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SAINT PAUL LUTHERAN AND CATHOLIC COMMUNITY OF FAITH  DENVER, COLORADO  STPAULDENVER.ORG

Welcome to Saint Paul Church, an open, affirming, and diverse community of faith representing two Christian traditions, that of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and that of the Ecumenical Catholic Communion. Each tradition maintains and honors its own heritage, and each worships according to its own liturgical practices. As one community of faith, the members of the respective traditions work together in social outreach and shared hospitality. Together we rejoice in the manner in which diversity has enriched, nurtured, and challenged the life and ministry we share in Christ, and we regret actions and attitudes throughout the Church that may have inhibited or prevented access to Word and Sacrament because of age, race, socio-economic or marital status, physical or mental capacities, gender identity, or sexual orientation. We are a Reconciling in Christ community.

C=Congregation P=Presiding Minister A=Assisting Minister

The Entrance Rite ______

PRELUDE A Solemn Trumpet Tune in D Major Robert C. Lau

EASTER ACCLAMATION P: Alleluia! Christ is risen! C: Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!

INVOCATION P: In the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen

OPENING HYMN O Day Full of Grace DEN SIGNEDE DAG In this Danish hymn, Pentecost is a “day full of grace,” as is Christmas. In the latter, the birthday of Jesus, God came to us as the “Word-made-flesh,” and in the former, the birthday of the Church, God came to us as the “Spirit of truth.” Thus, in the experience of Pentecost, as the Apostle Peter affirms in the Second Reading, salvation history is fulfilled.

All (Unison): All (Parts): All (Unison): All (Parts): All (Unison):

Text: Nikolai F. S. Grundtvig, 1783-1872; tr. Gerald Thorson, b. 1921. Music: Christoph E. F. Weyse, 1774-1842.

Translation Copyright © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship; admin. Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, Minnesota. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under OneLicense.net License #A-705779.

GREETING P: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. C: And also with you. 2 HYMN OF PRAISE Glory to God in the Highest Libby Larsen (from Celebration Mass)

Cantor: REFRAIN

C: REFRAIN

Cantor: Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father: we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory.

C: REFRAIN

Cantor: Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God: you take away the sin of the world; have mercy on us. You are seated at the right hand of the Father; receive our prayer.

C: REFRAIN

Cantor: For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God, the Father.

C: FINAL REFRAIN:

SALUTATION P: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you.

PRAYER OF THE DAY P: Let us pray. Mighty God, you breathe life into our bones, and your Spirit brings truth to the world. Send us this Spirit, transform us by your truth, and give us language to proclaim your gospel, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen.

The Liturgy of the Word ______

FIRST READING Ezekiel 37.1-14 The Hebrew word rendered as ruach means “spirit,” “wind,” or “breath.” This reading plays on the different meanings of the word. Just as the dry bones in Ezekiel’s vision are given new life, flesh, and breath (or spirit), so God will give the exiles God’s own spirit and will bring them home to the land of Israel.

Before the reading: A: A reading from Ezekiel.

The hand of the LORD came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry. He said to me, ―Mortal, can these bones live?‖ I answered, ―O LORD GOD, you know.‖ Then he said to me, ―Prophesy to these bones, and say to them: O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Thus says the LORD GOD to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. I will lay sinews on you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the LORD.‖ (The Reading continues on the following page.) 3 So I prophesied as I had been commanded; and as I prophesied, suddenly there was a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. I looked, and there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them; but there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, ―Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, mortal, and say to the breath: Thus says the LORD GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.‖ I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood on their feet, a vast multitude.

Then he said to me, ―Mortal, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, ‗Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely.‘ Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the LORD GOD: I am going to open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people; and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people. I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you on your own soil; then you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken and will act, says the LORD.‖

After the reading: D: The word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.

PSALMODY Psalm 104.24-34, 35b Robert Buckley Farlee

Cantor: ANTIPHON

C: ANTIPHON

Cantor: How manifold are your works, O LORD! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. Yonder is the sea, great and wide, with its swarms too many to number, living things both small and great. There go the ships to and fro, and Leviathan, which you made for the sport of it. All of them look to you to give them their food in due season.

