                                                     Kristen Curlee
Move among us, Spirit, and gather us together with you.  Take our many selves - our lives, our loves, our ideas, our questions, our speech, our silence – and unite us as your people.  Give us the gifts of perception and understanding, so that even as we dream your dreams and see your visions, we may be able to witness to your presence in our common life.  Let us pray together as Jesus taught us to pray, Holy God, who art in heaven, hallowed be your name.  Your kingdom come, your 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.  Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.  Amen.

 

Time With Children                                                                  Bubbles                                                

Invitation to Offering                                                                         Rev. Susan A. Henderson

Presentation of Tithes and Offering

Offertory                                             Veni, Sancte Spiritus                             Morten Lauridsen
from Lux Aeterna
The Chancel Choir; Sam Brush, conducting

Veni, Sancte Spiritus, Et emitte coelitus Lucis tuae radium.
Veni, pater pauperum,Veni, dator munerum, Veni, lumen cordium.
Consolator optime, Dulcis hospes animae, Dulce refrigerium.
In labore requies, aestu temperies, In fletu solatium.
O lux beatissima, Reple cordis intima Tuorum fidelium.
Sine tuo numine, Nihil est in homine, Nihil est innoxium.
 Lava quod est sordidum, Riga quod est aridum, Sana quod est saucium.
Flecte quod est rigidum, Fove quod est frigidum, Rege quod est devium.
 Da tuis fidelibus, In te confidentibus, Sacrum septenarium.
Da virtutis meritum, Da salutis exitum, Da perenne gaudium.

Come, Holy Spirit, Send forth from heaven the ray of thy light.
Come, Father of the poor, Come, giver of gifts, Come, light of hearts.
Thou best of Consolers, Sweet guest of the soul, Sweet refreshment.
In labor, thou art rest, in heat, the tempering, nn grief, the consolation.
O Light most blessed, Fill the inmost heart Of all thy faithful.
 Without your grace, there is nothing in us, Nothing that is not harmful.
Cleanse what is sordid, Moisten what is arid,
Heal what is hurt. Flex what is rigid,
 Fire what is frigid, Correct what goes astray.
 Grant to thy faithful, those trusting in thee, Thy sacred seven-fold gifts.
Grant the reward of virtue, Grant the deliverance of salvation,
Grant everlasting joy.
                    
*Doxology                                                                    sung to the tune: LASST UNS ERFREUEN
            Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
            Praise God, all creatures here below; Alleluia, Alleluia.
            Praise God for all that love has done;
            Creator, Christ and Spirit, One.  Alleluia, Alleluia.
            Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.   
                                                                
*Prayer of Dedication
We have much to return in gratitude to you, O God, and much to share with the world around us.  Bless now these gifts, that they may be signs of your Spirit’s movement. And accept them also as tokens of our intent to serve you and proclaim your good news in every way, through the power of your Spirit dwelling in us.  Amen.

Scripture                                             Acts 2:1-21                                                   John Rogers
                                                                               
Hymn #270                                         Like the Murmur of the Dove’s Song            BRIDEGROOM

Sermon                                                      “the Spirit of God”               Rev. Susan A. Henderson

Call To Prayer
 The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up unto the Lord.
Let us pray,

Pastoral Prayer                                                                                  Rev. Amy L. Lewis                       

*Hymn of Going Forth #401              O God in Whom All Life Begins                                 NOEL

Benediction  
God of power, may the boldness of your Spirit transform us,
May the gentleness of your Spirit lead us,
May the gifts of your Spirit equip us to serve you now and always.  Amen.

Recessional Postlude                                Fire-Storm Goin’                                             Nathan Hill                                                    

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