The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday - Morning Prayer with Josette & Tim
Officiant: Josette Keelor | Homilist: Tim Hall
June 5th at 11am11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
27 Good Shepherd Road
Bluemont, VA 20135
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In-Person and Online!!
Please join us for a service of Morning Prayer for Pentecost Sunday, with Josette Keelor as officiant and Tim Hall as homilist.
Potluck refreshments, coffee, and juice after the service!
Our LIVE service begins at 11am. Thanks be to God for declining COVID-19 transmission rates in Clarke County, where hospitalizations and deaths continue to remain low. Because of this masks are now optional for in-person worship, but are still available in the Narthex, with hand sanitizer stationed throughout the church.
If you are more comfortable continuing to keep your distance, we understand. You can still join us for online worship, via Zoom, using the following link:
Click here to join Good Shepherd Zoom worship
Meeting ID: 230 268 4545 | Password: Get2gether
Click here for a PDF copy of this week's bulletin.
The Collects of the Day:
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.
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O God, who on this day taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Revised Common Lectionary readings for The Day of Pentecost:
- Acts 2:1-21
- or Genesis 11:1-9
- Romans 8:14-17
- or Acts 2:1-21
- John 14:8-17, (25-27)
- Psalm 104:25-35, 37
A Cursillo Prayer for the Holy Spirit: Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of us your faithful and kindle in us the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and we shall be created and you shall renew the face of the earth. O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit did instruct the hearts of the faithful; grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy its consolation, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
