2015 Summer – Missing the Point

GATHERING

 

ENTRANCE

  

REFLECTION

Certainty is missing the point entirely.

CANDLE LIGHTING

 

CALL TO WORSHIP

 

OPENING PRAYER

 

HYMN

 

WORD FOR THE CHILDREN

 

SILENCE

 

PRAYERS

CONFESSION

ASSURANCE

THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE

INTERCESSION AND PETITION

COMMITMENT

 

HYMN

 

THE WORD

SCRIPTURE

SERMON

SILENT REFLECTION

 

OFFERING

 

COMMUNION

PREPARATION

Leader 1: This is the table of the Heavenly Feast,
the joyful celebration of the people of God.

believing, rejoicing, being,
as God lights and rests among us.

GREAT THANKSGIVING

Leader 1: God of mystery and miracles,
we give you thanks for all that is seen and unseen,
for the gifts of faith and forgiveness,
even when all seems lost.

We give you thanks
for the parables and teachings of Jesus,
who held up bread and said it was his body,
and passed the cup and said it held his blood.

Leader 2: We give you thanks for the Holy Spirit,
who opens us to new questions
every time we are sure we have the answers.

the Body of Christ.

BLESSING THE ELEMENTS

Leader 1: Christ invites everyone to eat the bread of life,
to drink the cup of the new covenant.

Leader 2: Jesus said, I am the bread of life.
You who come to me shall never hunger,
You who believe in me shall never thirst.

Leader 1: On the night of his arrest, Jesus took bread,
and after giving thanks to God, broke it and said,
This is my body,
broken for the healing of the world.
Whenever you eat it, do so remembering me.

Leader 2: After supper, Jesus took the cup and said,
This is the cup of the new covenant,
poured out for you and for all.
Whenever you drink it, do so remembering me.

that these gifts of bread and cup
may be for us the body and blood of Christ.
Unite us with Christ forever
and bring us with the whole creation
to your eternal realm.

SHARE THE ELEMENTS

If you do not wish to receive the elements today you are welcome to join the circle and allow them to pass, or remain in your seat. We serve grape juice in our cups.

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND DEDICATION

we give joyful thanks
for your eternal love and healing presence
in our celebration of bread and cup.
Bless this body of Christ
that we may attend faithfully
to our call to be your servants,
with each other and throughout the world.

 

SHARED REFLECTIONS

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

HYMN

 

BENEDICTION