May 31 Service: Pentecost

Oconee Street UMC Online Service
May 31, 2020 • Pentecost

Prelude

“There’s a Meeting Here Tonight”
Arranged by Bob Gibson, Alex Hassilev and Glenn Yarbrough Perfomed by Cantus

Welcome

Pastor Elaine Puckett

Call to Worship / Pentecost with our Children

Maxine Easom with Jack, Matthew, Scarlett and Willa

Opening Hymn

“Skye Boat Song/Spirit of God”
Performed by Willkommen beim  Harvesters International
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Sermon: The Gift of the Spirit

Every year at the end of the Easter season we focus on Pentecost and what it means to be gifted with the Holy Spirit. Often, we recognize the energy and excitement that comes with the Holy Spirit. However, that energy is the effect of the Spirit, not its purpose.

We do need that energy and excitement, but the world desperately … Read the rest

Sermon: What Does This Mean?

“What Does This Mean?”
Acts 2:1-21 and John 15:26-27, 16:4b-15
Sermon by The Rev. Lisa Caine
May 24, 2015 • Pentecost

Call to Worship: “Spirit of God” (featuring instrumentalists Simon Scott and Chandler Pendley, and soloists Casey Pendley, Sharon Pendley and Rick Martin)

The Word in Song: “All to Us”

Sermon

Today is the day when the Church celebrates the … Read the rest

Sermon: The Common Good

The Common Good
Sermon by The Rev. Lisa Caine
June 8, 2014
1Corinthians 12:3b-13, Acts 2:1-21

The story of what happened on the Day of Pentecost is a favorite one of the church. It is the oldest of Christian holy days, and is traditionally celebrated as the birthday of the church. As JoBeth read the story from Acts, the disciples … Read the rest