This is part of the worship series,
"Grounded and Growing—Bearing Fruit”
Series Introduction | Ascension Sunday | Pentecost
Love | Joy | Peace | Patience | Generosity & Kindness |
Faithfulness | Gentleness | Self-Control | Communion Liturgy
Also in this year-long Grounded and Growing series:
Advent and Christmas | Epiphany | Lent and Easter
Opening
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The Lord be with you. |
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All: |
And also with you. |
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Lift up your hearts. |
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We lift them up to the Lord. |
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Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. |
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It is right for us to give thanks and praise. |
Thanksgiving
Giver of Life,
it is indeed right for us to give you thanks and praise.
You created the world out of nothing,
calling forth flowers that blossom,
rain waters that nourish,
and bumble bees that pollinate.
In great joy and love you created humans to tend the garden;
you made us co-creators of beauty and flourishing.
When we abandoned this calling,
you did not abandon us.
When we sought to grow wild and to bear poisoned fruit,
you did not cut us down,
but tended to us faithfully,
cutting away that which leads to death and decay.
We give you thanks for Jesus Christ,
who dwelt among us, died for us,
and who, having been raised from the dead,
appeared to his followers as a gardener,
bringing new life to all those who place their trust in him.
Therefore, we join our voices with all the saints and angels
and all creation to proclaim the glory of your name:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Institution
We give thanks to God our Father that our Savior, Jesus Christ, before he was betrayed, gave us this memorial of his sacrifice, until he comes again.
At his last supper, the Lord Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.”
In the same way, he took the cup after the supper and said, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this in remembrance of me.”
For whenever we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
—1 Corinthians 11:23–26 NIV
Memorial Acclamation
Therefore we proclaim our faith as signed and sealed in this sacrament:
Christ has died;
Christ is risen;
Christ will come again.
Prayer for the Work of the Spirit
Lord our God, send your Holy Spirit so that this bread and cup may be for us the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. May we be united with Christ, as branches to a vine, bearing the fruit of the Spirit as we live together with all God’s people in faithfulness and love.
Invitation
People of God, come to this table.
Be nourished by the bread of life
and filled with the water of life.
Here let your faith be strengthened
and your soul renewed.
Here let the Spirit assure you of God’s grace
and empower you to bear good fruit.
