Well, good morning, everyone.
Friends welcome to rev, not a methodist of
church. My name is Bio Hogan, and I'm
1 of the associate pastors here. And I'm
so glad you all have made a time
to come out and join us on this
Sunday. Whether you're in person or online, I'm
happier you're here.
Before we get things started of a worship
this morning, I've got a couple I wanna,
bring your attention to. The first thing is
that today, we will be continuing our Sermon
series of at the table with Jesus and
Our lead pass through the reverend doctor Pete
Moon will be sharing a great message about
the holy meal. We'll be talking a lot
about comm and what it means to be
an open table type of church.
And speaking of comm today is a comm
Sunday. So fairness is whether you are online,
or I wanna make I direct your attend
to online,
make sure that you get your bread and
your cup ready because we will be sharing
a time of comm here in person, so
we hope that'll be a good time for
you all as well.
And then most importantly, or 1 of the
most important things is next Sunday, we will
be having a listening survey for... Or a
listening session for the
Lgbtq including survey that we've been talking about
for the last couple of months. It'll be
4PM next Sunday in our chapel, So we
hope as you will be in attendance with
us for that. It'll be a really important
conversation for us as lovely church to discern
where we all are in the midst of
all the things going on in our world.
If all that being said, dear friends made
a lord be with you.
Friend though invites you to rise embody or
spirit for our call to worship.
O give thanks to the Lord for he
is good.
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
those he redeemed from trouble.
Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast
love. For his wonderful works to humankind.
Or he satisfied the thirsty,
and the hungry he fills with good things.
Let us sing together of the God of
the ages using him number 6 98.
Friends let us lift and join our voices
together for our opening prayer.
Most holy and gracious lord.
Long ago, you walked with your disciples,
broke the bread and open their eyes.
This morning, as we gather in worship
and at your table,
we humbly ask that you do that again.
As you spoke with the disciples long ago,
speak to us
that we too might offer our hearts
and voices
enjoy, and praise,
amen. Friends please be seated.
I also would like to invite our children
to come up and join us here in
the front and miss Karen R for our
children's message.
Good morning.
Revel united a methodist is church.
And as the children are coming forward,
if we have any children who are visiting
with us online, we would like to invite
you to move a little bit closer to
your screens.
Because this time is for you as well.
Well, good morning. How's everybody doing.
Good. Awesome.
So I thought that today we would talk
about a very special holiday
called Thanksgiving,
but I couldn't bring a big old turkey
up with me.
Does anybody like Turkey?
What are your favorite thanksgiving day
dishes?
Why don't I, okay, go for it Leo?
Okay pumpkin pie. That's like the 1 thing
I forgot in our earlier service.
But does anybody like raise your hands if
you like turkey?
Oh, good.
Ham?
Mac and cheese.
Mashed potatoes?
Chicken
Chicken,
I love it.
And, Leo, you're raising a good point because
I know that when my daughter visits with
her Puerto Rican family,
they do rice and beans.
And that is something that is a tradition
for them.
Yes, Henry?
This is my mic
because I don't have a pocket today.
They catch everything don't they. Isn't that awesome?
So
1 of the things I wanted to make
sure that we discussed the about thanksgiving is
a fact Thanksgiving is a time for families
gather.
It's a time that maybe your parents will
sit and talk about what happened in the
olden days. I'm gonna try this again back
when God said, let there be light.
Man, they still didn't get it.
Alrighty.
But it's a time to share memories.
It's a time to talk about
how we get together as families.
Today, Pastor Pete is gonna talk about comm.
And it was a time when Jesus that's
right. You can take a look behind you
at the elements
under the
Napkins is bread and wine. And that was
a time when Jesus met
with his family, his disciples, they broke bread.
And 1 of the things that he said
was remember
He knew that he was gonna be going
away for a little while, and he wanted
them to remember that time of family.
And I guarantee that 1 day
you'll be with your families, and you're gonna
be talking about
how you are remembering the times that you
spent with your family at your Thanksgiving.
The same way.
Let's pray.
Heavenly father,
thank you for the gift of Jesus
Thank you
And for the gift of comm.
That reminds us to remember
my
to remember The life of Jesus Christ.
Jesus
Amen. Amen. Alrighty. Let's go back.
