Rev Ed Sunday-Winters – Service
Hal Parker – Musical Director
Priscilla Bonney-Smith – Flowers
Sunday Service
(Pentecost Sunday)
May 28, 2023
10:00am
Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-21
Sermon: Filled To The Measure Of All The Fullness Of God Jeff Pierpont
*Hymn: #277 (New Century Hymnal) Holy, Holy, Holy
*Hymn: #283 (New Century Hymnal) Spirit of the Living God
*Hymn: #293 (New Century Hymnal) Sweet, Sweet Spirit
Prelude: Sonata 7 in g minor by Godfried Finger (1660-1730), Largo, Allegro.
(performed by Gina Jenkins and Sonia Dunbar, recorders, Tom Anastasio, gamba, Hal, harpsichord)
Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship
L: We are the Easter people!
P: We have witnessed the Resurrection of our Lord.
L: We are now called to be people of Pentecost.
P: We are called to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
L: Open our hearts, everyone, to God’s great love and power.
P: We open our hearts so that we may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
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: #277 (New Century Hymnal) Holy, Holy, Holy
Scripture Ephesians 3:14-21
Anthem “May I Serve Thee” by Tammy Simister Robinson, Hal, voice and piano
Sermon Filled To The Measure Of All The Fullness Of God Jeff Pierpont
A Time of Silence
Offertory
*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.
*Unison Prayer of Dedication
Loving God, you pour out your grace upon us without reservation; help us to be as gracious and generous with our gifts and resources, so others might know you hope, your healing, your presence in their lives. This we ask in the name of Jesus. Amen.
*Hymn: #283 (New Century Hymnal) Spirit of the Living God
Prayers of the People and The Lord’s Prayer
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.
*Hymn: #293 (New Century Hymnal) Sweet, Sweet Spirit
*Benediction
*Musical Benediction
“Sevenfold Amen,” #814 New Century Hymnal
Postlude: Sonata 7 in g minor by Godfried Finger (1660-1730), Adagio, Allegro, Presto.
(Performed by Gina Jenkins and Sonia Dunbar, recorders, Tom Anastasio, gamba, Hal, harpsichord)