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PENTECOST

  • Hymn: “Come Down O Love Divine” (Common Praise #645 – words below)
  • Land Acknowledgement, Greeting & Collect of the Day
  • First Reading: Acts 2:1-21
  • Psalm 104:25-35, 37 – Lord, send forth your Spirit and renew the face of the earth
  • Second Reading: Romans 8:22-27 (French)
  • Hymn: “God is Calling through the Whisper” (Sing a New Creation #97 – words below)
  • Gospel: John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15
  • Sermon: Gary van der Meer
  • Solo: “How Beautiful are the Feet” G.F. Handel – Cara Gilbertson
  • Prayers of the People: Garth Bulmer
  • The Lord’s Prayer (sung)
  • Doxology & Blessing
  • Hymn: Wind Who Makes All Winds that Blow (Common Praise #249 – words below)
  • Dismissal

 

Come Down, O Love Divine

Come down, O Love divine,
seek thou this soul of mine,
and visit it with thine own ardour glowing;
O Comforter, draw near,
within my heart appear,
and kindle it, thy holy flame bestowing.

O let it freely burn,
till earthly passions turn
to dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
and let thy glorious light
shine ever on my sight,
and clothe me round, the while my path illuming.

Let holy charity
Mine outward vesture be
And lowliness become mine inner clothing
True lowliness of heart
Which takes the humbler part
And o’er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing.

And so the yearning strong,
with which the soul will long,
shall far outpass the power of human telling;
for none can guess its grace,
till they create a place
wherein the Holy Spirit finds a dwelling.

 

God is Calling Through the Whisper

God is calling through the whisper of the Spirit’s deepest sighs,
Through the thrill of sudden beauties that can catch us by surprise.
Flash of lightning, crash of thunder; hush of stillness, rush of wonder:
God is calling – can you hear? God is calling, can you hear?

God is calling through the voices of our neighbour’s urgent prayers,
Through their longing for redemption and for rescue from despair.
Place of hurt or face or needing; strident cry or silent pleading:
God is calling, can you hear? God is calling, can you hear?

God is calling through the music of sublime and human arts,
Through the hymns of earth and angels, and the caro0ls of our hearts.
Lift of joy and gift of singing; day and nights our praises bringing:
God is calling – can we hear? God is calling – can we hear?

 

Wind Who Makes All Winds that Blow

Wind who makes all winds that blow –
Gusts that bend the saplings low,
Gales that heave the sea in waves,
Stirrings in the mind’s deep caves –
Aim your breath with steady power
On your church, this day, this hour.
Spirit God of Pentecost.

Fire who fuels all fires that burn –
Suns around which planets turn,
Beacons marking reefs and shoals,
Shining truth to guide our souls –
Come to us as once you came;
Burst of tongues of sacred flame!
Light and power, might and strength,
Fill your church, its breadth and length.

Holy Spirit, wind and flame,
Move within our mortal frame.
Make our hearts an altar pyre;
Kindle them with your own fire.
Breathe and blow upon that blaze
Till our lives, our deeds and ways
Speak that tongue which every land
By your grace shall understand.