A seat.
Please join me in praying the prayer for
illumination.
Calm us now o lord into a quiet
that heals
and listens.
Open wounded hearts to the balm of your
word.
Speak to us in clear tones,
so that we might feel less spirit's leap
for joy and skip with hope as your
resurrection witnesses.
Amen.
Our first scripture reading is from first corinthians
chapter 11 versus 17 through 22.
And may be found on page 933
of your Pew bible.
Paul corrects Christians at Cor for their behavior
at holy Comm.
Now in the following instructions, I do not
commend you
because when you come together, it is not
for the better, but for the worse.
For to begin with, when you come together
as a church,
I hear that there are divisions among you.
And to some extent, I believe it.
Indeed, there have to be factions among you,
For only so, will it become clear, who
among you are genuine?
When you come together, it is not really
to eat the lord suffer?
But when the time comes to eat, each
of you goes ahead with your own supper
and 1 goes hungry and another comes becomes
drunk.
What?
Do you not have homes to eat and
drink in?
Or do you show contempt for the church
of God and humiliate those who have nothing?
What should I say to you? Should I
command you? In this matter, I do not
command you.
Forever Received from the Lord when I also
handed on to you
that the lord Jesus on the night when
he was betrayed took c loaf bread,
and when he had given thanks he broke
it and said, this is my body that
is for you, do this and remembrance of
me.
In the same way he took the cup,
also after suffer saying this cup is the
new covenant and my blood.
Do this as often as you drink it
in remembrance of me.
For as often as you eat the spread
and drink the cup, you pro the Lord's
death until he comes.
Whoever, therefore eats the bread or drinks the
cup of the lord in an un manner
will be answer for the body and blood
of the Lord.
Examine yourselves, and only then eat of the
bread and drink of the cup.
For all who aid and drink without discerning
the body, eat and drink judgment against themselves.
For this reason, many of you are weak
in ill and some have died,
But if we judged ourselves, we would not
be judged.
But when we are judged by the lord,
we are disciplined
so that we may not be condemned along
with the world,
the word of God, for the people of
God. Thanks, be to God.
Our second reading for the morning comes from
the story in the 20 fourth chapter of
Luke.
As 2 disciples are making their way to
and from
Emma am. We'll be reading portions of
that,
reading this morning.
Again, Luke 24, starting with the thirteenth first.
Now on that same day, 2 of them,
we're going to a village called Emma,
about 7 miles from Jerusalem
and talking with each other about all these
things that had happened and while they were
talking and discussing Jesus himself came near
and went with him,
but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
And he said to them what are you
discussing with each other while you walk along,
they stood still looking sad
Than 1 of them whose name was Cl,
answered him, are you the only stranger in
Jerusalem?
Who does not know these things that have
taken place there in these days.
Yes, and what things. They replied the things
about Jesus of Nazareth.
Who was a prophet, mighty indeed and word
before our God and all the people.
And how our chief priests and leaders handed
him over to be condemned to death and
crucified him,
but we had hoped
that he was the 1 to redeem Israel.
Yes. And besides all this, it is now
the third day since these things took place
and continuing now with first 28.
As they came near the village to which
they were going. He walked ahead as if
he were going on, but they urged him
strongly saying,
stay with us because it is almost evening
and day is now nearly over.
So he went in to stay with him,
when he was at the table with him,
He took bread, blessed and broke it and
gave it to them, then their eyes were
opened,
and they recognized him. And he vanished from
their site.
They said to each other were not our
hearts burning within us. While he was talking
to us on the road, while he was
opening the scriptures to us.
That same hour. They got up and returned
to Jerusalem. They found the 11 and their
companions gathered together. They were saying the Lord
has risen indeed and he has impaired impaired
to Simon.
Then they told what had happened on the
road.
And how he had been made known to
them
in the breaking of the bread.
This is the word of God for the
people of God.
Thanks, Be to God.
Let us pray.
Lord this day is your word is proclaimed.
It is our prayer
that you would break the bread of your
word.
Enable us to see you, understand you and
take hold of your grace and power this
day not only in this time of preaching.
But also at this your holy table because
we ask it through Christ Jesus, our lord.
Amen.
