Word About Life for Today by Rev. Ken Heintzelman
Communion and Fellowship at 11:00 am
Please prepare for our celebration of the Table of Jesus by gathering the communion elements of your choice.
In faith and love, gathered in many places,
we celebrate the brightness of community
and the heat and stillness of late summer.
At our tables, desks, and couches, we give thanks for those
around us - family, neighborhood, church.
May God be with us all.
God of the summer’s day,
All: Praise and wonder be.
God of the lingering sunset and early dawn,
All: Praise and wonder be.
God of the hot breeze and the welcome shade,
All: Praise and wonder be.
In our praise and thanksgiving we also remember the ways of Jesus
who walked the dusty roads of Galilee,
who taught from seashore and mountainside,
who told stories of the sower and the seed,
the lilies of the field, and the birds of the air.
May we, too, know your presentness in creation, story, community.
Through grain and grape, bread and wine,
We remember and give thanks.
Be present with us now, Enfolding God,
as we share this symbolic meal.
Let your Holy Spirit brood among us this day and always.
Following our time of fellowship, we will close with these Words for Mission:
The chorus of suns and planets announces the
beginning of each new day.
All: Each earth rotation births new possibilities
and beckons fresh challenges.
The laughter of oceans and the wailing of winds
reflect the human condition.
All: Each week declares we are in the world
and determines we are of the world.
It begins with us. It begins right now. These are the times.
All: We are the people.
All of Creation is blessed.
All: May we love all and serve all.
May God be with you.
All: And also with you!
Amen.
All: Amen.
