Morning Worship
Today’s worship service will be centered on the theme of
“World Communion Day,” as well as on the “Authority and Power of Christ.”
*Please stand, as you are able.
People please read the bold.
Prelude
Welcome
*Call To Worship
Hallelujah!
Praise! Praise God in the temple, in the highest heavens!
Praise! Praise God’s mighty deeds and noble majesty.
All that is alive, praise!
Praise the Lord.
Hallelujah! (from Psalm 150:1-2, 6)
Let us worship God!
*Hymn VU #677 O, God of Every Nation
Call To Confession
Prayer Of Confession
God of Mercy, we confess that we have not loved you with all our being. We have done things which we ought not to have done, and we have left undone things which we ought to have done. We have built walls, borders, fences, and barriers between neighbors and between countries, and we have ignored the cries of those in need. Forgive us and set us free, that we may live in the hope of your calling that your reign may come on earth as it is in heaven. Through Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
Thanks be to God: Jesus died for our sins. We are forgiven!
We are forgiven. Thanks be to God.
*Passing of The Peace
Since God has forgiven us in Christ, let us forgive one another.
The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
And also with you.
Prayer of Illumination
Scripture Reading Luke 4: 31-37
Communion Meditation Rev. Sam Hamilton-Poore
Sacrament of Holy Communion
Invitation to The Lord’s Table
The Great 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.
God of all nations, you created every person in your image and called us by your Holy Spirit to become one through Christ Jesus, through Baptism and through faith. In Jesus Christ, you showed us the way to live with unique gifts and particularities, yet in harmony with you and with each other. You, O God, are indeed above all and through all and in all. So, today we join with voices throughout the earth and in heaven singing:
Holy are you and blessed is your child, Jesus Christ. Jesus lived among us to show your love: caring enough to feed hungry persons, stopping to touch persons in need of healing, reaching out to those not like himself. When people gathered to hear his teachings, Jesus took bread, blessed it and broke it, and gave it to them to eat, so that they might be fed. When Jesus ate with his disciples for his final meal on earth, they remembered his blessing on the multitude, and listened as he told them: “Take, eat, this is my body given for you.” They watched as Jesus took the cup, blessed it and said, “Take, drink, this is my blood of the new covenant, poured out for you and for the whole world for the forgiveness of sins.” After his death and resurrection, by the power of the Holy Spirit, the disciples told others through this meal, that Jesus was the Messiah, sent by God, for all humankind. Remembering now, we proclaim the mystery of faith:
Pour out your Holy Spirit on the table spread this day around the globe, and here spread with breads from around the world. May all who partake, wherever they live, know the reconciling love of Jesus Christ. May your church go forth from Communion with you to be one in Christ and one in witness to the world. Hear us as we pray the prayer that Jesus taught us.
(please pray in the language in which you are most comfortable.)
Words of Institution
*Communion of The People
*Prayer after Communion
*Charge and Benediction
*Postlude
Participants in Worship:
Rev. Dr. Sam Hamilton-Poore, Director of Program in Spirituality, Preacher
Ms. Deborah Arca Mooney, Program Mgr., Program in Spirituality, Liturgist
Rev. Teri Hamilton-Poore, Co-celebrant
Rev. Dr.
Dr. Daniel Hoggatt, Musician
Ms.
Communion Servers:
Ms. Rebecca Barnes-Davies, Hunger Action Enabler/Presbyterians for Restoring Creation Coordinator
Ms. Norma Lannert, Program Manager, Integrative Studies
Ms.
Resources: Call to Worship from The Worship Sourcebook (Faith Alive Publications). Communion liturgy is taken from the book Communion Services by Robin Knowles Wallace,
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