Fear … and Deep Desire!
Seekers Church
A Christian Community
In the Tradition of the Church of the Saviour
Fear … and Deep Desire!
Pentecost 2004
Reflection
Rush of wind, light moves higher;
See our fear, our deep desire;
Can we trust this healing fire?
From the 1985 Pentecost liturgy
Seekers Church
PRELUDE
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Rushing through our ordinary lives
we have ignored the divine wind.
Voice 1: We pause here, in a new place,
to feel the power of God's breath within us.
Leader: God has put in us the light
that demands openness and vision.
Voice 2: In the light of Christ
we look at God's world
from a new perspective.
All: Answering the wind's call,
we gather in the holy light.
HYMN
WORD FOR THE CHILDREN
SILENCE
CHANT
Rush of wind, light moves higher,
See our fear, our deep desire!
Can we trust this healing fire?
SILENCE
PRAYERS
CONFESSION
Leader: We turn away
from the wind of the Spirit
afraid to know our deepest desire.
People: We hide from our longing,
fearing to hear the voice of God.
Leader: We turn away
from the light of Christ
afraid to feel it burning within us.
People: We run from our calling,
fearing to see a hurting world.
All: We turn away
from the touch of God,
unwilling to trust this healing fire.
INDIVIDUAL PRAYERS OF CONFESSION
ASSURANCE
Leader: In a rush of wind,
the Spirit burns away our fears.
Our trust is in this healing fire.
Amen.
PRAYERS OF THE COMMUNITY
JESUS PRAYER
All: Eternal Spirit: Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver,
Source of all that is and all that shall be,
Father and Mother of us all, creation resonates
with celebration of your nameless name.
Let justice and mercy flood the earth;
let all creation harmonize in your imagination;
and let us recognize
that every thought and thing belongs to you.
With the bread we need for today, feed us;
in the hurts we absorb from each other
and those we inflict on others, forgive us;
in times of test and temptation, stand with us;
from the grip of all that is evil, free us.
For you alone are creating our universe,
now and forever. Amen.
HYMN
THE WORD
FIRST LESSON
SILENCE
GOSPEL
SERMON
SILENT REFLECTION
OFFERING
SHARED REFLECTIONS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
HYMN
BENEDICTION
Leader: Trust the Holy Spirit.
Go out into the world.
Carry God's healing flame in your heart.
Pass it on to every one you meet.
Amen.
