PRELUDE/ENTRANCE
GREETING/ANNOUNCEMENTS
*OPENING SONG
"For the Beauty of the Earth" UMH 92
*CALL TO WORSHIP Psalm 8 UMH 743-744
OPENING PRAYER
Send forth your Spirit, O God, and renew the face of the earth. Dwell among us, even though your presence will startle and unsettle us. Grant us your peace, we pray, as justice and love pour down upon the yearning earth. Amen.
Reprinted by permission of the publisher from Touch Holiness, ed. Ruth C. Duck and Maren C. Tirabassi. Copyright © 1990 by The Pilgrim Press.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
SHARING GOD’S PEACE
GOD SIGHTINGS
PRAYER FOR COMFORT AND HEALING
THE LORD’S PRAYER
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
A TIME FOR CHILDREN
SPECIAL MUSIC
*FIRST SCRIPTURE Romans 5:1-5
*SECOND SCRIPTURE John 16: 12-15
MESSAGE “The Spirit of Truth”
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
*SONG OF RESPONSE
“Kum Ba Yah” UMH 494
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
*The Apostles Creed” UMH 881
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
SENDING FORTH
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
“How Great Thou Art” UMH 77
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE "Shalom to You" UMH 666