C: ANTIPHON

Cantor: You give it to them; they gather it; you open your hand, and they are filled with good things. When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. You send forth your Spirit, and they are created; and so you renew the face of the earth. May the glory of the LORD endure forever; O LORD, rejoice in all your works

C: ANTIPHON

You look at the earth and it trembles; you touch the mountains and they smoke. I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will praise my God while I have my being. May these words of mine please God. I will rejoice in the LORD. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!

Psalm text reprinted from Book of Common Prayer (1979). Antiphon Copyright © 1996 Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, Minnesota. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission from Psalter for Worship, Cycle B under OneLicense,net License #A-705779.

SECOND READING Acts 2.1-21 Originally Pentecost was a Jewish thanksgiving-type festival celebrated seven weeks after Passover. On this particular Pentecost, however, the Holy Spirit is poured out upon the entire community of believers just as Jesus had promised and the scriptures had prophesied. Empowered by the Spirit, the entire community bears witness to God’s activity in multiple languages.

Before the reading: A: A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided 4 tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.

Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked, ―Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God‘s deeds of power.‖ All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, ―What does this mean?‖ But others sneered and said, ―They are filled with new wine.‖

But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, ―Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o‘clock in the morning. No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

‗In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist. The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord‘s great and glorious day. Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.‘‖

After the reading: D: The word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.

SEQUENCE HYMN Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire (Part I) VENI CREATOR, SPIRITUS This ancient Latin prayer dates from the ninth century, and its haunting plainsong melody is even older. Originally associated with Vespers on Pentecost, this hymn has traditionally been sung at Ordinations since the late Middle Ages. Today we sing the first part of the hymn as an introduction to the Gospel, and the final portion as a response.

Text: attr. Rhabanus Maurus, 776-856; tr. John Cosin, 1594-1672. Music: Sarum plainsong, mode VIII.

GOSPEL John 15.26-27; 16.4b-15 While speaking to his disciples before his death, Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as “the Helper” and describes the difference the Spirit will make in their lives and in the world.

Before the Gospel: P: The Holy Gospel according to Saint John. C: Glory to you, O Lord.

P: [Jesus said:] ―When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf. You also are to testify because you have been with me from the beginning. (The Gospel continues on the following page.) 5 ―I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me, ‗Where are you going?‘ But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts. Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: about sin, because they do not believe in me; about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer; about judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.

―I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine. For this reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

After the Gospel: P: The Gospel of the Lord. C: Praise to you, O Christ.

GOSPEL RESPONSE Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire (Part II) VENI CREATOR, SPIRITUS

Text: attr. Rhabanus Maurus, 776-856; tr. John Cosin, 1594-1672. Music: Sarum plainsong, mode VIII.

HOMILY Pastor Barbara Berry-Bailey

Silence for Meditation

HYMN OF THE DAY Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord KOMM, HEILIGER GEIST, HERRE GOTT Martin Luther’s hymn for the Day of Pentecost began as an eleventh-century Latin antiphon for the Vigil of Pentecost, which, by the fifteenth century, had been transformed into a single-stanza German Leise, only in this instance, the expected final Kyrie eleison is replaced with two “Alleluias”! Luther added two additional stanzas in 1524, and it was printed soon thereafter in the Erfurt Enchiridion, one of the first Lutheran hymnals.

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Text: Stanza 1—Fifteenth-century German Hymn; Stanzas 2-3, Martin Luther, 1483-1546; tr. composite. Music: Enchiridion, Erfurt, 1524.

NICENE CREED C: We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven, by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the virgin Mary, and was made truly human. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified. He has spoken through the prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.

INTERCESSIONS A: Alive in the risen Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit, we bring our prayers before God who promises to hear us and answer in steadfast love, saying: Your mercy is great. C: Your mercy is great.

