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"IN ONE SPIRIT" 1 CORINTHIANS 12:3-13
SUNDAY • MAY 31, 2020 11:00AM LIVE STREAM
WELCOME! Welcome to Centenary United Methodist Church. Thank you for worshiping with us today! We are grateful for your presence and invite you to participate in our worship, program and ministry life here at Centenary. We hope the worship will inspire and comfort you as we hear God’s message proclaimed. During this time, now more than ever, may the grace and love of Christ surround you.
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OUR MISSION “The mission of the church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.”
PARTICIPATING IN WORSHIP PREACHING Emily Rivers
LITURGISTS
The Reverend Dr. P. Glenn Kinken III The Reverend Kate May Tamara M. Pollock
MUSIC
Jonathan Emmons, organ Martha Bassett, soprano Jacob Patrick, tenor
CHANCEL FLOWERS
The Chancel flowers are given in loving memory of Henry M. Booke, Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Sam L. Booke, Jr. by the Henry Booke Family; and also in loving memory of Jim and Ruby Hartman by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Atkinson and family; and in loving memory of Wendell H. "Bunky" Stockton by Richard Stockton and family.
Musical texts are printed with permission. One License A-707342
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COVER PHOTO: Easter Sunday Morning at Centenary 2020 by Doug Peninger
LET US WORSHIP Day of Pentecost • 11:00 am • May 31, 2020
THE COMMUNITY GATHERS VOLUNTARY
Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BuxWV 139 — Dietrich Buxtehude
GREETING CALL TO WORSHIP adapted from Nancy C. Townley (In Unison)
HYMN
(found on page six)
God has done wondrous things for us. Come, Holy Spirit! Fill us with the power of the rushing wind that we may faithfully serve you in all that we do. For Christ has called each of us and blessed us! Come, Holy Spirit! Show us the way of your light and your truth! For we are here to follow. Come, Holy Spirit! Be with us today. Help us to boldly proclaim Christ is Risen. Amen. Creator Spirit, Heavenly Dove — WAREHAM
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick 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.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
After each prayer, the leader may conclude: Lord, in your mercy. All may respond: Hear our prayer.
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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen
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WE HEAR THE WORD PROCLAIMED CANTICLE
Come, Thou Fount — arr. Richard Walters Come, Thou fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing Thy grace; streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above. Praise the mount, I’m fixed upon it, mount of Thy redeeming love. Here I raise my Ebenezer; here by Thy great help I’ve come; and I hope, by Thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at home. Jesus sought me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God; He, to rescue me from danger, interposed His precious blood. O to grace how great a debtor daily I’m constrained to be! Let Thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to Thee. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love; here’s my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for Thy courts above.
SCRIPTURE 1 Corinthians 12:3-13
Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says “Let Jesus be cursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except by the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses. For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. (NRSV) This is the word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.
SERMON
"In One Spirit"
WE RENEW OUR COMMITMENT INVITATION TO OFFERING OFFERTORY
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Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit — arr. H. T. Burleigh Every time I feel the spirit moving in my heart, I will pray. Up on the mountain my Lord spoke, out of His mouth came fire and smoke. Jordan River chilly and cold, chills the body but not the soul. All around me looks so shine, I asked my Lord if all was mine. Ain't but one train runs this track, it runs to Heaven and runs right back.
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
All things come from you, O God, and with gratitude we return to you what is yours. You created all that is, and with love formed us in your image. When our love failed, your love remained steadfast. You gave your only Son Jesus Christ to be our Savior. All that we are, and all that we have, is a trust from you. And so, in gratitude for all your gifts, we offer you ourselves, and all that we have, in union with Christ's offering for us. By your Holy Spirit make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one in ministry to all the world; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.
WE GO AS GOD'S PEOPLE INTO THE WORLD HYMN
(found on page seven)
#57 O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing — AZMON
BENEDICTION (In Unison)
May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace. Amen.
VOLUNTARY
Someone's Singing, Lord (from Variations on KUM BA YAH) — John A. Behnke
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In Memoriam Randy Lee Weddle April 19, 2020 The ministers and members of Centenary Church extend their deepest sympathy to the bereaved family and pray they may know the comfort and peace of our Heavenly Father.
FOR THE RECORD May 19 - May 24, 2020 Worship Attendance 11:00 am Live Stream Roots Revival Total
Contributions 879 179 1,058
Offering Special Gifts Centenary Fund Capital Campaign Total
Virtual Sunday School 166 (Includes Adult Formation & Youth IGTV)
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$52,261 2,355 2,405 209,060 $266,081