Rev Ed Sunday-Winters – Service
Hal Parker – Musical Director, Piano, Voice, harpsichord
Priscilla Bonney-Smith – Flowers
Sunday Service
(Fifth Sunday of Easter)
May 15, 2022
10:00am
Scripture: Acts 11: 1-18
Sermon: Gentiles Welcome Here Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters
(Songs of Spirit) (green)
*Hymn: #226 (Songs of Spirit) Come, Teach Us, Spirit of Our God
*Hymn:#223 (Songs of Spirit) Gracious Spirit, Dwell with Me
*Hymn: #218 (Songs of Spirit) Come, O Spirit, Dwell Among Us
Prelude
Welcome & Announcements
*Call To Worship (inspired by Psalm 148)
One: Celebrate our God, from the plains to the mountains!
Many: Celebrate our God, from the waters and hills.
One: Sing to our God who designed creation.
Many: Fill the air with song to the One who painted the world with love.
One: Let us praise our God, the author of grace.
Many: Let us worship our God, the composer of joy.
Opening Prayer
*Gloria Patri #36
Glory be to the Creator, and to the Christ and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the
beginning is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.
*Hymn: #226 (Songs of Spirit) Come, Teach Us, Spirit of Our God
Scripture Acts 11: 1-18 Clive Gray
Anthem “Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire” by Hal Hopson, voice & organ
Sermon Gentiles Welcome Here Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters
A Time of Silence
*Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise
God for all that love has done; Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One. Amen.
(If you want to give today, please find the offering plate at either entrance.)
*Prayer of Dedication
ALL: Loving God,
We glorify you by sharing our gifts of love with this community. We celebrate your presence
by caring for your creation. May these offerings today nourish a world craving more love,
peace, justice, and hope. Amen.
*Hymn:#223 (Songs of Spirit) Gracious Spirit, Dwell with Me
Prayers of the People
The Lord’s Prayer (using “debts:” turn to the bottom of page #271 in the green hymnal)
*Hymn: #218 (Songs of Spirit) Come, O Spirit, Dwell Among Us
*Benediction Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters
*Musical Benediction
Go now in peace, never be afraid. God will go with you each hour of every day. Go now
in faith steadfast strong and true, know he will guide you in all you do. Go now in love,
and show you believe, reach out to others so all the world can see. God will be there,
watching from above. Go now in peace, in faith and in love. Amen, amen, amen.
Postlude