After each petition of the prayer: A: Hear us, O God. C: Your mercy is great. (The Intercessions continue on the following page.) 7 After the final petition: P: In the hope of new life in Christ, we raise our prayers to you, trusting in your never-ending goodness and mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. C: Amen.

PEACE P: The peace of Christ be with you always. C: And also with you.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Liturgy of the Eucharist ______

OFFERING Every Time I Feel the Spirit Hall Johnson Jennifer Rose, soprano

Refrain: Every time I feel the Spirit moving in my heart, I will pray.

Upon the mountain my Lord spoke; out of his mouth came fire and smoke. In the valley on my knees, I asked my Lord have mercy please. Refrain

Jordan river is chilly and cold; chills the body but not the soul. Looked all around me; it looked so fine til I asked my Lord if all was mine. Refrain

There ain‘t but one train upon this track; it runs to heaven and runs right back. Saint Peter‘s waiting at the gate, says, ―Come on, sinner, don‘t be late.‖ Refrain

Text: Traditional African-American Spiritual OFFERTORY PRAYER A: Let us pray. God of love, C: you call us beloved children and welcome us to your table. Receive our lives and the gifts we offer. Abide with us and send us in service to a suffering world; for the sake of your beloved Child, Jesus Christ.

PREFACE DIALOGUE (from Celebration Mass) Libby Larsen

Presider Congregation

Presider Congregation Presider

Congregation

PROPER PREFACE P: It is indeed right, our duty, and our joy . . . we praise your name and join their unending hymn: 8 SANCTUS Holy, Holy, Holy Lord Libby Larsen (from Celebration Mass)

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER P: Holy, mighty and gracious God . . . Let us proclaim the mystery of faith.

C:

P: Therefore, O God, with this bread and cup . . . until he comes as victorious Lord of all.

DOXOLOGY P: Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, Almighty God, now and forever.

C:

LORD’S PRAYER Our Father in Heaven Traditional Chant P: Gathered into one by the Holy Spirit, let us pray as Jesus taught us.

(The Lord’s Prayer continues on the following page.) 9

INVITATION TO COMMUNION P: Alleluia. The risen Christ invites us to this table. Come, eat, and be satisfied. C: Thanks be to God. Alleluia!

AGNUS DEI Lamb of God, You Take Away the Sin of the World Libby Larsen (from Celebration Mass)

COMMUNION P: The body of Christ, broken for you.

Please partake of the bread with the Presiding Minister.

P: The blood of Christ, shed for you.

Please partake of the wine with the Presiding Minister.

POST-COMMUNION BLESSING P: The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his grace. C: Amen.

POST-COMMUNION PRAYER A: Let us pray. Wellspring of joy, through this meal you have put gladness in our hearts. Satisfy the hunger still around us, and send us as joyful witnesses, that your love may bring joy to the hearts of all people, through Jesus Christ our Lord. C: Amen.

BENEDICTION P: May our glorious God grant you a spirit of wisdom to know and to love the risen Lord Jesus. The God of life, Father, ☩ Son, and Holy Spirit, bless you now and forever. C: Amen. 10 CLOSING HYMN Humble Walls Around Believers RUSTINGTON This hymn uses “wall’ imagery to great effect, beginning with the “humble walls around believers” gathered “all together in one place” when the Holy Spirit descended upon them in Jerusalem and moving to the “splendid walls (that) rise up around us” in our church buildings today. Thus, we pray that the walls we have constructed “be no barrier to the Spirit” and that “they mark a meeting place, where a world in need of gospel finds (God’s) glory and (God’s) grace.”

1 Hum – ble walls a–round be – liev – ers on the day of Pen – te – cost:

2 Hum – ble walls a–round be – liev – ers could not keep the news in – side: 3 Splen – did walls rise up a–round us, in a house we have made new.

1 in Je – ru – sa – lem they gath – ered, soon to be sur – prised and blessed. 2 all the cit – y gath – ered round them, faith – ful souls from far and wide. 3 God, may these walls be no bar – rier to the Spir – it sent by you!

