Sunday May 31st 2020 DAY OF PENTECOST Welcome In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Hymn Come, Holy Spirit. Come, Holy Spirit Maranatha Come, Lord, come! The Greeting Grace, mercy and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you. And also with you.

Alleluia. Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Alleluia. Introduction Jesus Christ, whom we worship, is our crucified, risen and ascended Lord and we have walked with him through his journey of love. We have faced the agony of his suffering and death on a cross. We have rejoiced at his bursting free from the bonds of death. We have enjoyed his risen presence with us and his revelation of himself through the breaking of bread. We have seen his return to the throne before which every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that this Jesus is Lord. And now, with the followers of his own time, we await the coming of the promised Holy Spirit, his gift to his people, through whom we make Christ known to the world.

Responsory As we wait in silence, fill us with your Spirit.

As we listen to your word, fill us with your Spirit.

As we worship you in majesty, fill us with your Spirit.

As we long for your refreshing, fill us with your Spirit.

As we long for your renewing, fill us with your Spirit.

As we long for your equipping, fill us with your Spirit.

As we long for your empowering, fill us with your Spirit. Silence is kept. The Pentecost Reading A reading from the Acts of the Apostles On the Day of Pentecost all the Lord's followers were together in one place. Suddenly there was a noise from heaven like the sound of a mighty wind! It filled the house where they were meeting. Then they saw what looked like fiery tongues moving in all directions, and a tongue came and settled on each person there. The Holy Spirit took control of everyone, and they began speaking whatever languages the Spirit let them speak. Many religious Jews from every country in the world were living in Jerusalem. And when they heard this noise, a crowd gathered. But they were surprised because they were hearing everything in their own languages. They were excited and amazed and said: Don't all these who are speaking come from Galilee? Then why do we hear them speaking our very own languages? Some of us are from Parthia, Media, Elam, Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the areas of Libya near the city of Cyrene, Rome, Crete, and Arabia. Some of us were born Jews and others have chosen to be Jews. Yet we all hear them using our own language to tell the wonderful things God has done. Everyone was excited and confused. Some of them even kept asking each other, ‘What does all this mean?’ Others made fun of the Lord's followers – ‘They're drunk!’

Peter stood with the eleven apostles and spoke in a loud and clear voice to the crowd, ‘Friends and everyone else living in Jerusalem, listen carefully to what I have to say! You are wrong to think that these people are drunk. After all, it is only nine o'clock in the morning. But this is what God led the prophet Joel to say,

“When the last days come, I will give my Spirit to everyone. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions and your old men will have dreams. In those days I will give my Spirit to my servants, both men and women, and they will prophesy. I will perform miracles in the sky above and wonders on the earth below. There will be fire and red clouds of smoke. The sun will turn dark and the moon will be as red as blood before the great and wonderful day of the Lord appears. And all who call on the name of the Lord will be saved!”’

Thanks be to God. Glory, glory, glory, glory to God on high! (x2) and on earth, peace to God’s people in whom God is well pleased. (x2) Collect O God, who on the day of Pentecost enlightened the hearts of your people by the fire of the Holy Spirit: give us wisdom and understanding, and lead us into all truth, that your Church may be kept in the unity of the Spirit and the bond of peace; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end.

Gospel

Alleluia, alleluia. Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful people and kindle in them the fire of your love. Alleluia.

Hear the Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. Glory to Christ our Saviour.

The day was Sunday, and that same evening the followers were together. They had the doors locked because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them. He said, “Peace be with you!” As soon as he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. When the followers saw the Lord, they were very happy.

Then Jesus said again, “Peace be with you. It was the Father who sent me, and I am now sending you in the same way.” Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of anyone, their sins are forgiven. If there is anyone whose sins you don’t forgive, their sins are not forgiven.”

Give thanks to God for his glorious Gospel. Praise to Christ our Lord. Homily The Rector Creed

We believe in God the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named.

We believe in God the Son, who lives in our hearts through faith, and fills us with his love.

We believe in God the Holy Spirit, who strengthens us with power from on high. We believe in one God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.

Intercessions Jim Henry THE LITURGY OF THE SACRAMENT

Peace

God has made us one in Christ. He has set his seal upon us and, as a pledge of what is to come, has given the Spirit to dwell in our hearts. Alleluia.

We meet in Christ's name. Let us share his peace. The Preparation of the Bread and the Wine Lord of all and source of our joy, receive our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. Keep us in the love of Christ and bring us to the vision of his glory; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Offering Eucharistic Prayer The Lord be with you. And also with you.

Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give God thanks and praise.

Worship and praise belong to you, Author of all being. Your power sustains, your love restores, our broken world. You are unceasingly at work, from chaos bringing order and filling emptiness with life.

Christ, raised from the dead, proclaims the dawn of hope. He lives in us that we may walk in light.

Your Spirit is fire in us, your breath is power to purge our sin and warm our hearts to love.

As children of your redeeming purpose, freed by him who burst from the tomb and opened the gate of life, we offer you our praise, with angels and archangels and the whole company of heaven, singing the hymn of your unending glory:

Praise and thanksgiving be to you, Lord of all, for by the Cross eternal life is ours and death is swallowed up in victory.

In the first light of Easter glory broke from the tomb and changed the women's sorrow into joy.

From the Garden the mystery dawned that he whom they had loved and lost is with us now, in every place for ever.

Making himself known in the breaking of the bread, speaking peace to the fearful disciples, welcoming weary fishermen on the shore, he renewed the promise of his presence and of new birth in the Spirit who sets the seal of freedom on your sons and daughters.

Before he was given up to suffering and death, recalling the night of Israel's release, the night in which slaves walked free,

Ho ly, ho ly ho ly, my heart, my heart a dores you! My

heart is glad to say the words: 'you are ho ly, Lord.'

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At supper with his disciples he took bread and offered you thanks. He broke the bread, and gave it to them, saying: "Take, eat. This is my Body: it is broken for you."

After supper, he took the cup, he offered you thanks, and gave it to them saying: "Drink this, all of you. This is my Blood of the new covenant; it is poured out for you, and for all, that sins may be forgiven. Do this in remembrance of me."

We now obey your Son's command. We recall his blessed passion and death, his glorious resurrection and ascension; and we look for the coming of his Kingdom. Made one with him, we offer you these gifts and with them ourselves, a single, holy, living sacrifice.

Hear us, most merciful Father, and send your Holy Spirit upon us and upon this bread and this wine, that, overshadowed by her life-giving power, they may be the Body and Blood of your Son, and we may be kindled with the fire of your love and renewed for the service of your Kingdom.

Help us, who are baptised into the fellowship of Christ's Body to live and work to your praise and glory; may we grow together in unity and love until at last, in your new creation, we enter into our heritage in the company of the Virgin Mary, the apostles, and prophets, and of all our brothers and sisters living and departed.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord, with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory be to you, Lord of all ages, world without end. Amen.

The Sharing of the Bread and the Wine Breaking of the Bread The living bread is broken for the life of the world. Lord, unite us in this sign. Lord's Prayer As our Saviour Christ has taught us, so we pray:

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, the power and the glory for ever and ever. Amen. Communion Song Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: grant us peace. A Prayer for God’s Children not present in person God of infinite mercy, we thank you for Jesus our Saviour, who feeds us and gives us eternal life. Though your children gathered virtually here cannot consume these gifts of bread and wine, we thank you that they have received the sacrament of Christ’s presence, the forgiveness of sins, and all other benefits of his passion. Grant that we may continue for ever in the Risen Life of our Saviour, who with you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

THANKSGIVING AND SENDING OUT Give thanks to the Lord, for God is gracious. And his mercy endures for ever. Prayers Father, may we who have received and witnessed this eucharist live in the unity of your Holy Spirit, that we may show forth his gifts to all the world. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Father, one day we will break the bread together again which is Christ's body, one day we will again taste the wine of his new life. For now, we thank you for these gifts by which we are made one in him and drawn into that new creation which is your will for all humanity; through him who died for us and rose again, your Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Notices (feel free to get the kettle on too!)

The Blessing The Spirit of truth lead you into all truth, give you grace to confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, and to proclaim the word and works of God; and the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always. Amen Final Hymn

1. There's a spirit in the air, telling Christians everywhere: 'Praise the love that Christ revealed, living, working, in our world!'

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2. Lose your shyness, find your tongue, tell the world what God has done: God in Christ has come to stay. Live tomorrow's life today!

3. Still the Spirit gives us light, seeing wrong and setting right: God in Christ has come to stay. Live tomorrow's life today!

6. May the Spirit fill our praise, guide our thoughts and change our ways God in Christ has come to stay. Live tomorrow's life today! Dismissal

Go in the peace of Christ, Alleluia, alleluia! Thanks be to God, alleluia, alleluia!

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