1. Prayer of adoration for a
Pentecost service
Spirit of Life,
You hovered over the waters at the world’s
beginning,
And hover over us still,
As creation continues with this new day,
All Creatures join our hymn of praise.
Spirit of God present with us now,
Response:
Alleluia, alleluia.
Divine Advocate,
You stand alongside us,
You defend and council us in times of
trouble,
You enable and empower us to stand firm
against injustice.
Spirit of God, present with us now
Response:
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Holy Fire,
Burning within our hearts,
The gentle embers of a soft and
comforting warmth,
Or a raging inferno that challenges and
changes,
For some a tiny flame seeming precarious
amid the darkness,
The same fire, burning within each one.
Spirit of God, present with us now.
Response:
Alleluia, alleluia.
Breath of God,
Your soft kiss touches us gently as we sleep,
Your howling gale rattles at our windows,
You blow where you will, often in unexpected
places.
You encircle us with the whirlwind of your
love.
Spirit of God, present with us now
Response:
Alleluia, Alleluia.
2. Prayer of thanksgiving for
a Pentecost service.
For your Spirit at work in Creation,
In the growing, breathing and moving of
life on our beautiful planet Earth.
Response:
Thanks be to God.
For your Spirit working through History,
In the poor hearing good news, in
captives seeking liberty and in eyes opened to new ways of seeing.
Response:
Thanks be to God.
For your Spirit at work in Your Church,
In Traditions that root us and in
challenges that move us.
Response:
Thanks be to God.
For the unexpected people and places
through which your Spirit is moving,
In all those moved by compassion,
strengthened with courage and comforted with hope.
Response:
Thanks be to God.
For the gifts of the Spirit evident here
today,
For music, art, architecture,
hospitality, preaching, flower arranging, serving tea and nurturing children.
Response:
Thanks be to God.
For the future to which you are calling
us,
For the challenges and joys for which you
have chosen us.
Response:
Thanks be to God. Amen.
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