TESTIMONIES

Intercessory Prayer & Lord's Prayer Pastor David Ravinder

Worship Songs in English & Telugu UECF Choir

Sermon: ‘HAVE YOU FOUND THE GRACE FOR THE DAYS YOU ARE LIVING IN’ Pastor Theophilus

Offertory (paypal.me/uecfchurch )

Offertory Song Bro. Josiah Srigiri

Offertory Prayer Pastor David Ravinder

*Closing Song ‘Come, Thou Fount of every blessing’ insert

*Closing Prayer & Benediction Pastor David Ravinder

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Thanks to Rev. Joseph Theophilus and Rev. Dr. David Ravinder for ministering to us today.
• Next week, Bro. Josiah Srigiri will bring the Word of God.
• Father's Day will be celebrated on June 21^st at 4:30PM. Fathers will share their thoughts(up to 5 minutes). Please let us know if you would like to share Father’s Day thoughts. Please invite your family and friends for this special service.
• We will continue to have Special Friday Online Prayer Meetings every Friday till June 26^th, 2020 at 7:30PM. Preachers: Sis. Santha Mondithoka & Rev. Sudhakar Mondithoka, HITHA(Hyderabad Institute of Theology and Apologetics), Hyderabad.
• Please sign-up the Fellowship Roster if you would like to volunteer to host the Fellowship Coffee Hour.

Birthdays:

• • Nathan Rapaka 01^st June
  • Samrita Eva Ravinder 01^st June
  • Mrs. Sabita Ravinder 03^rd June
  • Mr. Ajay Damarapu 03^rd June

Anniversaries:

• Mrs. Olive & Preetham Cheeli(Silver Jubilee) 31^st May

Visit us online at http://www.uecf.net   

ప్రార్ధన వినెడి పావనుడా

పల్లవి: ప్రార్ధన వినెడి పావనుడా - ప్రార్ధన మాకు నేర్పుమయా ..ప్రార్ధన..

1. శ్రేష్ఠమైన భావము గూర్చి - శిష్యబృందముకు నేర్పితివి
పరముడ నిన్ను – ప్రణుతించెదము – పరలోక ప్రార్ధన నేర్పుమయా ..ప్రార్ధన..

2. పరమ దేవుడవని తెలిసి - కరము లెత్తి జంటగ మోడ్చి = శిరమును
వంచి సరిగమ వేడిన - సుంకరి ప్రార్ధన నేర్పుమయా ..ప్రార్ధన..

3. దినదినంబు చేసిన సేవ - దైవ చిత్తముకు సరిపోవ = దీనుడవయ్యు
దిటముగ కొండను - చేసిన ప్రార్ధన నేర్పుమయా ..ప్రార్ధన..

4. శత్రుమూక నిను చుట్టుకొని - సిలువపై నిను జంపగను
శాంతముతో నీ - శత్రుల బ్రోవగ - సలిపిన ప్రార్ధన నేర్పుమయా ..ప్రార్ధన..

పల్లవి:  పరిశుద్దాత్మ  దేవా దిగి రమ్మయ్య మాపై దిగి రమ్మయ్య     (2)
నింపుమయా - మము నింపుమయా 
నీ  శక్తితో మము నింపుమయా 

1.         ఆదరణ కర్త దిగి రమ్మయ్య  - మా పై దిగి రమ్మయ్యా    
సమాధాన అధిపతి దిగి రమ్మయా - మాపై దిగి రమ్మయా 
నింపుమయా - మము నింపుమయా 

నీ శక్తితో మము నింపుమయా 

2.        స్వస్థ పరచూ దేవా దిగి రమ్మయ్య - మాపై దిగి రమ్మయ్యా 
       బలపరచు దేవా దిగి రమ్మయ్యా - మా పై దిగి రమ్మయ్య 
       నింపుమయా - మము నింపుమయా 
       నీ శక్తితో మము నింపుమయా    
3.        శాంతి నొసగు తండ్రి దిగి రమ్మయ్యా - మాపై దిగి రమ్మయ్య 
       నడిపించే తండ్రి దిగి రమ్మయ్యా - మాపై దిగి రమ్మయ్యా 
       నింపుమయా - మము నింపుమయా 
       నీ శక్తితో మము నింపుమయా 

జీవనదిని నా హృదయములో

పల్లవి: జీవనదిని నా హృదయములో ప్రవహింప చేయుమయా (2X)
1. శరీరక్రియులన్నియు నాలో నశియించేయుమయు (2X)
2. బలహీన సమయుములో నీ బలము ప్రసాదించుము (2X)
3. ఆత్మీయవరములతో నన్ను అభిషేకం చేయుమయ (2X)
4. ఎండిన ఎముకలన్నియు తిరిగి జీవింపచేయుమయ (2X)

Prayer Points:

• The Spiritual growth/revival of UECF so that many people will

be added and mightily used in HIS Vineyard. Also pray for the UECF upcoming events.

