Call to Worship
One: Holy One, you have written your law
of love on our hearts.
Many:
We give thanks for your guidance and wisdom.
One: This is a celebration of our God’s
love for us!
Many:
How can we respond to God’s love except with joy and celebration? Amen!
Reconciliation
One: Eternal One, here we are again. We
have again failed to live up to our best selves.
Many:
We have not loved, we have not shared, we have not cared as we intended.
One:
Give us wisdom and courage to try again
Many:
Knowing that your grace forgives us, we will rise and try again, with your love
to guide us. Amen.
Communion
One: God is with you!
Many:
And also with you!
One: Lift your hearts to the One who
loves you.
Many:
We lift our spirits in joy to our Creator.
One: Ever-Living God, you gave humankind
free choice and laws to guide us in the use of that free choice. When we forgot
your love and turned away, you sent prophets and wise men and women to remind
us, but we persisted in following our own way. In your love, you showed us a
new way through your child Jesus the Christ and his example of loving, healing,
and sharing; but still we turned our own way. Be present to us in these gifts
of grain and grape; remind us of your love for us, your presence with us, and
your gentle guidance. May this meal bind us closer together with you and with
each other to share ourselves as we share this bread and wine.
One: On the night in which he gave
himself up to those who did not understand his message of mutual sharing and
love, Jesus gathered his friends together in a small room. There, he took the
bread and blessed it after the manner of his people and shared it with his
friends, saying
Many:
This is my body, opened for you. Take and eat in memory of me.
One: After the meal, he took the cup,
and blessing it after the manner of his people, shared it with his friends,
saying
Many:
This is my love, poured out for you and for all nations. Take and drink in
memory of me.
One: Holy One, pour out your blessing on
these gifts of bread and wine. May they be for us just what we need them to be;
may they open our hearts to your presence and your guiding, today and always.
Amen.
Benediction
One: Bless our seeking
Many:
That we may find
One: Bless our study
Many:
That we may learn
One: Bless our journey
Many:
That we may come home to you. Amen.
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