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GATHERING AS THE BODY OF CHRIST
Prelude
"Christ, upon the Mountain Peak"
UMH #260
Welcome and Sharing of Announcements
A Time to Connections
(in-person service only)
Meditation Time
Introit
“Blessed Be Your Name”
Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, Ed Cash
Praise Band
Call to Worship
Liturgist: Jesus calls us up the mountain, to hear a word that reshapes our lives.
People: We come seeking blessing, truth, and hope.
Liturgist: In a world that praises strength and success, Jesus names humility, mercy, and peacemaking as the way of life.
People: Open our hearts to receive your blessings, O God.
Liturgist: Come, just as your are, and listen for Christ's voice.
People: We come to worship the God who grace transforms us all.
Opening Prayer
Holy and gracious God, you gather us as Jesus once gathered the crowds on the hillside. We come with full hearts and weary hearts, with hope and with longing, with questions we carry quietly and prayers we barely know how to speak. Speak to us again through your Son, whose words bless the unlikely and promise comfort, mercy, and joy to those the world often overlooks. Open our ears to hear your truth, our hearts to receive your blessing, and our lives to reflect the values of your kingdom. Shape us by grace, so that we may live as your children - hungering for righteousness, practicing mercy, and working for peace. We pray this in the name of Jesus Christ, our teacher, our blessing, and our hope. Amen.
Opening Hymn
“Seek Ye First”
UMH #405
based on Matthew 6:33
Holy Communion
Invitation to the Lord's Table
Come to the Lord's Table, all you who love him.
Come to the Lord's Table, confess your sin.
Come to the Lord's Table, be at peace.
Thanksgiving and Communion
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to you, Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to praise you, Lord.
It is right, and a good and joyful thing,
Always and everywhere to give thanks to you,
Holy Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
From the rising of the sun to its setting
your name is praised among all peoples.
Therefore we praise you,
joining our voices with your people on earth
and all the company of heaven
who forever sing this hymn to 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 the One who comes
in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest! (UM Hymnal p. 17)
You are holy, Almighty One!
Blessed are you, Jesus Christ!
In the power of the Spirit
you created all things, blessed them, and called them good.
You called to yourself a people
To make your mercy and truth known in all the world.
We betrayed your calling;
You were faithful.
We wandered from the way;
You called us to return, and led us home.
And still we turned from your ways,
abused your creatures,
and made ourselves slaves to sin and death.
At the right time
you came and dwelt among us, as one of us,
bringing good news to the poor,
healing the sick, raising the dead,
sharing table with the unrighteous,
and teaching the way that leads to life.
By your incarnation, life, suffering, execution and resurrection
You gave birth to your church,
delivered us from slavery
and made a new covenant with us
by water and the Spirit.
On the night of your betrayal, Lord Jesus,
you took bread, blessed it, broke it, gave it to your disciples and said,
"This is my body which is given for you.
Do this in remembrance of me."
You did the same with the cup after the supper, saying,
"This cup that is poured out is the new covenant in my blood."
Blessed Trinity, in remembrance of all you have done to save us,
we offer ourselves to you in praise and thanksgiving
as a holy and living sacrifice, in union with Christ's offering for us,
as we sing (proclaim) the mystery of our faith:
Christ has died. Christ has risen. Christ will come again! (UM Hymnal p. 18)
Pour out your Spirit on us.
Pour out your Spirit on us.
Pour out your Spirit on these gifts.
Pour out your Spirit on these gifts.
Make these gifts the body and blood of Christ.
Make us, through them, Christ's body alive in the world.
Abba, Father!
Let your kingdom come!
Come, Lord Jesus!
Be our daily bread.
Holy Spirit!
Send us to the world.
Holy, Blessed Trinity!
One God forever!
Amen. (Hymnal 18, Musical Setting A)
Breaking the Bread
As we share one loaf and one cup, may we become one with the world, bringing good news to all. And hear us now as we are bold to say together the words Jesus taught:
Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
Giving the Bread and Cup
Prayer after Communion
Lord, you now have set your servants free
to go in peace as you have promised.
For these eyes of ours have seen the Savior
whom you have prepared for all the world to see!
Blessing and honor and glory are yours,
now and forever. Amen. (Discipleship Ministries The United Methodist Church)
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