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PRELUDE – Dustin Tatro, Organ
WELCOME & OPENING PRAYER Rev. Steve Patterson
HYMN UMH No. 546 “The Church’s Foundation”
CALL TO WORSHIP from “Psalm 104” Dr. John
RESPONSE FWS No. 2272 “Holy Ground”
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE Claudia Anderson
PASSING THE PEACE
MORNING PRAYER Dr. John
– Join us in prayer for: Madlyn F., Ruth G., Lynn R., Billye P. S., Hoss S., Anna Beth W., Bernie W., Family of Dorothy S. [Dec. 1929-May 2020]
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THE LORD’S PRAYER UMH No. 895
ANTHEM “Amazing Love: How Can It Be?”-Jeanine Wheeler, Piano & Dustin Tatro, Organ
SCRIPTURE AND SERMON Rev. Steve
The Holy Spirit – John 16:7-15 (ESV)
I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine; therefore, I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
The Holy Spirit…
1) Convicts
But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets.
1 Cor. 2:10 (NLT)
2) Guides
If you go the wrong way—to the right or to the left—you will hear a voice behind you saying, “This is the right way. You should go this way.”
Isaiah 30:21 (NCV)
3) Helper
I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him or knows him.
John 14:16-17 (ESV)
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH UMH 881 “Apostles’ Creed” – Rev. Steve
OFFERTORY PRAYER Dr. John
OFFERTORY MUSIC – Dustin Tatro, Organ
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HYMN UMH No. 334 “Sweet, Sweet, Spirit”
BENEDICTION Rev. Steve
POSTLUDE – Jeanine Wheeler, Piano