1 Walls a – round them were no hin–drance as the Ho – ly Spir – it came, 2 For the Spir – it had not en – tered to be kept, con–fined, or held; 3 May they not keep good news hid – den; may they mark a meet–ing place,

1 with a sound like wild wind roar – ing and a sight like tongues of flame.

2 in one house be – gan a wit – ness to the cit – y and the world.

3 where a world in need of gos – pel finds your glo – ry and your grace.

4 Let us shake the walls with praises, echoing the Spirit‘s roar! May new days of praise and service build on all that came before. Altar candles burn before us, telling of the Spirit‘s flame: tongues of fire that speak of Jesus— God, we praise you in his name!

Text: Richard Leach, b. 1953. Music: C. Hubert H. Parry, 1848-1918.

Text Copyright © 2002 Selah Publishing Company, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under OneLicense.net #A-705779. 11 DISMISSAL A: Alleluia! Christ is risen. Alleluia! C: Christ is risen indeed. Alleluia! A: Go in peace. Share the good news. C: Thanks be to God.

POSTLUDE A Festive Trumpet Tune in D Major Gilbert M. Martin

Most of the liturgical texts are from Lutheran Book of Worship, Copyright © 1978 Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, Minnesota, or from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Copyright © 2006 Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, Minnesota, or from Evangelical Lutheran Worship: Leader’s Desk Edition, Copyright © 2006 Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, Minnesota, or from Sundays and Seasons, Copyright © 2021 Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, Minnesota. All rights reserved. Material from all of the above sources reprinted by permission under OneLicense.net License #A-705779.

Most of the liturgical music is from Celebration Mass by Libby Larsen, Copyright © 2009 Libby Larsen, Minneapolis, Minnesota. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission.

Scripture readings are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Holy Bible, Copyright © 1989 Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, Washington, DC. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission.

Music Notes ______

Today‘s organ and choral music is by contemporary American composers. Both the Prelude and Postlude are twentieth- century interpretations of the baroque trumpet tune (also called ―trumpet voluntary‖) so popular in Great Britain in the eighteenth century. So named because they prominently feature the trumpet stop on the organ, these pieces almost always employ major keys (curiously, most are written in D Major), duple meter, broad tempi, and a traditional A-B-A form. This morning‘s Prelude was composed by Robert C. Lau (b. 1943), while the Postlude is by Gilbert M. Martin (b. 1941). Lau had a long tenure as Organist and Choirmaster for Mount Calvary Episcopal Church in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, and Martin, now a freelance composer, editor, and conductor, served for many years as a choral music editor for the Lorenz Corporation in Dayton, Ohio. The Offertory solo is a traditional African-American spiritual arranged by Hall Johnson (1888–1970), whose Hall Johnson Choir, formed in 1925, sang professionally in concert halls, on Broadway, and in thirty feature-length Hollywood films. Active well into the 50s, the choir was selected by the United States Department of State to represent the United States at the International Festival of Fine Arts held in Berlin, Germany, in 1951.

Participants in the Liturgy ______

TODAY NEXT SUNDAY

Presiding Minister and Homilist: Pastor Barbara Berry-Bailey Presiding Minister and Homilist: Pastor Barbara Berry-Bailey Assisting Minister: Diane Lundstrom Assisting Minister: David Kottenstette Organist and Music Director: Cantor Mark Alan Filbert Organist and Music Director: Cantor Mark Alan Filbert Liturgical Cantor: Christopher Ellman Liturgical Cantor: Jennifer Rose AV Technicians: Jeff Harms, Tim Perlick, Ric White, AV Technicians: Jeff Harms, Tim Perlick, Ric White, Greg Yonker Greg Yonker

Readings for Next Sunday ______

THE HOLY TRINITY

Isaiah 6.1-8 Psalm 29 Romans 8.12-17 John 3.1-17

The Rev. Barbara Berry-Bailey, Pastor (ELCA)  The Rev. Donald Sutton, Pastor (ECC) Deacon Mark Alan Filbert, Cantor  Jeronimo Sanchez, Sexton ______

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