Communion Service
INVITATION
Christ our Lord invites to his table all who love him, who earnestly repent of their sin and seek to live in peace
with one another. Therefore, let us confess our sin before God and one another.
CONFESSION AND PARDON
Merciful God,
we confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart.
We have failed to be an obedient church.
We have not done your will, we have broken your law,
we have rebelled against your love, we have not loved our neighbors,
and we have not heard the cry of the needy.
Forgive us, we pray.
Free us for joyful obedience, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
All pray in silence.
Leader to people:
Hear the good news: Christ died for us while we were yet sinners;
That proves God’s love toward us. In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
People to the Leader: In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
Leader and people: Glory to God. Amen.
THANKSGIVING AND COMMUNION
TAKING THE BREAD AND CUP
The pastor takes the bread and cup prepared for the meal.
THE GREAT 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.
It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you,
Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
You formed us in your image and breathed into us the breath of life.
When we turned away, and our love failed, your love remained steadfast.
You delivered us from captivity, made covenant to be our sovereign God, and spoke to us through prophets.
And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven we praise your name and join their
unending hymn:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
On the night in which he gave himself up for us, he took bread, gave thanks to you, broke the bread, gave it to
his disciples, and said: “Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
When the supper was over, he took the cup, gave thanks to you, gave it to his disciples, and said: “Drink from
this, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of
sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
And so, in remembrance of these your mighty acts in Jesus Christ, we offer ourselves in praise and
thanksgiving as a holy and living sacrifice, in union with Christ’s offering for us, as we proclaim the mystery of
faith.
Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here, and on these gifts of bread and juice.
Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ, that we may be for the world the body of Christ, redeemed
by his blood.
By your Spirit make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one in ministry to all the world, until Christ
comes in final victory and we feast at his heavenly banquet.
Through your Son Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in your holy church, all honor and glory is yours, almighty
Father, now and forever.
Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
And now, with the confidence of children of God, let us pray:
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial,
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and for ever. Amen.
BLESS THE ELEMENTS
Pastor blesses the elements.
Leader: “Carefully remove the first film covering the wafer. The second film covers the juice.”