Bryce Avenue

Presbyterian Church

A congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America

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The Order for the Worship of God

The Lord’s Day, May 11, 2008, 10:20 a.m.

 

Pentecost Sunday

 

We Prepare to Worship God

Gathering Praise 726 (Trinity) “Spirit of the Living God”

Welcome and Announcements

Prelude

The Prelude is a time set aside for quieting our hearts before God in preparation for worship.

 

We Worship God

The Votum: Psalm 124:8

The Salutation: I Corinthians 1:3

Call to Worship: Psalm 66:1-4

+ Hymn of Praise 339 “For Your Gift of God the Spirit”

Prayer of Praise and Invocation

+  Confession of Faith: The Nicene Creed

We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.

 

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made; being of one substance with the Father;  by whom all things were made; Who for us and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; he suffered and was buried; and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father; and he shall come again, with glory, to judge both the living and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.

 

And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets; and we believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church; we acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come, Amen.

+ The Gloria Patri (Greatorex)

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.

The Responsive Reading of the Law of God: Ephesians 4:25-32

Pastor:        Therefore, laying aside falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE of you WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, for we are members of one another.

People:        BE ANGRY, AND yet DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity.

Pastor:        He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need.

People:        Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.

Pastor:        Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

People:        Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

Pastor:        Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.

Call to Confession of Sin: John 14:15-17,21

Corporate Confession of Sin:

Gracious Lord, who has sent Your Spirit into our hearts that we might come to know You and love You, continue now Your work of making us new. We lay our sin before You; we confess that we have not loved You as You have desired; nor have we loved others as we should. Forgive us for the sake of Your  Son, Jesus Christ, and renew us in the power of Your Spirit.  Amen.

Assurance of Pardon: Romans 5:1-2,5

+ Hymn of Thanksgiving 333 Gracious Spirit, Dove Divine

Scripture Readings: The Holy Spirit’s descent results in evangelism

Joel 2:21-32                                       (pew Bible pg. 648, Old Testament)

Acts 2:1-21                                    (pew Bible pg. 92, New Testament)

+ Hymn of Dedication 437 "O God, to Us Show Mercy"

 

We Hear God's Word Proclaimed

Scripture Lesson: Colossians 1:28  (pew Bible pg. 156, New Testament)

We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ.” (NASB)

Prayer for Illumination

Proclamation of the WordPreach Jesus                              The Rev. Mr. Vince Wood

Prayer of Dedication

 

We Respond to God's Word

+ Hymn of Response 442 "Arise, O God"

Prayers of Petition and The Lord's Prayer

Our Father who 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, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Presentation of Tithes and Offerings

Offertory

+ The Doxology  (Old Hundredth, L.M.)

Praise God from whom all blessings flow;

Praise him, all creatures here below;

Praise him above, ye heav’nly host:

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

+ The Offertory Prayer

+ The Benediction                                                                 Mr. Wood

+ Give God Glory: “Now Blessed Be the Lord Our God(Dundee, C.M.)

Now blessed be the Lord our God, the God of Israel,

for He alone does wondrous works, in glory that excel.

 

And blessed be His glorious name to all eternity;

the whole earth let His glory fill.  Amen, so let it be.

Postlude

( + Congregation standing, if able)

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