• Pray for the President & Government of America, Prime Minister & Government of India and the other countries for God’s wisdom.
• Please pray for Pastor Ravinder as he brings the Word of God today.
• Please continue to pray for UECF’s own Church building.
• Please pray for Mrs. Marina Thatapudi, mother of Mrs. Nebulah Matta as she hospitalized due to chest pain.
• Please continue to pray for Dr. Ron, Dr. Sundara Rao Tsappidi and Bro. Benedict Ravi(Hartfort, CT)’s speedy recovery.
• Please continue to pray for the victims of COVID-19 virus.
• Please continue to pray the speedy recovery of Hindu girl Shruti (8 years old) as she is goes through intense chemo therapies. Her mother is planning to attend our Church.
• Please pray for all the elderly people for their good health.
• Please pray for the people who are looking for new jobs.
• Pray for the people who are looking for life partners and people who are longing for children.
• Pray for those who are celebrating their Birthdays (Nathan Rapaka, Samrita Eva Ravinder, Mrs. Sabita Ravinder, Mr. Ajay Damarapu) and Wedding Anniversaries (Mrs. Olive & Preetham Cheeli) that God may shower HIS blessings abundantly.
• Please pray for the protection of minor girls as they go through sexual abuse worldwide.
• Pray for Youth and Children to walk in the ways of the Lord.
• God's servants and Missionaries who are working in HIS vineyard.
• Please pray for the protection of new Christian converts from Muslim, Hindu and other religions.
• Persecuted Christians in India and other nations.
• The salvation of the perishing souls as we are in last days.
• Revival and Purification of different Churches all over the world.

Pentecost

Pentecost (the Fiftieth [day]) is one of the prominent feasts in the Christian liturgical year commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ. The feast is also called Whitsun, Whitsunday, Whit Sunday, or Whitsuntide, especially in the United Kingdom. Pentecost is celebrated seven weeks (50 days) after Easter Sunday, hence its name Pentecost falls on the tenth day after Ascension Thursday.

Pentecost is historically and symbolically related to the Jewish harvest festival of Shavuot, which commemorates God giving the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai fifty days after the Exodus. Among Christians, Pentecost commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus as described in the New Testament Acts of the Apostles 2:31 during these Jewish "fiftieth day" celebrations in Jerusalem. For this reason, Pentecost is sometimes described as the "Birthday of the Church".

Traditional interpretation holds that the Descent of the Holy Spirit took place in the Upper Room, or Cenacle while celebrating Shavuot, first mentioned in Luke 22:12 & 13 ( "And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.") ; the location of the Last Supper(Seder). The next mention of an Upper Room is in Acts, the continuation of the Luke narrative, authored by the same biblical writer. Here the disciples and women wait and pray for the "baptism of the Holy Ghost" promised by Jesus:"And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren." It is assumed then that in Acts 2, "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place", "they" refers to the aforementioned disciples and women; the "place" referring to the same Upper Room where these persons had "continued with one accord in prayer and supplication"

Other scholarship suggests the events of the first Pentecost recorded in the New Testament Book of Acts took place at the Temple Court located south and south-west of the Temple Mount, an area excavated by Israeli archaeologist Benjamin Mazar shortly after the Israeli conquest of East Jerusalem in 1967. In the Jerusalem Christian Review, Dan Mazar wrote about the archaeological discoveries made at this location by his grandfather, Prof. Mazar, which included the first century stairs of ascent, where Jesus and his disciples preached, as well as the "mikvaot" (or baptismals) used by the "three thousand" who were baptized on the day of Pentecost, according to the Book of Acts.

In Italy it was customary to scatter rose petals from the ceiling of the churches to recall the miracle of the fiery tongues; hence in Sicily and elsewhere in Italy Whitsunday is called Pasqua rosatum. The Italian name Pasqua rossa comes from the red colours of the vestments used on Whitsunday. In France it was customary to blow trumpets during Divine service, to recall the sound of the mighty wind which accompanied the Descent of the Holy Spirit.

Quiz on Pentecost

1. Pentecost shows...

1. the coming of the Holy Spirit
2. a mighty wind that will fill the outside
3. a day of fasting
4. the bible doesn't mention such a thing

2. After Jesus' death, the Apostle Paul still kept Pentecost. Fill in the following scripture (Acts 20:16): "For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he would not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying to be at __________, if possible, on the Day of Pentecost."

1. Corinth C. Ephesus
2. Israel D. Jerusalem

3. The term Pentecost is a Greek term meaning...

1. 1st C. 7th
2. 40th D. 50th

4. The Feast of the First fruits is also another name for Pentecost. In Revelation 14:4, "These are the ones who ______ the Lamb wherever He goes."

1. slaughter C. object
2. follow D. deny

5. Continuing in Revelation 14:5, "These were redeemed from among men, being first fruits to ________ and to the Lamb."

1. God C. the Sheep
2. fruit D. None of the Above

6. The Feast of Pentecost comes after which Holy Day?

1. the Feast of Tabernacles C. the Days of Unleavened Bread
2. the Feast of Trumpets D. the Day of Atonement

7. Peter had said, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sin; and you shall receive the gift of the _____ (Acts 2:38)."

1. food C. promise
2. Holy Spirit D. Easter

8. In Romans 5:5, "Now hope does ______, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."

1. give zeal C. not give zeal
2. disappoint D. not disappoint

9. Pentecost has been given all of the below names except... (Exodus 23:16;34:22, Numbers 28:26)

1. Feast of Chosen C. Feast of Harvest
2. Feast of Weeks D. day of the first fruits

10. Here is an easy question to finish off the quiz. True or False? After the death of Christ, the apostles gathered together on that date. And at a precise time on that date, the Holy Spirit was poured out to provide Christians access to God as a kind of first fruits.

1. True B. False

Answers: 1:A 2:D 3:D 4:B 5:A 6:C 7:B 8:D 9:A 10:A