Seeker's Church

GATHERING 

ENTRANCE 

REFLECTION

Are any among you suffering? They should pray. Are any cheerful? They should sing songs of praise. Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Holy One. The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Holy One will raise them up; and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. 

James 5:13-16a

CALL TO WORSHIP  

Leader: God's love surrounds us. 

People: Let us sing songs of praise.

Leader: Christ is present with us.

People: Let us confess and be forgiven.

Leader: The Holy Spirit guides us.

People: Let us pray for each other and be healed.

Leader: God's love surrounds us.

All:        Let us seek to become that love

              for the sake of the world.

INVOCATION

HYMN

WORD FOR THE CHILDREN

SILENCE

PRAYERS 

COMMON CONFESSION

Leader:      Forgiving God, we come with heavy hearts.

Voice 1:     We do not know how to live

                     for the sake of the world.

Voice 2:      You ask us to heal in the name of Jesus

                    and instead we give in to our own suffering.   

Leader:       Despair lives in our hearts.

                     We cannot face the pain.

All:                Forgiving God, hear us and help us.

INDIVIDUAL PRAYERS OF CONFESSION

ASSURANCE

Leader:        When all we see is suffering and fear,

                      when evil threatens all around,

                      know that Christ is risen.

                      God's love and compassion surround us

All:                Amen.

PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION

PRAYER OF DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT

All:             O Holy One, we come today

                  to claim our relationship with you.

                  We pray for the commitment to grow together,

                  sharing the gifts you give us with others

                  here and in the wider world. 

                  Give us strength and discipline

                  to nurture our relationship with You;

                  to care for every part of Your Creation;

                  to foster justice and be in solidarity with those in need;

                  to work to end all war, and violence, and discord;

                  and to respond joyfully when you call,

                  freely giving our selves as you have shown the way.

                  We open our hearts to you and your Creation

                  in the name of Jesus, who is the Christ. 

                  Amen.

HYMN

THE WORD

SCRIPTURE

SERMON

SILENT REFLECTION

OFFERING

COMMUNION

GREAT THANKSGIVING

Leader 1: Holy One, we thank you
for your generous gifts of love and mercy,
which you spread abundantly before us,
inviting us to feast on the bread of life.

Voice 1:    We give you thanks for the communion of saints,
for those who have gone ahead, leading the way;
and for those who will follow in faith and in service.

Voice 2:   We give you thanks for the gift of the Holy Spirit,
whose improbable wisdom fills us with hope,
even when the future is uncertain,
and the way ahead unclear.

All:             We give you thanks for the Good News in Christ

                  who poured out his life for the sake of a broken world.

BLESSING THE ELEMENTS

Leader 2:      Christ invites everyone to eat the bread of life,

                       to drink the cup of the new covenant.

Leader 1:      Jesus said, I am the bread of life.

                      She who comes to me shall never hunger,

                       he who believes in me shall never thirst.

Leader 2:      On the night of his arrest, Jesus took bread,

                      and after giving thanks to God, broke it and said,

                      This is my body, which is for you;

                      do this remembering me.

Leader 1:     After supper, Jesus took the cup,

                     Gave thanks and said,

                      This is the cup of the new covenant;

                      Whenever you drink it, do so remembering me.

Leader 2:     And so we eat and drink for the sake of the world,

                      as we proclaim the mystery of faith:

All:                 Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again

SHARE THE ELEMENTS

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND DEDICATION

All:            God of abundance and mercy,
we give joyful thanks
for your eternal love and healing presence
in our celebration of bread and cup.

                 Bless this body of Christ
that we may attend faithfully
to our call to be your servants,
with each other and throughout the world.

Amen.

SHARED REFLECTIONS

ANNOUNCEMENTS

HYMN

BENEDICTION

Leader:    In song and prayer we have come together.

                  In word and stillness we have heard God's call.

Let us now go forth to love and serve -

for the sake of the world.

People:            Amen