- This Sunday
Saturday, May 18, 2013 ~ The Vigil of Pentecost
Senior Service of Holy Communion
8 p.m. - Main Chapel
Rev. Charlene M. Rachuy Cox, University Pastor, presides and preaches
Pentecost is a day of promises fulfilled. The promised Spirit of God is poured out and what once separated humanity has been overcome as the disciples proclaim the Gospel of Jesus resurrection in the known languages of their world. It’s a fitting reminder on Commencement weekend – the callings we heed as our vocations change from student to whatever comes next are extended for the sake of service in the world by the same God who fulfills every promise in the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus and through the Spirit creates faith in us to hold on to those promises, regardless of what tomorrow may bring.Prayer of the Day:
Almighty and ever-living God, you fulfilled the promise of Easter by sending the gift of your Holy Spirit. Look upon your people gathered in prayer, open to receive the Spirit’s flame. May it come to rest in our hearts and heal the divisions of word and tongue, that with one voice and one song we may praise your name in joy and thanksgiving; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
GOSPEL
John 7:37–39 Jesus describes the Holy Spirit as living water, quenching the thirst of all who come to him and filling the hearts of believers till they overflow.
37On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, "Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, 38and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, 'Out of the believer's heart shall flow rivers of living water.'" 39Now he said this about the Spirit, which believers in him were to receive; for as yet there was no Spirit, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Service of Baccalaureate
Sunday, May 19, 2013
10 a.m. - Main Chapel
University Pastor James A. Wetzstein presides; President Mark Heckler speaks
Pentecost is a day of promises fulfilled. The promised Spirit of God is poured out and what once separated humanity has been overcome as the disciples proclaim the Gospel of Jesus resurrection in the known languages of their world. It's a fitting reminder on Commencement weekend – the callings we heed as our vocations change from student to whatever comes next are extended for the sake of service in the world by the same God who fulfills every promise in the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus and through the Spirit creates faith in us to hold on to those promises, regardless of what tomorrow may bring.
Prayer of the Day:
God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, as you sent upon the disciples the promised gift of the Holy Spirit, look upon your Church and open our hearts to the power of the Spirit. Kindle in us the fire of your love, and strengthen our lives for service in your kingdom; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Additional Sundays and special services to come
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Agnus Day
Agnus Day is a weekly cartoon drawn by Pr. James Wetzstein, usually based on Sunday's gospel reading. It is updated on this site on Wednesdays.