Well, friends as Bio mentioned, we are continuing
a sermon series
entitled at the table with Jesus. Each week
we're take some time to sit down with
Jesus at the table,
recognizing the transform from transforming things that occur
in those occasions with Jesus.
And this morning, on this first Sunday of
July, we come to the table, the comm
table with Jesus.
To speak about what all this means and
how we have yet hope in the midst
of it all.
You know? And several years ago, there was
a survey that was offered by our, United
Methodist Church. They took a took a survey
of methodist and what we thought about comm.
And a couple things came out of that
survey. 1 was that we know that there
was a very something very important, very powerful.
Happens here at this sac.
But there was an equally a valid,
discernment that we also struggled to understand the
deeper meaning
of what happens here at the table. We
understand that there is power here,
but we're not sure we understand that power,
and you might remember we asked you for
these last couple weeks to take some time
and send some stories
into me. And I have appreciated reading those
stories and we're gonna speak more about those
in just a few moments.
But what's clear is that is you described
your experience, you have experienced power here at
the table. You have experienced a certain transcend
here at the table.
As you remembered,
Your experience is here.
I invite you to hold on to that
word.
Remember.
Because that word is them to r 2
readings, and it is certainly them schematic
to the what we do here at the
table
We say in fact, it's the common phrase
in our... In our comm literature, but also
printed we're engraved on the front of many
a comm table at many a church where
it says, do this in remembrance of me.
See, we come to this table and we
remember, but let me highlight from the beginning
that our remembrance is not just an
intellectual
exercise.
See. We remember here
what Christ did.
But also we remember that just as happened
at Em long ago,
that somehow
mysteriously
Within these elements, the risen Christ is actually
present.
Somehow,
some way in these elements, Jesus Christ is
right here
today. And as we experienced him and as
we participate.
So let's just take a few moments to
unpack
this word remember together through 3 things
that we recall here at the table. So
that we too like the folks from Emma
can leave today in a renewed way after
the breaking
of the bread.
And as we remember, let's jump into the
stories, the the accounts with a bit of
can.
See, at this table,
we remember
that we are
sinner.
At this table, we are reminded that you
and I, all of us. We are are
broken
people. We are people at this table. We
remember
that we do not
have it all together. I mean, that's 1
of the points of that reading from Paul's
letter to the Corinthians. See. Paul is addressing
some messed up church people.
And their actions around the table. He is
correcting their their practice.
See, some background on that in cor, there
is this division
between the rich
and the poor
Apparently, the rich didn't have to work all
day. They could come to the meal early.
They could eat and drink in a leisure
way. They had the means to use Paul's
words they had the means to get drunk.
So they would spend some time eating and
drinking
when the working poor
words came in late.
See the working poor it, they couldn't afford
recreational time.
So they could finally... They come late in
the day and there's nothing left.
Now that was the norm for Roman culture
of the day.
The wealthy
likely didn't see this as any big deal.
But Paul reminds them that the view of
things have changed in the church.
Distinctions
have been removed
in Jesus.
So what he's saying is, look, your gatherings
at the Lord's table, they don't reflect this
new understanding, this new age, this new vision
we have around the table around Jesus.
And therefore, you're gathering he says, are doing
more harm than good.
Some of you might remember the way we
used to do comm many, many years ago.
We would have individual tables and we come
forward, and there would be plates of square
pieces of bread. Y'all remember that? Growing up.
Remember, we used to have,
individual comm cups, and we sit down and
knee them partake individually and all of that.
And that was...
A great thing, but, we have changed that
of late and we've changed it for a
reason.
See, in general, we have 1 cup. In
general,
we have 1 loaf, and there's a point
of all that.
See we partake of the 1 loaf and
the 1 cup,
together. Now granted there are health concerns. We
understand all that, but it's also here to
make a point.
See, we all receive different people that we
are.
We received together.
We're different cultures. We're from different social statuses.
We're from different genders stories. The list goes
on and on but see what happens is
at this table,
the things that distinguish us ideally
sort of dissolve away around the elements.
As we're gathered around the body and the
blood of Jesus.
Now the Corinthians church struggle with that 2000
years that if we're honest, go. And if
we're honest,
we still struggle with it today.
But see prayer, today, we can remember who
and whose we are as we gather around
this table.
