Coffee Hosts:  Ray and Emile Tucker

ORDER OF WORSHIP

May 27, 2007                                                                                                  10:00 a.m.

*Those able may stand

GREETINGS, CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH AND REGISTRY OF ATTENDANCE

PRELUDE                “Come, Christians, Join to Sing”                                  Traditional

BRINGING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST INTO THIS ROOM

*CALL TO WORSHIP

ALL:  (Hymn 464, verse 1)  Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love.  Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, opening to the sun above.  Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; drive the gloom of doubt away; giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day!

ONE:  How manifold are God’s works!  The earth is full of God’s creatures.

ALL:  Let us sing to the Lord as long as we live; let us sing praises to our God every day of our lives!

ONE:  May our thoughts and actions be pleasing to God, for God is the One we want to please!

ALL:  Bless the Lord!  Let us praise God!                            (From Psalm 104)

*HYMN  126       “Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove”

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION AND ASSURANCE OF PARDON

Almighty and ever-gracious God, Your Spirit calls each of us, but we are often reluctant to heed the call.  The wind of Your Spirit blows us forward, yet we cling to what is familiar, and secure, and safe.  Help us to risk letting go, so we can walk with Jesus as Your servant people.  Help us to capture visions of the future, so that we can truly be the Church, the Body of Christ.

*SILENT PRAYER

*ASSURANCE OF GOD’S PARDON

*GLORIA PATRI (Hymn 579)

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be.

World without end! Amen, Amen.

READING FROM THE GOSPEL                                                   John 14:8-17 (25-27)

READING FROM THE EPISTLE                                                         Romans 8:14-17

ANTHEM                             “Holy Spirit, Dove Divine”                                     Koepke

TIME WITH THE CHILDREN

Jesus loves me, this I know!  For the Bible tells me so.  Little ones to him belong, They are weak, but he is strong!  Yes, Jesus loves me!  Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so!

(Toddlers may go to the Nursery)

READING FROM ACTS                                                                              Acts 2:1-13

SERMON                                       “Spirits”                                       Rev. Ann LaMar

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

LITANY OF BAPTISM

ONE:  We are a people of the water!

ALL:  We worship God, whose love flows through water.

ONE:  Love, like a rain shower, awakens the sleeping seed within the soul and lures it to a blossom.

ALL:  We worship God, whose love flows through water.

ONE:  Love, like a hot shower after a long day’s work, cleanses us, reawakens us.

ALL:  We worship God, whose love flows through water.

ONE:  Love, like little drops, flows from hand to head. Through baptism, the Family of Faith makes room for more.

HYMN 498        “Child of Blessing, Child of Promise”

INTRODUCTION AND QUESTIONS

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (Page 14, Traditional)

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 Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on 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 Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting.  Amen.

THE BAPTISMS

PRAYER

RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS

MINUTE FOR MISSION

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER (Page 16, Traditional)

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, but deliver us from evil.  For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever.  Amen.

PRESENTATION OF OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY                       “My Jesus, I Love Thee”                                     Gordon

*DOXOLOGY (Hymn 592) AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

*HYMN  130              “Let Every Christian Pray”

*THE CHARGE AND THE BENEDICTION

*CARRYING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST INTO THE WORLD

*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE

And the peace of God, that passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts, shall keep your minds on Jesus Christ.