Sunday Service May 31, 2020

Welcome

Community highlights and news from Pastor. 

Prayer of the Day 

Spirit of fire, your holy presence burns bright within this world. Spread your spirit throughout our communities, so that our hearts may burn with love and hope. Amen.

Lessons

Acts. 2:1-4

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

Gospel Lesson

Keynote message from Rev. Matt Thiringer

Mark 1: 4-8

And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

Prayers from the Congregation

Submit prayers before Fridays 9 p.m.

Our Father, which 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 trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.

Doors and events may be closed but God is still with us and God’s work continues.

Due to COVID 19 and its quick moving spread across our communities, all in-person events at the Church are postponed until further notice. Once state and local health officials deem it safe for in-person meetings, we will resume our normally scheduled activities.

For the foreseeable future, we will be hosting our Sunday 8:00 am service on the Church website HERE.   Tune in to stay up to date and connect with others from our community in this time of need.

SUNDAY June 28 worship 8 am online Meet and Greet outside (weather permitting) 9:30 to 10:30 am WE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER ONLINE WORSHIP AND THE Sunday MEET AND GREET  REOPENING FOR INSIDE WORSHIP: At our last meeting, church council discussed opening. We have not......

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