And we're gonna say more about this in
just a few minutes, but this is also
in part
why we as methodist
celebrate what we call an open table.
Just a reminder that some denomination require you
to be baptized. Some require you to be
a member. Some have other conditions.
And as Methodist, you can see, we have
words of invitation which encourage and invite you
to think very seriously
about what it means to partake of the
elements. All that is true.
And at the same time, when somebody comes
forward, pretty much no matter what We're not
gonna turn anybody away from the sacramento.
The point is that when we come to
the table, we welcome
everybody,
become forward.
Except
the people who are perfect.
The people who have have it all together.
The truth is you and I need to
be messed up
to be here at Comm or at least
admit
that we are messed up.
In comm, we're reminded that there are no
vacancies
in the tri We don't need to apply
for that. We're not qualified. And we struggling
folks who are down here living life.
We're wrestling out, but we can do that
because those who do fill the Trinity,
father, son, holy spirit.
They are full of grace.
And they dispense grace.
Grace is how the Trinity works that gives
you forgiveness and me for forgiveness in power
for a new day. And so we remember
at this table,
we are all
sinner.
And that brings us to the second thing
that we remember right in this place.
We remember
that Jesus Christ died for us.
Jesus died for us.
And when you listen to the the story
of those disciples,
walking on that road to a mass with
the unrecognized
Jesus, that was the deal. Right? They did
not remember.
They didn't remember all the things that Jesus
had said to them. They didn't remember all
the things the prophets and the scriptures had
spoken of. They could not fathom a messiah.
That had to die
for them.
But then Jesus speaks clearly.
And he reminds them
that this is the deal.
This is the way God has chosen to
redeem you and me, the way God has
chosen to heal the world,
and we may be a bit uncomfortable with
the direct and the death of Jesus. But
Paul wouldn't,
in our reading from first Corinthians, he said
it this way.
For whenever you eat this bread and drink
this cup.
You pro
the Lord's death
until he comes.
You know there have been times over the
years where folks will ask me why it
is that you methodist us never have alter
calls. Right? Times where people come forward after
the sermon, make AAA
decision, a a faith this decision and certainly
over the years, I've done my number and
my share of those. But what I also
remind folks is that ideally,
every time we come to comm. Every time
you and I come forward to comm and
receive,
that really is an altar call.
As Paul said, when we we gathered the
Lord's table, we are proclaiming
the Lord's death. We are proclaiming the gospel
of Jesus Christ
right here at the table
and giving people folks
an opportunity to give folks an opportunity to
respond.
You know I was reading a a good
correction to our old lit this week. You
know, I don't know if you remember the
old,
reading of comm lit. We used to say,
on the night that Jesus was betrayed, he
took bread and broke it. Right?
And the illusion of course is to J
and being betrayed by J.
But a lot of, more contemporary scholars and
have looked at the Greek and said there's
There's a much better way to read that,
and it has been incorporated
into our that we current currently use where
it says on the night when God handed
Jesus over for our sins.
Right?
It reminds us about the gospel.
And there's this pivotal key moment in the
whole service when the provider lifts up the
bread
and breaks it.
When the provider lifts up the cup
and reminds us that this is the blood
of Christ. See, we believe that when we
do that,
we are pro claiming the gospel. And the
open table gives each of us the opportunity
to come forward and receive. You know, the
servers are right up here up front.
And when they hand you that piece of
bread, and you dip it in the cup,
they are... The the risen Christ is saying
I love you.
I forgive you. I have given myself for
you.
Every time.
And when you and I come with our
hands forward,
Our hands fold open and receive that bread
in our hands. We are saying to the
risen living
Christ.
I receive your love.
That's what happens. It's a reminder of who
we are. It's a proclamation of the gospel
and an opportunity for you and To spawn
in a renewed way each time we come
to the table.
Things happening in this place. I remember story
years ago. I was at another congregation. When
for 5 years, this congregation worship
at C high school. 5 years of that.
And, you know what, you get a very
different crowd of people in church when you
worship in a high school auditor.
And we were at the a service on
the very first Sunday of the New year.
And we had that Wesley
covenant service if you all have the experience
that server services very
traditional.
It and we, offer an opportunity for people
to make a covenant with God with traditional
language,
Strong words, put me to what that will.
