This is part of the worship series,
"The Great Fifty Days”
Series Introduction
Easter Morning | Eastertide 2 | Eastertide 3 | Eastertide 4
Eastertide 5 | Eastertide 6 | Ascension Sunday
Second Sunday of Eastertide
Theme: The Lord’s Supper
Opening hymn
“Lift Your Heart to the Lord” Bowers
[Ties together last week (baptism) with this week (The Lord’s Supper)]
Psalm: Psalm 66
Read responsively as follows:
| Leader: | Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth; sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise. Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power, your enemies cringe before you. All the earth worships you; they sing praises to you, sing praises to your name.” |
| Congregation: | Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds among mortals. He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot. There we rejoiced in him, who rules by his might forever, whose eyes keep watch on the nations— let the rebellious not exalt themselves. |
| Leader: | Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of his praise be heard, who has kept us among the living and has not let our feet slip. For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. You brought us into the net; you laid burdens on our backs; you let people ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a spacious place. |
| Congregation: | I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will pay you my vows, those that my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in trouble. I will offer to you burnt offerings of fatted calves, with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams; I will make an offering of bulls and goats. |
| Leader: | Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for me. I cried aloud to him, and he was extolled with my tongue. If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. But truly God has listened; he has heard the words of my prayer. |
| All: | Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me. —Psalm 66 NRSVUE |
Hymn
“Lift Up Your Hearts unto the Lord” Stassen
Pre-resurrection gospel reading
Matthew 26:26–29, Institution of the Lord’s Supper
Post-resurrection reading
Luke 24:13–35, The Road to Emmaus
Sermon
Their Eyes Were Opened
Sermon Outline:
- Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament.
- Seeing Jesus in our life’s walk.
- Seeing Jesus in the Lord’s Supper
Hymn
“Come, Risen Lord, as Guest among Your Own” Briggs
We Celebrate the Lord's Supper
Prayer of Thanksgiving
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
It is our joy and our peace,
at all times and in all places,
to give thanks to you,
holy Father, Almighty, everlasting God,
through Christ our Lord.
When we were unfaithful to you, you kept faith with us;
your love remained steadfast.
We thank you that you did not abandon us in our sin,
but sent prophets and teachers to lead us into the way of salvation.
Above all, we thank you for sending Jesus, your Son,
to deliver us from the way of sin and death
by the obedience of his life,
by his suffering upon the cross,
and by his resurrection from the dead.
We praise you that he now reigns with you in glory
and ever lives to pray for us.
We thank you for the Holy Spirit,
who leads us into truth,
defends us in adversity,
and out of every people unites us into one holy church.
Therefore with the whole company of saints in heaven and on earth
we worship and glorify you, God most holy, and we sing with joy.
Hymn
“Holy, Holy, Holy Lord” Sanctus
Institution
According to Luke, when our risen Lord was at table with two of his followers, he took the bread, and blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him.
This is the Lord’s table. Our Savior invites those who trust him to share the feast, which he has prepared.
In thanks for the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, in the joy of his resurrection, in the assurance of our union with him, we offer our very selves to you to be a living and holy sacrifice dedicated to your service.
Great is the mystery of our faith.
Dying you destroyed our death, rising you restored our life. Lord Jesus, come in glory.
Prayer of Consecration
Gracious God, pour out your Holy Spirit upon us and upon these your gifts of bread and wine, that the bread we break and the cup we bless may be the communion of the body and blood of Christ.
By your Spirit make us one with Christ, that we may be one with all who share this feast, united in ministry in every place. As this bread is Christ’s body for us, send us out to be the body of Christ in the world.
Communion
Our breaking of the bread is our sharing in the body of Christ. Take, eat, remember, and believe that the body of our Lord was offered for the complete forgiveness of all our sins.
Our giving thanks for the cup of blessing is our sharing in the blood of Christ. Take, drink, remember, and believe that the precious blood of our Lord was shed for the complete forgiveness of all our sins.
[For Easter Sunday, or throughout Eastertide, consider placing the baptismal font at the front of your center aisle and inviting people to come forward for communion: “As you pass by the baptismal font on your way to partake, you are invited to place the sign of the water on your forehead as a reminder that through your baptism, you have been united with Christ in his death and resurrection.”]
Communion songs
“O Lord, My God, Most Earnestly” Psalter
"O Lord, my God, most earnestly I seek your holy face"
“Jesus, the Very Thought of You” Latin
“Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies” Wesley
“Taste and See” Petter
Revised Common Lectionary
Year A: Easter—Third Sunday of Easter
