CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Gracious God, on this day of days, fifty days after the resurrection of Jesus, we wait in prayer with the disciples for the fulfillment of a promise. We wait in sure and certain hope of something marvelous. We wait to receive power from on high. Stir the air around us with your word. Let your voice echo in our ears. May we feel the rush of your presence moving in and through us lifting us to a place of spiritual confidence unlike any we have known before. Let us be renewed today, reborn from above by your empowering Spirit. Teach us, dearest Lord, that we cannot be timid or shy with your Spirit upon us. We cannot be weak or resigned when we are one with your Spirit. We cannot be uninvolved or indifferent clothed in your Spirit. We cannot be silent or ungracious inspired by your Spirit. Let this day be the day of our emerging like colorful butterflies released from our cocoon. On this Pentecost Sunday we where the color of our witness, the brilliant red that is the color of passion, sacrifice and the Church. Gracious Spirit dwell with us and make us to be the witnesses of your Christ here and now, today and tomorrow even to the ends of the earth. In the name of the Christ we pray. Amen.
OFFERTORY PRAYER
Gracious God, we have come into this sanctuary, seeking to be more aware of your presence with us, more intentional in our efforts to be in connection with you. On this Pentecost Sunday, as we celebrate the birth of Christ’s Church we are called to attend to your will and way for us as disciples of your Christ. Because you first loved us, we are eager to offer our thanks and praise and so we present these offerings today, gifts from our grateful hearts. Bless them to their best use in your name. Amen.
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