DAY OF PENTECOST
WHITSUNDAY
SUNDAY,
MAY 11, 2008
8:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist & Healing
9:15 a.m. Coffee
Time
9:30 a.m.
Adult Bible Study
10:15 a.m. Sunday
School and Youth Meeting
10:30 a.m.
Nursery
10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist & Healing, Choir,
Congregational Singing
11:45 a.m. Coffee Time
12:00 Noon
Adult Study Presentations
COLLECT
& READINGS
Collect:
Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of eternal life to every race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy Spirit: Shed abroad this gift throughout the world by the preaching of the Gospel, that it may reach to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Lessons
(Year A; Revised Common Lectionary):
First Lesson: Acts
2:1-21
Psalm: 104:25-35,
37
Second
In most traditional religions, with the exception of
Buddhism and Taoism, the quest is understood as a longing of the soul for its
creator, God. However, the idea of “God”
as male deity who rules, judges, loves and understands, guides and leads, as
many traditions have taught, restricts the possibility for some people to find
what they are seeking. It is hard for
these individuals to refer to “God” in their attempt to describe the broadest
form of spiritual existence. Some who
have had faith or believe in certain principles know that there is a mystery in
the reality of God. That when the search
for the divine begins, the first step is towards a deeper way of relating, of
understanding the dimensions of the mysterious, of seeking evidence of truth,
and trusting in the “presence that exists.”
Gospel: John 7: 37-39 (NRSV)
On the last day of the festival, the great day, while
Jesus was standing there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me,
and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the
believer's heart shall flow rivers of living water.’” Now he said this about the Spirit, which
believers in him were to receive; for as yet there was no Spirit, because Jesus
was not yet glorified.
8:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist
Celebrant: The Reverend Philip W. Dougharty, Rector
Greeter: Rosalyn Anderson
Lector/Chalice Bearer: Jay Campbell
Healing Team: Celestine Dillard and Laurie Smith
Sermon: The Rector
Acolyte: TBA
Altar Guild: Mabel Leuze or Josie Turnwall or Jan Bough or
Frances Tyau or Rosalyn Anderson
10:30
a.m. Holy Eucharist
Healing, Organ Music, Choir, & Congregational Singing
Celebrant: The Reverend Philip W. Dougharty, Rector
David K. Mathewson, Organist/Choir Master
The Reverend Cecily Whiteford, Deacon
Sermon: The Rector
Lector I: Rob Petersen
Lector II: Suzanne Evans
Intercessor: Kim Smith
Healing Team: Ann Graham, Ann Dutton,
and Kim Smith
Acolytes
Crucifer: John Gawley
Torches: N/A
Gospel Book
Bearer:
N/A
Ushers: Kim Smith and John Tinti
Greeters: Ann Graham and Susan Tinti
Altar Guild: Donna Doyle and Helen
Dubois
Flowers on
the Altar: Given to the Glory of God and in memory of Catherine Roberts by her
daughter Betty Juen.
Eucharistic Visitations: N/A
May 5 Counters: Joan Mangano and Marian
Stelter
Nursery Care is available during the
10:30 a.m. service. It is provided by Amanda Sokolowski-Bond.
Immediately
after 8:30 and 10:30 Services: COFFEE TIME
Immediately
after 8:30 and after 10:30 Services the Coffee Time is downstairs in the
Adult Study Groups 12:00 noon to 12:45
p.m. (Meetings
are in rooms with signs identifying them on the lower level of Parish Hall next
to and across from the Walter Lord Room)
Women of the Bible: Listen to
a story involving a significant female character. Discuss the meaning in its
original context and its application in our times. Facilitated by Ann Dutton
and Deacon Cecily Whiteford.
A
New Christianity: Bishop John Shelby Spong is a best selling author and major spokesperson
for reframing Christianity for the 21st Century. Discuss the
challenging issues raised in Bishop Spong’s weekly internet question and answer
series. Facilitated by John Schimminger and Carol Bothers.
Social Issues: Third Sunday
of each month (in May it is on May 18 , 2008 at 9:45 a.m.) discussion
facilitated by Bill Roberts on social issues.
Adult Bible Study at 9:30 a.m. each
Sunday
