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PREPARATION FOR COMMUNION

Leader 1:

Friends, this is the joyful feast of the people of God.

Leader 2

We come to the Lord's table as chosen people. We come in our brokenness and in our desire for life lived out of love.

People:

O God, in our inmost spirits, transform our sharing of bread and wine into an opening of us into you, into one another, into creation. Increase your life within us so that we may more totally be the body of Christ.

WORDS OF INVITATION

Leader 1:

Friends, all persons who sincerely turn away from sin, and desire to live a new life of loving and doing God's will, are welcome to receive this sacrament in faith.

Leader 2:

Jesus said, "I am the bread of life. She who comes to me shall never hunger; he who believes in me shall never thirst." Come. Believe.

WORDS OF INSTITUTION

Leader 1:

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."

BREAKING OF THE BREAD

Leader 2:

After supper Jesus took the cup and said, "This cup is the new covenant sealed in my blood; whenever you drink it, do this remembering me."

POURING OF THE FRUIT OF THE VINE

SHARING OF THE ELEMENTS

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND DEDICATION

Unison:

God of new life, with joy we have received this sacrament of bread and wine, giving you thanks for Jesus Christ, our peace and our hope. Unite your church throughout the world in continuing Christ's ministry of love and servanthood, that your name may be praised in all the earth.

AMEN.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

HYMN

BENEDICTION

Leader:

Go into the world in peace; have courage; hold onto what is good; return to no one evil for evil; strengthen the fainthearted; support the weak; help the suffering; honor all people; love and serve God, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit.

AMEN.

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