Put me to suffering. I am not my
own, but yours. The list goes on.
And then after we all seal that come...
Say that covenant together,
we seal it by receiving holy comm.
Well we did that as we have done
for many years. And after the service was
over, I was making my way out and
a young woman came up to me and
approached me, and she told me her story.
She told me that she had been an
avid atheist
for many, many years.
Hadn't been to church in many years, had
never received community before, but she felt the
call.
And she came forward that day and received
comm for the very first time. It was
transformative.
She and her husband then joined the church
they became leaders in our children's ministry for
many years.
So you can't remember that.
When you and I are here, when we
break that bread and lift up the cup,
we are proclaiming the Lord's death, proclaiming the
gospel.
And when you and I come forward, we
are responding.
Every week to the gospel.
But let me tell you 1 more thing
that we remember when we gather around this
table. We remember
that there is hope.
We remember that there is hope.
Remember what we say in those words will
we call the words of institution. We raise
our hands over these elements. And we say
these words pour out your holy spirit upon
these gifts of bread and wine.
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.
We hear those words all the time, but
you hear the core of those words?
It's all about change.
It's all about transformation. We're asking god to
change this bread and wine, make them be
for us the body and blood of Christ.
We're asking God to change us through these
gifts of bread and wine. And then we're
asking God to change the world through us.
You see
it's like ripples the spear from these elements,
radiating out through us into the world so
that we might be a kingdom change
representing the love and hope of Jesus.
And that what happened in the story,
The disciples are walking along
down cast, not doing well on their way
to Emma am, but suddenly,
when the bread was broken,
see what happened?
There
was
hope.
I don't know if you noticed or heard
the initial
conversation
that the disciples had with Jesus.
And speaking of their time with Jesus, they
said, and note the tents of the verb,
They said, we had
hoped.
And they went on to describe their disappointment.
In the death of Jesus and
the circumstances,
we had
hoped.
But then, of course, Jesus
stayed.
Jesus broke the bread,
and their eyes were open. And now everything
changes.
They are running back to jerusalem with exuberance
because Jesus did die for them because Jesus
Christ is alive. Now in their actions in
their souls and their lives, there is hope,
you see what happened when Jesus broke the
bread,
he changed the tents of the verb.
He changed, we had hoped
into
we have
hope
That's a lot to ask
for the breaking of the bread.
But I gotta tell you in reading through
your stories that you sent in.
That's what happened to you at this table.
You know, some of you told me the
story of how special it was when you
stood right here or other places and served
the elements to people.
And you watch them, come forward. You watch
them come forward with open hands, you watched
them as they knee at the rail
in an intimate comm with Christ
that there was power in that and seeing
the
transformation of what happens right here at this
table. Some of you told about the times,
you knelt the rail after comm.
And how you experienced the sort of
transformation, an experience of hope in all of
that. Another 1 of you told me a
story this week.
About a wedding that was held here. And
it was 1 of those weddings that was
very complicated. Was a wedding where multiple different
faith backgrounds,
folks who are non Christian, people who are
trying to gather around, trying to put a
service together that work for everybody and there
was an all around, but the decision was
made in the wedding to have comm as
a part of the service.
And in a wonderful way, that's the story
said,
folks found a way to gather in Unity.
Non Christians, Jews, who had never received comm
received it and found hope and power the
stuff of which we speak right here today.
Anxiety in a wedding was trans form to
Unity
right here at the table.
Let me tell you 1 more story. So
years ago, I was again at another congregation,
but,
we were
there at an even... A Saturday evening service
with relatively large service, and the kids were
singing in this particular
service. Now, this particular grandmother who came, She
would she didn't wanna be there.
She was frustrated with her denomination because she
had not being able to have comm for
decades.
And as a result, she hadn't been in
church in years, and she was only there
aaron and she made it clear to me.
She was the only there because her granddaughter
was singing that day that night. And we
do what we always do. We
preach the word. We
offered the sac
But I will tell you God spoke to
her
in that service.
And she couldn't believe it. When we'd say,
well, we always it. We have an open
table. You are all here no matter what?
What's your circumstances we invite you to come.
Now, we... Just what we say... She heard
it for the first time in decades,
And I got tell. She almost shot up,
to come forward to receive the bread and
the wine.
