Alternate Prayers for the Season of Pentecost
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These alternate prayers are provided for those who would like to use liturgical petitions and responses specific to the Season of Pentecost. Permission is granted to active subscribers of the Sola Online Worship Resource Site to print, cut and paste, and reproduce these prayers for local congregational use.
Confession and Forgiveness
P:	Called, gathered, enlightened and sanctified by the Holy Spirit of God, we worship in the name of God the Father,  Son, + and Holy Spirit. 
C:	Amen.
P:	Let us come humbly before God and our brothers and sisters in the faith, confessing our sins, known and unknown, trusting in God’s gracious word of forgiveness. 
(Silence for self-reflection and examination)
P:	Holy God who brings life out of death and transforms the whole creation with a Word, forgive our disobedience and breathe on us the Spirit of your righteousness.
C:	Free us from the power of sin, death, and the devil in our lives; renew us with your loving Spirit as you bring us from death to sin to life in Christ Jesus our Lord.  Make us your instruments of peace and love in the world and free us from all that seeks to enslave us, trusting that your will for us is that we would be free to live fully into your mercy and grace. Amen.
P:	By the command and authority of Christ, I declare to you the entire forgiveness of all your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son +, and of the Holy Spirit. For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1)
C:	Amen.
Greeting
P:	The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ who grants us life eternal, the glory of the Father who created us in love, and the power of the Holy Spirit who forgives and renews our life, be with you all. 
C:	And also with you.
Offertory Prayer
P:	Benevolent God, you have granted us in abundance with all the good things that life has to offer. May we be truly grateful for our daily bread, even as we return a portion of what you have first given us as a sign of our humility and thanksgiving for your bounteous gifts. Let the treasures we have received from you be used to serve the world you love. 
C:	Amen.
Post-Communion Prayer
P:	Holy and Eternal God, you have fed, nourished, and forgiven us at your holy table. Send us now into the world to share the good news of your salvation with all we meet, in the name of Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord. 
C:	Amen.
Blessing & Dismissal
P:  In the name of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom and whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. (Colossians 3:12-17)
C:	Amen.
P:	Go in peace. Serve the Lord.  
C:	Thanks be to God!