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Veradale United Church of Christ
An Open & Affirming Congregation
Worshiping God in Christ – Welcoming All – Working for Justice & Peace
“No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!”
Pentecost!
June 8, 2025
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10:20 Gathering and Prelude
String-A-Lings
Wayne Shull, Music Director (away)
Charlie Salt, AV (away)
Joe McSwain, AV and Usher
Jerry Brines, Usher
Tom Cuilla, Usher Coordinator
Stephanie Wallis, Scripture reader
Joe McSwain, Candle lighter
Scotty Patton, Zoom Monitor
Sue Ferrozzo, Fellowship Set-Up
________, Fellowship Clean-up
Rev. Genavieve Heywood, Pastor
10:30am
Welcoming the Light of Christ
String-A-Lings: Blowin’ In the Wind
Land Acknowledgement
We worship on the unceded traditional territory of the Spokane, Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Coeur d’Alene, and other tribes. We acknowledge the history of indigenous genocide, removal, and erasure that continues to this day. We recognize the role that Christian communities played in these injustices, and we recommit ourselves to seeking more peaceful, just, and neighborly ways of sharing this land with all who call it home.
Community Affirmation
God’s Spirit fills us...all the time! All the time...God’s Spirit fills us!
Service and Fellowship Opportunities
Next Sunday, Father’s Day, Pride Weekend, Trintiy Sunday, with guest: Mark Cuilla
PRIDE BUILD with Habitat for Humanity Wed. June 11 - Lunch team meet after worship
Bible Study Monday at 7pm
Silent Prayer, Tuesday 9:00 to 9:30am
Wednesday: String-A-Lings 5:30
Community giving: Birthday Kits
Opening Hymn: Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness 286 (NCH)
(Refrain)Spirit, Spirit of gentleness blow through the wilderness, calling and free. Spirit, Spirit of restlessness, stir me from placidness, wind, wind on the sea.
1. You moved on the waters, you called to the deep, then you coaxed up the mountains from the valley of sleep, and over the eons you called to each thing, "A wake from your slumbers and rise on your wings.”(Refrain)
2. You swept through the dessert, you stung with the sand, and You gifted your people with a law and a land. And when they were blinded with their idols and lies, then you spoke through your prophets to open their eyes. (Refrain)
3. You sang in a stable. you cried from a hill then you whispered in silence When the whole world was still. And down in the city you called once again when you blew through your people on the rush of the wind. (Refrain)
4. You call from tomorrow. You break ancient schemes. From the bondage of sorrow, the captives dream dreams. Our women see visions. Our men clear their eyes. With bold new decisions, your people arise. (Refrain)
Community Prayer
Hymn: “Spirit, I Adore You” RB 151
Spirit, I adore you. Lay my life before you. How I love you.
Prayers of Gratitude
Refrain: How I love you.
Prayers of Concern
Refrain: How I love you.
Prayers in Silence
Refrain: How I love you.
Lord’s Prayer
Response: Sing Amen760 (NCH)
(Sing Amen) Amen, we praise your name, O, God
(Sing Amen) Amen, we praise your name, O, God
(Sing Amen) Amen, amen, amen, amen,
amen, we praise your name, O, God
A Time of Offering
An Invitation to Share
Dedication Hymn: “There Is a Balm in Gilead” 553 (NCH)
There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole;There is a balm in Gilead to heal the sin sick soul.
If you cannot preach like Peter, if you cannot pray like Paul, you can tell the love of Jesus, who died to save us all.
There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole;There is a balm in Gilead to heal the sin sick soul.
Dedication Prayer:
Loving God, receive this offering of time, talent, and treasure. May these help our witness thrive in this time and place. May you be known in our actions and our words. Amen
Listening for God
Genesis 11:1-9 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2 And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and fire them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone and bitumen for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.”5 The Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which mortals had built. 6 And the Lord said, “Look, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do; nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.” 8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.9 Therefore it was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth, and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
Acts 2:1-21 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.3 Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.
5 Now there were devout Jews from every people under heaven living in Jerusalem. 6 And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. 7 Amazed and astonished, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? 9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.” 12 All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 13 But others sneered and said, “They are filled with new wine.”
14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Fellow Jews and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. 15 Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. 16 No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
17 ‘In the last days it will be, God declares,that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.18 Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.19 And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist.20 The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day.21 Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
Message: They Understood
Meditation in Music
Announcement Reminders
Our Light Goes Into the World
Hymn: “Pass It On” from Camp Song Book
It only takes a spark to get a fire going, and soon all those around can warm up in its glowing; That’s how it is with God’s Love, once you’ve experienced it,you spread God’s love to everyone. You want to pass it on.
What a wonderous time is spring, when all the trees are budding, the birds begin to sing, the flowers start their blooming; That’s how it is with God’s love, once you’ve experienced it. You want to sing. It’s fresh like spring. You want to pass it on.
I wish for you my friend, this happiness that I’ve found; You can depend on Christ, it matters not where you’re bound. I’ll shout it from the mountain top! I want the world to know, the Lord of love has come to me, I want to pass it on.
Benediction
Communal Blessing
Be Yourself.
Grow in Christ.
Live with Compassion
