Pentecost Sunday
Centering Practice
We invite you to slow down, breathe, and connect with God, each other, and yourself.
- Hebrews 12 tells us that our God is a consuming fire; on that first Pentecost day, the Spirit came to us as wind and fire
- As you eat this cinnamon candy, we invite you to “taste and see that the Lord is good” • What kind of fire might the Spirit light in your heart today?
Call to Worship
Come, Holy Spirit,
The wind of God and the breath of Life;
Our Advocate and our Counselor.
Can these dry bones live?
Yes! The Breath of God will revive us!
We give thanks to the wild, life-giving Spirit of God!
Amen.
Worship Songs
All Who Are Thirsty
All who are thirsty
All who are weak
Come to the fountain
Dip your heart in the stream of life
Let the pain and the sorrow
Be washed away
In the waves of his mercy
As deep cries out in deep
Come Lord Jesus come
Come Lord Jesus come
Come Lord Jesus come
Holy Spirit come
Holy Spirit come
Holy Spirit come
Prayer of Confession
Holy God,
from our scattered lives,
You bring hope and healing
Throughout time and history,
Your Spirit equips, challenges, and transforms.
Transform us through Your wind & fire;
Hear us, O God, we pray:
— Moment of silent prayer —
Pour out Your Spirit among us again,
opening our hearts and minds,
and filling us with love and compassion.
Amen.
Assurance of God’s Love
Prayers of the People
In so many ways, our world is in turmoil. Violence, hatred, and evil dominate our headlines. And yet, we are not left in despair. We invite you to hold up prayers in your heart for the people and places that move you as we join with the saints throughout time and history in praying The Lord’s Prayer out loud together. As Jesus taught us, we pray together…
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.
Offering Prayer
Announcements
- Thanks for worshiping with us today! We hope you experience meaningful connection with God and others in our community. If you’re visiting for the first time today, we’d love to get to know you better. Please take home a visitor’s card with QR code so that we can stay in touch & build a relationship!
- PhD Project: PJ and our church have been invited to participate in a PhD dissertation project. Sometime in the fall, a researcher will participate in the life of our church and, if you choose to, interview you about our church.
- Church Without Walls: We will have a CWOW gathering next Sunday, June 15th at 10:30 am at Miramar Overlook Park (Scripps Ranch Blvd just north of Mira Mesa Blvd). A picnic lunch will be provided!
- Reset Sunday: On Sunday, June 29th, we will not gather for worship together here at Sandburg. If enough people are interested, we may gather a group at the WNDR Museum in downtown SD for a time of interactive art and creative exploration! Otherwise, we invite you to get some rest, renew your soul, and find ways to connect with God, each other, and yourselves out in God’s beautiful world!
- Church Retreat: We will have our church retreat on September 20th and 21st (Saturday and Sunday). We’ll be in town at Marina Village. More details to come, but please block off those dates on your calendars!
Passing of the Peace
Let’s greet each other at this time!
Family Praise
Your Love is Deep
Blessing of the Children
Worship Song
Awakening
In our hearts, Lord, in this nation
Awakening
Holy Spirit, we desire
Awakening
For You and You alone
Awake my soul, awake my soul and sing
For the world You love
Your will be done, let Your will be done in me
In Your presence, in Your power
Awakening
For this moment, for this hour
Awakening
Like the rising sun that shines
From the darkness comes a light
I hear Your voice and this is my
Awakening
Like the rising sun that shines
Awake my soul, awake my soul and sing
From the darkness comes a light
Awake my soul, awake my soul and sing
Like the rising sun that shines
Awake my soul, awake my soul and sing
Only You can raise a life
Awake my soul, awake my soul and sing
Scripture Reading
Acts 2:1-21
1 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 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. 3 Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.
5 Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. 6 And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. 7 Amazed and astonished, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? 9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes 11 Cretans and Arabs — in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.” 12 All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 13 But others sneered and said, “They are filled with new wine.”
14 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. 15 Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. 16 No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
17 ‘In the last days it will be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit upon all people,
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even upon my servants, both men and women,
in those days I will pour out my Spirit;
and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show portents in the heaven above
and signs on the earth below,
blood, and fire, and smoky mist.
20 The sun shall be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood,
before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day.
21 Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’”
Reader: This is the Word of the Lord.
Together: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
Life in the Spirit
Pastor Dan
Worship Song
Future / Past
You hold the reins on the sun and the moon
Like horses driven by kings
You cover the mountains, the valleys below
With the breadth of Your mighty wings
All treasures of wisdom and things to be known
Are hidden inside Your hand
And in this fortunate turn of events
You ask me to be Your friend
You ask me to be Your friend
And You,
You are my first
You are my last
You are my future and my past
The constellations are swimming inside
The breadth of Your desire
Where could I run, where could I hide
From Your heart’s jealous fire
You are the beginning and the end
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