You see what happened? That night in the
breaking of the bread.
Decades of frustration with the church was redeemed.
We had hoped,
became we have hope.
And you I will tell you the the...
Just to continue that story.
Couple months later, she joined the church.
A couple years after that, she came on
the staff of that church. A couple years
after that, she came became the associate pastor
of that church.
And over the last years, so I have...
She has since tired, but, my I participated
in a few funerals with her,
in the last year or So and I
got gotta tell you every time she preach
she knocks it out of the park.
Such as the power
when we like Jesus break the bread,
and have our eyes open.
Friends were gonna come to the table now
in just a moment, but
let us also pray
that the verb tense in our life today
will be changed. Some of you going through
all sorts of stuff.
Our country going through all sorts of stuff.
Our world's going through all sorts of stuff.
That that side of the verb, the the
story we had hoped
it's easy
for that to be them in our lives
in our world. We had hoped. So that
while we're doing is managing our disappointment.
But what if it's really true?
What if even today has happened at Mas,
when we break the bread, the tense of
the verb changes
so that we're not saying we had hope.
We have come over to this side and
we'll say, we have hope.
I don't know what you're facing today.
I don't know what you're dealing with today.
But, you know, Jesus did it for those
disciples in Maze 2000 years ago. I'm pretty
sure. He can do it again today As
you and I come forward to remember
that in the person of Jesus Christ,
there is no place
where there is no hope Let's hold on
to that. In the name of the father,
and of the son and of the holy
spirit.
I'm amen.
Need
this
come
this
trust
me
this
Let us pray.
Oh, gracious God. We thank you for this
day.
We remember this day of lord that you
are the creator of this world.
That you created each of us and breathe
into us, the breath of life.
And when our love fails and we turn
away it is your a love. That remains
steadfast.
We remember this day, Oh god your son
Jesus Christ.
Who died for all of us.
We remember
how he ate with sinner
fed the hungry
and heal the sick.
We remember this day oh God, your holy
spirit.
Who is our helper,
our encourage
and our friends.
We remember you this day oh God, father
son and Holy spirit, and we give you
thanks for the gift of this table.
We give you thanks for the gift of
this table where you are present where we
can find you.
Where there is love,
where there is mercy,
where there is grace,
and we give you thanks for this table
that does indeed unite all of us
together.
We pray the stay of lord for anyone
who is sick in any way in mind,
body or spirit, or for those who may
be grieving any sort of loss.
And we pray for their, strength
and healing
and comfort and for peace.
We give you thanks this weekend for our
country, and for all the good gifts that
we are blessed to have here.
And especially we give you thanks for the
gift of freedom.
We pray that you would find ways to
bring our country together to unite us in
the midst of so many differences that we
have that you would help us.
As a country,
do not seek our own self interest, but
to seek the good and the welfare of
all people.
We pray for the world around us.
We pray for those who may be dealing
with the aftermath of hurricanes
and
natural disasters.
We pray for all those around the world.
We may be without shelter,
we're air conditioning
or food or water in the midst of
this oppressive heat.
We give you thanks for our church, and
we pray for our youth mission trip that
has left this morning to go to Charleston.
We pray for their, safe travels and blessings
in their
ministry in Charleston.
And we pray for our Honduras mission team
that leads this upcoming Saturday
that you would also give them safe travels.
And bless all that they say and all
that they do in Honduras.
You pray for our partner churches in Swan,
Quan
community church and love Center of unity.
And we lift all these prayers up to
you this day of God.
And now in the silence of our hearts,
we lift up to you any personal concerns
that we may have.
Here our here our prayers the stay o
lord as we lift all of them to
you in the name of Jesus Christ our
Lord.
Amen.
As we continue to respond to the word
red and proclaimed, I invite our usher to
come forward that we may give back to
god. Our ties and our offerings this stay.
So
I invite you to turning your him to
page 12 that we may share in holy
comm together.
Christ our lord invites to his table,
all who love him.
Earnest repent of their sin
and seek to live in peace with 1
another.
Therefore, let us confess our sin before God
and 1 another.
Mer God,
we confess that we have not loved you
with our whole heart
we have failed to be in 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 up for joyful obedience,
through Jesus Christ, our lord,
Amen.
