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Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 (Pentecost)

Dedication Service for New Building

We Gather in God's Name

Call to Worship

Leader: God's Spirit joins with our spirits to declare that we are children of God. Alleluia!

People: Alleluia!

Leader: Come Spirit of wisdom, and teach us to value the highest gifts.

People: Come, Holy Spirit.

Leader: Come, Spirit of understanding, and show us all things in the light of eternity.

People: Come, Holy Spirit.

Leader: Come, Spirit of counsel, and guide us along the straight and narrow path to our heavenly home.

People: Come, Holy Spirit.

Leader: Come, Spirit of might, and strengthen us against every evil spirit and interest which would separate us from you.

People: Come, Holy Spirit.

Leader: Come Spirit of knowledge, and teach us the shortness of life and the length of eternity.

People: Come, Holy Spirit.

Leader: Come, Spirit of godliness, and stir up our minds and hearts to love and serve the Lord our God all our days.

People: Come, Holy Spirit.

Leader: Come, Spirit of fear of the Lord, and make us tremble with awe and reverence before your divine majesty.

People: Come, Holy Spirit.

Opening Prayer

Come, Holy Spirit! Rain upon our dry and dusty lives. Wash away our sin and heal our wounded spirits. Kindle within us the fire of your love to burn away our apathy. With your warmth bend our rigidity, and guide our wandering feet. Amen.

We Hear God's Word

Old Testament Scripture

Psalm 33:1-4

New Testament Scripture

Ephesians 2:1-10 (NRSV)

You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient. All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else.

But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us 5even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—not the result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.

We Respond in Prayer

Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession

Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.

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. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

Closing Prayer

(Offered by a member of the community)

We Go in Peace

Passing of the Peace

Fellowship & Conversation