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Worship during the Season of Pentecost
On Pentecost, the Holy Spirit descended on the disciples. Ten days after Christ’s ascension and fifty days after his resurrection, the disciples were together for a Jewish festival also known as the Feast of Weeks, which drew people from many nations back to Jerusalem (Lev. 23:15-21; Deut. 16:16).
Pentecost symbolizes a new beginning, with the unleashing of the Holy Spirit. In celebrating Pentecost, the church expresses gratitude for Christ fulfilling his promise to send “another counselor” (John 14:16); celebrates the work of the Spirit in renewing all of creation; professes confidence in the Spirit’s power for its mission; and grows in awareness of its calling to reach the world with the gospel.
The Sunday after Pentecost is Trinity Sunday. Unlike other special days tied to events, it focuses on the doctrine of God’s triune nature.
The “Season after Pentecost,” is sometimes called “Trinity Season,” “Ordinary Time,” or even the “Season of Growth,” with its focus on growing in the faith, Christian living, stewardship and service.
The traditional color for Pentecost is flame red; white and gold may be used for Trinity Sunday, and green is the color for the growing season of “Ordinary Time.”
Find more in The Worship Sourcebook
James Cook writes about the meaning of Pentecost
Read a story with Simon Chan about the Church and the Triune God
Worship Services
A simple suggestion for the day of Pentecost: invite various people to speak the Greeting, Apostles Creed and/or Blessing in multiple languages to demonstrate the diversity of languages when the Spirit came.
Planning Resources
- A Pentecost Series about the Church
- A Prayer for Pentecost (congregational litany)
- Songs for Pentecost and the Holy Spirit
- Services for Ascension & Pentecost
- An Introduction to Pentecost Season and Summer
- Sensing the Spirit - Pentecost and the Senses
- Alive to the Spirit - Six Biblical Pictures
- Trinity Sunday -The week after Pentecost
- Pentecost Sunday Resources (music and liturgy)
Arts
- Pentecost Visual Arts at Orchard Hill Reformed Church
- Passion to Pentecost Triptych
- The Fire, the Wind, the Water: A Dramatic Reading for Pentecost
- A Global God, A Global Task: A Mission Drama for Pentecost
- Meeting the Holy Spirit through Preaching and the Arts
Featured Resources
The Worship Sourcebook
Part Q of The Worship Sourcebook, pp. 687-712, offers sample prayers and other worship resources for each act of worship celebrating the coming of the Spirit at Pentecost. Section R of The Worship Sourcebook, pp. 713-725, offers worship resources for Trinity Sunday. These resources include suggestions for the Call to Worship, Opening Responses, Confession and Assurance, Prayers for Illumination, the Lord's Supper, and Blessing/Benediction.Reformed Worship magazine
Browse Pentecost resources from our ministry partner, Reformed Worship magazine.Coop's Column
Chaplain emeritus Dale Cooper writes a series about the Holy Spirit.
Center for Excellence in Preaching
Browse resources related to the Ascension from our ministry partner, Center for Excellence in Preaching.
Preaching ideas for Pentecost
Comments
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CICW Site Administrator | Posted Jun 09, 2011 11:40 AM
Rev. Zup, Our apologies. All of the resources we provide or link to are free to access (unless very explicitly indicated otherwise). In this case the relaunch of Reformed Worship magazine's website, www.reformedworship.org , resulted in a number of broken links on their end. We have gone back through this page and inserted the proper new links to RW's great resources. In the future, for these and other resources from RW, feel free to search RW directly at www.reformedworship.org/search. Thanks for your interest, CICW
Rev. Lanny Zup | Posted Jun 08, 2011 03:45 PM
You seem to have Pentecost items that are free to use and some that require a subscription. That is certainly your privilege, but I think you should identify which they are, either free or charge. I've tried several only to get the message "Page Not Found".