Dear friends,
hear the good news
Christ died for us while we were yet
sinner
that proves god's love towards us. In the
name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven.
Glory to god.
Amen. Let us offer 1 another signs of
reconciliation and love and pass the peace.
Join together in the great Thanksgiving.
The Lord be with you.
And also with you. Lift up your hearts,
we lift them up.
Let us give thanks to the Lord Our
God. It is
thanks.
It is right and a good and joyful
thing, always in everywhere to give thanks to
you father almighty. Creator of heaven and earth
and so with your people on earth and
all the of heaven. We praise your name
and join there on ending him.
So
Holy are you and blessed is your son,
Jesus Christ
by the baptism of his suffering death and
resurrection. You gave birth your church.
Delivered us from slavery to sin and death
and made with us a new covenant by
water
and the spirit.
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.
And 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 for this is my blood of the
new covenant, which is 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 the remembrance of these your
mighty acts in Jesus Christ we offer ourselves
and praise and thanksgiving.
As a holy living sacrifice in union with
Christ's offering for us.
As we pro the mystery of faith.
Pour out your holy spirit on a gathered
here and on these gifts of bread and
wine.
Make them be for us, the body and
the blood of christ that we may be
for the world, the body of Christ redeemed
by his blood.
By your spirit, make us 1 with Christ.
1 with each other, and 1 to ministry
while the world until Christ comes in final
victory, and we feast it his heavenly banquet.
Through your son, Jesus Christ with the holy
spirit in your holy church. All honor and
glory is your almighty father now and forever.
And now with the confidence of the children
of God, let us pray together the prayer
our Lord taught us saying,
our father,
who are Heaven.
Hall be thy name,
thy kingdom come.
That I will be done
on earth as it is in heaven,
give us the stay our daily bread
and forgive us our tres.
As we forgive those who tres against us,
and lead us sn into into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thin is the kingdom
and the power
and the glory forever.
I'm amen.
The body of the lord Jesus Christ was
broken for you,
and for me,
and for a broken world.
Jesus was broken
that we might be healed.
And the blood of Christ to shit for
you and for me and for this world,
we might be redeemed from our sins set
free to serve Christ in his kingdom.
I'd like to invite all of our friends
who are helping out of comm this morning
to come and join us here in the
front.
And So this morning, Friends, we will be
doing comm by way of intention, which is
where we will give you the piece of
bread and you would dip it into the
cup. We wanna invite all of our friends
to come down the center aisle and upon
receiving your elements, you may go back to
your seat, using the side aisle.
In addition to, doing community in that way,
you also are welcome to take a knee
or Neil here at the comm altar and
pray and then return back to your seat.
On the
through the South aisle.
We also have gluten free elements here if
that is what you need and that what
works for you.
And if you are unable to come forward
to join us, we also have service who
will and can come to you and will
serve at your seat.
In addition, there are also
placed on each side of our altar here
in the front, it goes towards our comm
fund. And in this way, this is how
we serve the needs of our community.
Friends I have pete named today, this is
an open table. This is not Revel table.
This is not the united a methodist church's
table. Did to the table open for all.
This is our lord's table, and all are
welcome to join us at the table with
Jesus.
Dear friends come and join us seat at
the table.
Thank you, pete.
And by you to join in singing 2268
in the faith we sing.
I was joined together in the prayer after
receiving.
Eternal God,
we give you thanks for this holy mystery.
In which you have given yourself to us.
Make us ever faithful to your high calling.
Grant that we may go into the world
in the strength of your spirit
to give ourselves for others.
In the name of Jesus Christ our lord.
Amen.
Now, friends us rise from our... From this
table to sings, him number 634,
now let us from this table rise.
Princess, you go out now to face the
joys and the challenges of the week that
is before Let us not forget what we
have celebrated this day in this place.
Right here when Jesus broke the bread,
he changed the tents of the verb. We
had hoped
became
we have hoped.
I don't know what you're facing today. I
don't know what's out there tomorrow,
but let us not forget that in the
person of Jesus Christ who broke that bread
and open our eyes.
There is no place where there is no
hope.
Hold on to that. As we go in
the name of the father and the son
and the holy spirit is all God's people
say.
Amen.