I'm leading worship in my local congregation for Pentecost Sunday. I've been trying to get back to blogging regularly so here's a good reason to do so. This is the outline of what we're doing.
We're combining the Acts 2 Pentecost reading with Galatians 5 on the Fruits of the Spirit. The church is decorated with coloured cloth, blood red grape vine leaves, red yellow and orange flames, grapes, and a fire ready to be lit (clay kitty litter and methylated spirits). On the seats are 100 cutout leaves, each with one of the fruits of the spirit on them.
Opening
Mark Berry's Pentecost video from Proost
Call to Worship
This features a sung response from Miriam Therese Winter's Woman Prayer, Woman Song and I started with her words and then changed a lot and wrote a lot of my own. We're inviting a dozen people from the congregation (spontaneously) to come and be a vocal chorus to lead the first four sections, raising their hands each time the speak. The congregation will be divided into 2 parts to respond.
L: Come Spirit!
1: Wind on the waters
L: Come Spirit!
2: Breath in our hearts
L: Come Spirit!
1: Dance of Creation
L: Speak to us!
2: Bring a new start
Come, Spirit, come and be a new reality
Your touch is guarantee of love alive in me
