May 24, 2026 | Pentecost Sunday
Call to Worship
PRELUDE
RESPONSIVE CALL “Breath of God” #874
PRAYER of INVOCATION “Come, Holy Spirit” #860
SONG of ADORATION “The Solid Rock” #120
Confession and Assurance
READING of GOD’S LAW
Hear God’s Law, His Will for Your Life, from Deut. 10:12-22
“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways,
to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today for your good?
Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it.
Yet the Lord set his heart in love on your fathers and chose their offspring after them, you above all peoples, as you are this day.
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn. For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe. He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
PRAYER of CONFESSION Martin Luther
All: Hear our words and our
groanings, O Lord.
Give attention to our cry
for mercy.
Pastor: You are not a God who
delights in wickedness; evil
may not dwell with You.
The boastful shall not
stand before Your eyes;
You hate all evil. You
destroy those who speak
lies; You abhor the blood-
thirsty and the deceitful
All: But, O Lord, we are
evildoers. We are boastful,
deceitful, and blood-
thirsty.
Pastor: By Your mercy alone, by
the abundance of Your
steadfast love may we
enter Your house.
All: Because of Your Son, O
Lord, let us find refuge in
You. Take away our sins
and let us sing for joy.
Cover us with Your favor
as with a shield. For the
sake of our Savior, Jesus
Christ. Amen.
ASSURANCE of PARDON From Zephaniah 3:17
Receive these words of comfort from God:
The Lord your God is in your midst,
a Mighty One who will save;
He will rejoice over you with gladness;
He will quiet you by His love;
He will exult over you with loud singing.
In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and
by the promises we have together received in God’s Holy
Word, be assured that your sins are forgiven. Amen. ◆
SONG of RESPONSE “It was Finished Upon the Cross” #248
Life of Worship
PROFESSION of FAITH from the 2nd London Baptist Confession
Leader: What do we confess
concerning the Holy
Spirit?
People: We believe that the
Holy Spirit is fully
God, of one substance,
power, and eternity
with the Father and the
Son.
Leader: What is the work of the
Spirit in the people of
God?
People: God effectually calls
his people by his Word
and Spirit, enlighten-
ing their minds
spiritually and sav-
ingly to understand the
things of God.
Leader: What does the Spirit do
in us?
People: He takes away our
heart of stone and
gives us a heart of
flesh. He renews our
wills, draws us to
Jesus Christ, and
makes us willing by
his grace.
Leader: How does the Spirit
continue his work?
People: By his Word and Spirit
dwelling in us, he
sanctifies us,
strengthens us in all
saving graces, and
leads us in the practice
of true holiness.
Leader: What is our hope?
All: Faith is the work of the
Spirit of Christ in our
hearts. By this faith we
receive and rest upon
Christ alone for
justification, sanctifi-
cation, and eternal life.
Amen. ◆
OFFERING
DOXOLOGY #334
PRAYER of DEDICATION
CHILDREN’S TIME
Q16. What covenant did God make
with mankind when He first
created Adam?
A. When God had created man,
He entered into a covenant of
works with him—that man
would perfectly obey and not
eat from the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil—
or else they would die.
PASSING of the PEACE
PRAYER OF INTERCESSION
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,
For thine is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory, forever. Amen. ◆
Ministry of the Word
SONG of RESPONSE “Breathe on Me, Breath of God” #870
PRAYER for ILLUMINATION #290
SCRIPTURE READING Acts 2:1-8
When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. And they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language?
SERMON “Rescue Party”
SONG of DEPARTURE “My Friends, May You Grow in Grace”
My friends, may you grow in grace,
And in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior.
My friends, may you grow in grace,
And in the knowledge of Jesus Christ.
To God be the glory, now and forever!
Now and forever, Amen! (Repeat)
Meaney / Demey / Kett © 2000 Timothy James CCLI #3071858
POSTLUDE
