The Wilderness

The First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday

June 12, 2022

Please silence all phones and other electronic devices before the service begins.

The Word of God

PRELUDE
The Wilderness Musicians

The Priest welcomes people to set intentions for revival.

OPEN SPACE
(What do you want from God?)

THE OPENING ACCLAMATION

Presider  In the name of the one, holy, and undivided Trinity.
People  Amen.

THE PRAYER OF THE DAY

Presider  God is with you.
People  And also with you.
Presider  Let us pray.
O God, your name is veiled in mystery, yet we dare to call you Father; your Son was begotten before all ages, yet is born among us in time; your Holy Spirit fills the whole creation, yet is poured forth now into our hearts. Because you have made us and loved us and called us by name, draw us more deeply into your divine life, that we may glorify you rightly, through your Son, in union with the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.

GATHERING SONGS

COME, THOU FOUNT

Come, thou fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace!
Streams of mercy never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! O fix me on it, mount of God’s unchanging love.

JESUS IS ON THE MAIN LINE

Refrain  Jesus is on the mainline
Tell Him what you want (3x)
You can call Him up and tell Him what you want
The line ain’t never busy
Tell Him what you want (3x)
You can call Him up and tell Him what you want
(Refrain)

If you want revival
Tell Him what you want (3x)
You can call Him up and tell Him what you want.
(Refrain)

BREATHE ON ME, BREATH OF GOD

Breathe on me, Breath of God, fill me with life anew, that I may love what thou dost love, and do what thou wouldst do.

Breathe on me, Breath of God, until my heart is pure, until with thee I will one will to do or to endure.

Breathe on me, Breath of God, till I am wholly thine, till all this earthly part of me glows with thy fire divine.

All sit.

THE GOSPEL
John 16:12-15

Presider  The Good News of our Savior Jesus Christ according to John.
People  Praise and glory to Christ.

“I have much more to say to you, but you can’t handle it now. However, when the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you in all truth. He won’t speak on his own, but will say whatever he hears and will proclaim to you what is to come. He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and proclaim it to you. Everything that the Father has is mine. That’s why I said that the Spirit takes what is mine and will proclaim it to you.”

Presider  Good News from the Lord.
People  Praise to Christ, the Word.

The People are seated.

TESTIMONY

REFLECTION SONG

I NEED YOU TO SURVIVE

I need you, you need me
We’re all a part of God’s body
Stand with me, agree with me
We’re all a part of God’s body
It is His will that every need be supplied
You are important to me, I need you to survive
You are important to me, I need you to survive

OPEN SPACE
(setting intention after hearing testimony. How do you perceive God’s presence in
your life considering how God is present in someone else’s?)

THE PEACE

Presider  Christ’s peace is with you.
People  And also with you.

The People greet one another with a sign of Peace and are then seated for announcements

THE LITURGY OF THE TABLE

OFFERTORY SONG
The Wilderness Musicians

All stand.

THANKSGIVING AT THE TABLE

Presider  God is with you.
People  And also with you.
Presider  Lift up your hearts.
People  We lift them to the Lord.
Presider  Let us give thanks to our Lord God.
People  It is right to give our thanks and praise.
God of our weary years, God of our silent tears: In the life, death, and resurrection of your Christ, you have brought us this far along the way. In times of bitterness you did not abandon us, but guided us into the path of love and light. In every age you sent prophets to make known your loving will for all humanity.

The cry of the poor has become your own cry; our hunger and thirst for justice is your own desire. In the fullness of time, you sent your chosen servant to preach good news to the afflicted, to break bread with the outcast and despised, and to ransom those in bondage to prejudice and sin.

In concert with choirs of martyrs, angels,
and saints that praise your name night and day we sing,

SANCTUS & BENEDICTUS

All sing

The Presider continues.

In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Take and eat; this is my body, given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.

Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you and all people for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me. For as often as we eat of this bread and drink from this cup we proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

People  Christ has died.
Christ is risen.
Christ will come again.

Remembering, therefore, his death and resurrection, we await the day when Jesus shall return to free the whole earth from the bonds of enslavement and death. Come, Lord Jesus! And let the church say, Amen.

People  Amen.

Send your Holy Spirit, our advocate, to make this bread and wine the Body and Blood of our Son and fill the hearts of all who share this bread and cup with courage and wisdom to pursue love and justice in all the world.

Come, Spirit of freedom! And let the church say, Amen.

People  Amen.

Join our prayers and praise with your prophets
and martyrs of every age,
that, rejoicing in the hope of the resurrection,
we might live in the freedom and hope of your Son.

Through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ, in union with the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, Holy God, now and forever.

The musicians and people sing

Amen.

Silence.

As Jesus taught his friends, we now pray,

Presider and People

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your Name,
your kingdom come, your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial,
and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours,
now and for ever. Amen.

THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD

The Presider breaks the consecrated bread and says,

The disciples knew the Lord Jesus in the breaking of the Bread.

The Presider and assistant break the Bread and fill the chalices with Wine.

THE INVITATION TO COMMUNION

The Table now is ready. Feast on Christ.

Following the invitation to Communion, the Ministers and People receive the Sacrament.

THE BLESSING

Presider

You have received the Body of Christ, now become the Body of Christ, broken, poured out, and risen for the life of the world. And the blessing of the one, holy, and undivided Trinity be upon you and remain with you always.

People  Amen.

CLOSING SONG

THE DISMISSAL

Presider  Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
People  Thanks be to God.


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