Worship I 5/31/20
Even though we aren’t gathering in person today, we invite you to join your SSUMC community by reading through this worship guide. Together, we’ll say the same prayers, read the same scripture, and reflect on where God is calling us in this Easter season. We worship a God who always brings life out of death. May we pray and worship without ceasing. This is the day the Lord has made: Let us rejoice and be glad in it!
The Worship of God
Sandy Springs UMC
May 31, 2020 | Pentecost Sunday
Today is Pentecost--the birthday of the church! We celebrate the day people gathered from all over and received the gift of the Holy Spirit, empowering them to go out and serve Jesus. Because of their passion, the church flourished and we are here today, loving and serving and flourishing in the name of Jesus.
Call to Worship
All elders and youth,
Come and worship!
All you saints, all you sinners,
Come and worship!
Wise counselors, teachers, parents and all in authority, you who think deep thoughts, all of you who have simple faith, like a child’s, you who heal the sick and do miraculous acts, all preachers of the Gospel, all who can discern differing spirits, everyone gifted with tongues, you who are interpreters of tongues,
Come and worship!
All you whose spirits are red with the power of the Holy Spirit
Come and worship! Alleluia! Alleluia!
We praise God with one voice, one body, one church, one mind, one spirit.
We are shining red with the power of The Holy Spirit.
Happy Birthday, Church!
Opening Song -
Children's Moment
Illustrated Ministry provided a great family faith formation packet for Pentecost:
https://illstrtdm.in/Pentecost
Pastoral Prayer & Lord’s Prayer
And now let us pray together the prayer that Jesus taught us, saying:
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. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever, Amen.
If you have a prayer request, submit it HERE. Prayers will be e-mailed on Fridays, except those marked confidential.
Scripture: Acts 2:2-21
And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.
Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked, ‘Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.’ All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, ‘What does this mean?’ But others sneered and said, ‘They are filled with new wine.’
But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them: ‘Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
“In the last days it will be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.
Even upon my slaves, both men and women,
in those days I will pour out my Spirit;
and they shall prophesy.
And I will show portents in the heaven above
and signs on the earth below,
blood, and fire, and smoky mist.
The sun shall be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood,
before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day.
Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
This is the Word of God, for us, the people of God: Thanks be to God!
Reflection
Apostle’s Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth;
And in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord;
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;*
the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic** church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
Offering
As you listen to the offertory song, we invite you to give towards the ministries of the church. Thank you for your generosity and all you do to make sure SSUMC continues to change lives.
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Offertory Song
Benediction
Benediction Response -