The Holy Trinity | Pentecost 1 | Order of Service
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
THE HOLY TRINITY/ PENTECOST 1
06-07-2020 10:00AM Worship
(Welcome / Greeting by the Pastors)
THE OPENING RITE FOR HOLY TRINITY SUNDAY:
L O Lord our God, your name is MAJESTIC!
C COMPASSIONATE!
L GLORIOUS!
C INSPIRING!
L BEAUTIFUL!
C AMAZING!
L TENDER!
C POWERFUL!
L All-encompassing God, your name is blessed in all the earth!
C Your glory is chanted above the heavens!
L O God, we tremble to know that you have created us in your image!
C You breathed your Spirit, bestowed your love, and made us your own!
L Don’t let us forget our destiny or fail to hear your call.
C Lead us out of the ways to slavery and death to new life as your daughters and sons.
L Let us celebrate God’s amazing grace in our lives every single moment that we have breath.
C Help us to be faithful in our living and fervent in our loving – here, there, now, always, and in all
ways. Alleluia!
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PRAYER OF THE DAY:
Almighty God, here we are, flesh and blood, spirit and life – created, redeemed, and empowered by your love!
Now more than ever we seek the God who has loved us since “in the beginning”.
Now more than ever we need to be God’s people, stewards of the earth and of life.
May we listen to you with humility, respect each other’s humanity, and welcome opportunities to minister, to witness, and to serve in your world. Amen.
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FIRST READING: GENESIS 1:1 – 2:4a [The power of God’s love – in the beginning, God created!]
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A PSALM: PSALM 8 [The thrill of God’s love – mere humans have been called to manage this world!]
SECOND READING: 2 CORINTHIANS 13:11-13 [The tie of God’s love — the Church is shaped by the Trinity!]
GOSPEL VERSE: “Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me.
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me.
Break me, melt me, mold me, fill me.
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me.”
THE HOLY GOSPEL: MATTHEW 28:16-20 [The mission of God’s love – Christians are sent to teach and to baptize!]
THE SERMON: Pastor Neil or Pastor Gwen
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THE APOSTLES’ CREED:
L We confess our faith in the Triune God, the eternal Creator, the risen Savior, and the dynamic Spirit…
C I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
MUSIC SELECTION Dennis Fortune
THE PRAYERS
THE LORD’S PRAYER
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THE BENEDICTION:
L The Spirit-fire is burning in your life – don’t let it go out!
The Spirit-wind blows where it will – don’t seek to divert it!
You have a message to share – don’t silence it!
Go out, sisters and brothers, into the world with courage and conviction, bearing the love of God, the good news of Jesus
Christ, and the power of the Holy Spirit in every word you speak, and in everything you do.
C This is our day. This is our time. This is our mission.
We will be faithful in our living and fervent in our loving! ALLELUIA AND AMEN!