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KNOX CHURCH, DUNEDIN

growing in courage to live the Jesus way

Pentecost

10am – 24 May 2015

Pre service played by Rhys Thorn & Grace Togneri

Welcome

Introit "Ubi Caritas" (Where charity and Love are found, God is there) Maurice Duruflé (1902-86)

Greeting

Kia noho a Ihowa kia koutou. May God be with you.

Ma Ihowa koe e manaaki. May God bless you.

Call to Worship Come, sing a song of worship.

Come, sing a song of praise.

Today is a day of promise fulfilled.

With joy we celebrate Pentecost.

A day when life and freedom flow.

A day of confusion and connecting.

A day the church is turned inside out.

A day we are turned toward others.

A day good news makes sense.

The fire of the Holy Spirit comes on us.

Let us worship God.

Hymn “On Pentecost they gathered” (St Theodulph 7676D) GtG 289

Jane Parker Huber (1926-2008)

© 1981 Jane Parker Huber; from A Singing Faith. Used by permission

1 On Pentecost they gathered quite early in

the day.

A band of Christ’s disciples, to worship, sing,

and pray.

A mighty wind came blowing, filled all the

swirling air,

and tongues of fire aglowing inspired each

person there.

2 The people all around them were startled

and amazed

to understand their language, as Christ the

Lord they praised.

What universal message, what great good

news was here?

That Christ, once dead, is risen to vanquish all

our fear.

3 God pours the Holy Spirit on all who would

believe,

on women, men, and children who would

God’s grace receive.

That Spirit knows no limit, bestowing life and

power.

The church, formed and reforming, responds

in every hour.

4 O Spirit, sent from heaven on that day long

ago,

rekindle faith among us in all life’s ebb and

flow.

O give us ears to listen and tongues aflame

with praise,

so folk of every nation glad songs of joy shall

raise.

Prayer of Praise & Confession

Assurance of Forgiveness E te whanau … we are God’s beloved people.

Thanks be to God

Passing the Peace

Anthem “'O Lord Give Thy Holy Spirit'” Thomas Tallis (1505-85), text: Lidley's Prayers (1566)

With young members

Hymn “Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness” (Spirit) GtG 291 James K Manley (b. 1940)

Text and Music: © 1978 James K. Manley. All rights reserved. Used with permission

Spirit, spirit of gentleness,

blow through the wilderness, calling and free

Spirit, spirit of restlessness,

stir me from placidness, wind, wind on the sea.

1 You moved on the waters, you called to the

deep,

then you coaxed up the mountains from the

valleys of sleep;

and over the eons, you called to each thing

awake from your slumbers and rise on your

wings.





2 You swept through the desert, you stung with

the sand,

and you goaded your people with a law and a

land;

when they were confounded with idols and lies,

then you spoke through your prophets to open

their eyes.





3 You sang in a stable, you cried from a hill,

then you whispered in silence when the whole

world was still

and down in the city you called once again

when you blew through your people on the

rush of the wind.





4 You call from tomorrow, you break ancient

schemes

from the bondage of sorrow the captives dream

dreams;

our women see visions, our men clear their

eyes.

With bold new decisions your people arise.





Reading Acts 2:1-21

Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church

Thanks be to God

Gospel John 15:26-27, 16: 4b - 15

This is the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Praise to Christ the Word

Sermon “In other languages”

Hymn “She sits like a bird” (Thainaky) CH4 593 Graham Maule (b. 1958) & John Bell (b. 1949)

©WGRG. The Iona Community

1 She sits like a bird, brooding on the

waters,

hovering on the chaos of the world’s first

day;

she sighs and she sings, mothering

creation,

waiting to give birth to all the Word will

say.

2 She wings over earth, resting where she

wishes,

lighting close at hand or soaring through

the skies;

she nests in the womb, welcoming each

wonder,

nourishing potential hidden to our eyes.

3 She dances in fire, startling her

spectators,

waking tongues of ecstasy where

dumbness reigned;

she weans and inspires all whose hearts

are open,

nor can she be captured, silenced or

restrained.

4 For she is the Spirit, one with God in

essence,

gifted by the Saviour in eternal love;

she is the key opening the scriptures,

enemy of apathy and heavenly dove.

Prayers of Thanksgiving and for Others

concluding with…

Our Father in heaven

Hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come, your will be done,

on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins,

as we forgive those who sin against us.

Save us from the time of trial

and deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours,

Now and forever:

AMEN

Offering and Dedication “Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist” (Now We

Implore the Holy Spirit) Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748)

We recognise and bless the gifts brought to the table, and those which

wing their way electronically from our banks to the Church’s account.

Notices

Hymn “Come down, o Love Divine” (Down Ampney) CH4 489 /CH3 115 words: Bianco da Siena (d. 1434) tr. Richard F Littledale (1833-90) ©United Methodist Hymnal, 1989

music: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Used by permission of Oxford University Press

1 Come down, O Love Divine,

seek out this soul of mine,

and visit it with your own ardour glowing;

O Comforter, draw near,

within my heart appear,

and kindle it, your holy flame bestowing.

2 O let it freely burn,

till earthly passions turn

to dust and ashes, in its heat consuming;

and let your glorious light

shine ever on my sight,

and clothe me round, the while my path

illuming.

3 Let holy charity

my outward vesture be,

and lowliness becomes my inner clothing;

true lowliness of heart,

which takes the humbler part,

and o'er its own shortcomings weeps with

loathing.

4 And so the yearning strong,

with which the soul will long,

shall far outpass the power of human telling;

we cannot guess its grace,

till we become the place

wherein the Holy Spirit makes a dwelling.

Benediction and Threefold Amen

Postlude “Magnificat Secundi Toni” Jacob Praetorius (1586-1651)

played by Nick Haslam

Morning tea will be served in the Gathering Area. All are welcome.

Knox Church is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand Hymns in the service are reproduced with permission under License #604850, LicenSing – Copyright Cleared Music for Churches

A copy of this week’s sermon will be on the website, and printed copies available in the

church, early next week.

Feel free to text, or email, Kerry with any thoughts about your response to the sermon.

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