Pentecost 2022
Pentecost Picnics, Kites and all that….
In the light of all the restrictions over the last two years, it is time to get out again and to celebrate! Let’s bring some of the fun and excitement of Pentecost to the streets of our towns and villages and draw people in from the highways and byways to mark the birthday of the church.
There are plans afoot to encourage congregations and communities to host a Pentecost Picnic. Let’s get out into the church garden, or better still, into the local park, or onto the beach or climb to the top of a hill on June 5th – to enjoy each other’s company and to let the wind of God’s Spirit refresh and excite us all over again!
How about making kite flying the centre piece of the gathering and see if we can fill every part of the sky over Scotland with brightly coloured, homemade, kites? Just imagine!
And kites just happen to have a cross as a frame. Why not use each of the 4 sections to write a prayer on? A prayer for your congregation, for your community, for the country and for the world? That way the skies will also be covered in prayers!
Templates, service suggestions and packs will be available to download from the Church’s website soon – so get planning! The sky’s the limit…. Literally!
That particular weekend is of course, doubly exciting as it also marks the Queen’s Platinum celebrations. Even more of an excuse to enjoy ourselves.
As the Pentecost winds of change whoosh around us, may we find ourselves soaring to new heights as we are propelled out into the world with the excitement of the good news of the living, breathing, loving God.
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Video
Members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) read the biblical story of Pentecost in 20 languages from 30 countries over 4 continents. You could include this in your Pentecost service, and see how many languages and flags you recognise! (Produced by our partner church the Reformed Church in Hungary)
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Weekly Worship
On the main Church of Scotland website you can access a number of service-related elements that could be included in a worship service on Pentecost.
Visit the weekly worship page for Pentecost.
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Song: Dream on Brother
The Bogle band have produced a song that’s available to view here, and be used during services.
Pentecost 2022 Resources
- Picnic Resource (PDF File) [Download]
- A prayer for Pentecost (PDF File) [Download]
- Song: "Come among us, Holy Spirit" with words and music (ZIP Archive File) [Download]
- Prayers and Poems (PDF File) [Download]
- Reflection (for 2 voices) (PDF File) [Download]
- A liturgy for Pentecost (DOC File) [Download]
- Song: "Dream On Brother" (MP4 File) [Download]
Comments on other resources
“Hello Linda, Sanctuary First is acting as host for this material. We are not producing the material. We…”
“I was able to see the first two resources but the link to the song didn’t seem to be working?”
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Is there going to be some sort of resource pack to back this up, or links to other groups and organisations with resources, or are we just going to be left to work it out for ourselves. I am afraid I am sorely lacking in imagination; and it also seems crazy for everyone to be reinventing the wheel. Just 4 weeks to go till Pentecost, and if I am going to make this happen at our community Jubilee picnic, I will need to recruit a team, and explain what we could do.
Hello John, yes you can find some additional PDF resources for this up the top right side of this page. but yes there will be more getting posted here to back this material up 😊
I was able to see the first two resources but the link to the song didn’t seem to be working?
Hello Linda, Sanctuary First is acting as host for this material. We are not producing the material. We simply are posting the material as it has been delivered to us via the ad hoc committee put together for this project. The link you think is not working is working but it downloads the song and the music into your download file on your computer. So you will have to open that file yourself.
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