9.30am Service 19th May 2013
We gather to worship God
Welcome
Call to worship
Lesley: Come! Let us be the bricks and mortar for the Great Builder’s city.
All: Let us build the Kingdom, not for ourselves, but for all people!
Lesley: Come! Let us be the wind that blows the announcement of the Good News.
All: Let us move to gather the people together in praise.
Lesley: Come! Let us be the flame that signals the Spirit’s presence in this place.
All: Let us ignite and worship God
Praise: 596 Breathe on me
CCLI: 1346652
1. Breathe on me, Breath of God;
fill me with life anew,
that I may love the way you love,
and do what you would do.
2. Breathe on me, Breath of God,
until my heart is pure,
until with you I will one will,
to do and to endure.
3. Breathe on me, Breath of God,
direct my heart’s desire,
till every earthly part of me
glows with your holy fire.
4. Breathe on me, Breath of God;
so shall I never die,
but live with you the perfect life
of your eternity.
Responsive Prayer
Lesley: Move among us, Spirit, and gather us together with you.
All: For you are with us travelling God.
Lesley: Take our many selves – our lives our loves, our ideas, our questions, our speech, our silence and unite us as your people.
All: For you are with us, searching God.
Lesley: 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 lives.
All: For you are with us forgiving God.
AMEN
God speaks to us today
Reading: Acts 2 Verses 1-8, 12-21
Praise: 489 Come down O love divine
CCLI: 1346652
1. Come down, O Love Divine,
seek out this soul of mine,
and visit it with your own ardour glowing;
O Comforter, draw near,
within my heart appear,
and kindle it, your holy flame bestowing.
2. O let it freely burn,
till earthly passions turn
to dust and ashes, in its heat consuming;
and let your glorious light
shine ever on my sight,
and clothe me round, the while my path illuming.
3. Let holy charity
my outward vesture be,
and lowliness become my inner clothing;
true lowliness of heart,
which takes the humbler part,
and o’er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing.
4. And so the yearning strong,
with which the soul will long,
shall far outpass the power of human telling;
we cannot guess its grace,
till we become the place
wherein the Holy Spirit makes a dwelling.
Quotes
Wise leaders should have known that the human heart cannot exist in a vacuum. If Christians are forbidden to enjoy the wine of the Spirit they will turn to the wine of the flesh....Christ died for our hearts and the Holy Spirit wants to come and satisfy them.
Author: A.W. Tozer
The wizard [of Oz] says look inside yourself and find self. God says look inside yourself and find [the Holy Spirit]. The first will get you to Kansas.
The latter will get you to heaven.
Take your pick.”
Author: Max Lucado
“For Christians it's always a love game ... that He is love itself ... Indeed, some have suggested that one way of understanding the Spirit is to see the Spirit as the personal love which the Father has for the Son and the Son for the Father.”
Former Bishop of Durham: N.T. Wright
Tongues of Fire
Intimations
Offering
We bring to God our Prayers and Lord’s Prayer
Our Father,
Which art in heaven
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done in 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, the power and the glory, forever.
Amen
Closing Hymn: 600 Spirit of God
CCLI: 1346652
Spirit of God, unseen as the wind,
gentle as is the dove,
teach us the truth and help us believe,
show us the Saviour’s love.
1. You spoke to us long, long ago,
gave us the written word;
we read it still, needing its truth,
through it God’s voice is heard.
Spirit of God, unseen as the wind,
gentle as is the dove,
teach us the truth and help us believe,
show us the Saviour’s love.
2. Without your help we fail our Lord,
we cannot live his way;
we need your power, we need your strength,
following Christ each day.
Spirit of God, unseen as the wind,
gentle as is the dove,
teach us the truth and help us believe,
show us the Saviour’s love.
Closing Response
Lesley: We go forth from this place knowing that God has filled us with the Holy Spirit.
All: We rejoice in the power of the Spirit within us and among us.
Blessing
As you go from this place, may the wind of the spirit
startle your senses and blow through your life.
May the fire of the Spirit scorch your complacency and light your way.
And may the blessing of the Holy One –
rest with you now and forever more.
Amen