WE PRAISE GOD WITH JOY
Prelude:"In Thee is Gladness".........................Busarow
"When in Our Music God is Glorified"..................Stanford
"Praise to the Lord"..................................Manz
Choral Call to Worship: "Now With Joyful Exultation" (PH 95:1)
God's Greeting
Hymn: "When in Our Music God Is Glorified" (PH 512, RL 508)
Scripture: Colossians 3:1-4,12-16
GIVE PRAISE TO GOD WITH PSALMS, HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS
Hymn: "Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven" (HB 31, PH 475, RL 144, TH 70)
Spiritual Song: "This is the Day That the Lord Has Made"1 (PH 241)
Psalm: "Praise the Lord with the Sound of Trumpet" (PH 569)
Psalm: "I Will Exalt My God, My King"2 (PH 186)
Spiritual Song: "Alleluia, Alleluia, Give Thanks to the Risen Lord" (PH 402:1,2,5)
WE LISTEN TO THE WORD OF GOD WITH GRATITUDE
Choral Prayer for Illumination: "Holy Spirit, Mighty God" (PH 278:1)
THE SPIRIT AND CREATION
Scripture: Genesis 1:1,2
Psalm 104:24-30
Hymn: "For Your Gift of God the Spirit"
(st.1-2)(PH 416,RL 382)
JESUS FORTELLS THE COMING OF THE SPIRIT
Scripture: John 14:25,26
John 16:5-15
Hymn: "For Your Gift of God the Spirit"
(st.3-5)(PH 416,RL 382)
PENTECOST; THE EMPOWERMENT OF THE Busarow CHURCH
Scripture: Acts 2:1-21
Hymn (Choir): "Filled WUh the Spirit's Power" (PH 417, RL 373)
THE CULMINATION OF PROPHECY
Scripture: Joel 2:28-32
Isaiah 44:1,4
Zechariah 12:10-11
Hymn: "Spirit Divine, Inspire Our Prayer" (HB 243, PH 421)
THE CONTINUATION OF JESUS' MINISTRY
Scripture: Isaiah 61:1-2
Galatians 5:22-25
John 7:37-38
Hymn: "Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us With Your Love" (PH 601)
Silence for Reflection on Scripture and Music
Prayer
Prayer Response: "Spirit of the Living God" (PH 424:1)
WE RESPOND WITH PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING
Offertory: "Fill Us With Your Love"................Calvin/Hopson
Offertory Prayer: "Take My Life" (HB 310, PH 289, RL 475, TH 492)
Benediction
Closing Hymn: "When in Our Music God Is Glorified" (st. 1,5) (PH 512, RL 508)
Postlude: "Now Thank We All Our God"....................Manz
NOTES
1 Preschool and kindergarten children may sing stanzas 1 and 3; after an organ interlude, the congregation may repeat stanza 3 with the children.
2 Children in grades 1 through 6 may sing the song first accompanied by tambourine and piano; after a piano interlude, the congregation may repeat it with them.
The service was prepared by Charlotte larsen for the Ann Arbor, Michigan, Christian Reformed Church, where she serves as music director. The service involved several readers, including pastors and young people, as well as numerous instrumentalists (two flutes, trumpet, trombone, organ, piano, and some percussion instruments). The hymns in the service appear in one or more of the following hymnals: fhe Hymnbook (HB), Psalter Hymnal (PH), Rejoice in the Lord (RL), Trinity Hymnal (TH).