Worship for June 8, 2025

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Welcome to the live stream of worship from Church of the Holy Cross for Sunday, June 8, 2025. You will find the service outline below, and you may download and print the PDF to follow more easily. 

Service of Worship June 8, 2025
Pentecost Sunday

WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD

Lighting of the Candles

Ringing of the Bell

Welcome                            Rev. Eric S. Anderson

Call to Worship: (based on Psalm 104:24-35)    Anna Kennedy

Leader:      The world is filled with the wisdom of the LORD,
People:     The creatures, the clouds, the sea: all these and more display the wisdom
                     of God.

Leader:      When God’s Spirit goes forth, creation spring up.
People:     God’s Spirit renews the face of the ground itself.

Leader:      Sing to the LORD today and as long as you live!
People:     We will sing to the LORD while we have being.

All:              Let us worship God!

* Hymn #261: Let Every Christian Pray (v. 1-3)

* Invocation (based on Genesis 11:1-9)     Anna Kennedy

Send your Holy Spirit to us today as we worship, O God. We have confused ourselves as much and more than those who attempted the Tower of Babel. We have striven for the heights of pride, and we have tumbled to the depths of failure. Unite us as creatures of the Earth. Unite us in love and compassion. Unite us in your praise. Amen.

WE SHARE THE WORD OF GOD  

Anthem: Bread for the World             Rick Mazurowski

Time with the Children          Rev. Eric S. Anderson

Scripture: Romans 8:14-17     Anna Kennedy
 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, ‘Abba! Father!’ it is that very Spirit bearing witness^[ with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ—if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.

Acts 2:1-21
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.

Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked, ‘Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.’ All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, ‘What does this mean?’ But others sneered and said, ‘They are filled with new wine.’

 But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them: ‘Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

 “In the last days it will be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,
    and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
    and your old men shall dream dreams.
Even upon my slaves, both men and women,
    in those days I will pour out my Spirit;
        and they shall prophesy.
And I will show portents in the heaven above
    and signs on the earth below,
        blood, and fire, and smoky mist.
The sun shall be turned to darkness
    and the moon to blood,
        before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day.
Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Sermon: Visions and Dreams             Rev. Eric S. Anderson

WE RESPOND IN WORD AND DEED

Pastoral Prayer              Rev. Eric S. Anderson

Please join in 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. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever and ever. Amen

* Hymn #272: On Pentecost They Gathered (v. 1-4)

Call to Offering                Anna Kennedy

We dream of a world at peace. We dream of a world of compassion. We dream of a world without need. Until the day our dreams are fulfilled, we bring our gifts to God with the prayer that they build this world of which we dream. Whether you share your gift here in the church today, through a gift online, or via an envelope in the mail, let the offering now be received.

Offertory: Like the Murmur of the Dove’s Song                Rick Mazurowski

* Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise Him all creatures here below
Praise Him above ye heavenly host
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost – Amen

* Offertory Prayer         Anna Kennedy

Accept our gifts and our prayers, O God, and send us the Holy Spirit through which our dreams and your vision of peace might be made real. Amen.

* Hymn #286: Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness (v. 1-4)

Announcements             Rev. Eric S. Anderson                                               

Benediction                      Rev. Eric S. Anderson

Postlude: Toccata on ‘Come Holy Ghost’    Rick Mazurowski

* Please stand if you are able.

PERMISSIONS

Bread for the World
Bernadette Farrell
© 1990 Bernadette Farrell,
Published by OCP.
All rights reserved.
Streamed by permission ONELICENSE A-735890

Like the Murmur of the Dove’s Song
Alan Smith
Streamed by permission ONELICENSE A-735890

Toccata on ‘Come Holy Ghost’
Rick Mazuroski
Streamed by permission of the composer

IMPORTANT DATES

Today—Council Meeting after worship

Sunday, June 29—Sabbatical presentation with Pastor Eric, after worship, includes potluck. Everyone is invited.

Mondays, 11:30 a.m. –Pickleball lessons; contact Connie 808-936-7534 or
Ruth at rnduponte07@gmail.com to sign up.
 
Wednesdays, 5 p.m. Bible Study in Pastor’s Study and via Zoom. The meeting link will be in the Weekly Chime. No Bible Study this week or next. Bible Study resumes on June 25.

Wednesdays, 12 noon –Pickleball lessons; contact Connie 808-936-7534 or
Ruth at rnduponte07@gmail.com to sign up.

We welcome you to worship this day. Church of the Holy Cross seeks to help its members, friends, and visitors follow the guidance of God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit, encouraging all people to love one another according to the teachings of Jesus. We live and teach the faith, speak good news, minister to people near and far, and work with other households of faith and helping agencies to improve our community and our world. To support our ministries, please visit our Donate Page.