Word and Table

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRELUDE    Gethsemane    Ritter

LIGHTING OF THE ALTAR CANDLES

WORDS OF GREETING FROM SCRIPTURE
Jesus said, “Listen, I am standing at the door, knocking;  If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me.” (Revelation 3:20)

CALL TO WORSHIP (People’s Response in Bold and Italic)
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
And also with you.

Tonight we continue our journey to the cross.
Tonight we hear the stories that make us God’s people.
Tonight we are a people about to be freed from slavery.
Tonight we are a people who come with dirty hands
and become clean by water, the Word, bread and wine.
Let us taste and see that the Lord is good.
Christ has prepared for us a feast of love.

Hymn - No. 618 (Verses 1,2,3) Let Us Break Bread Together

CONFESSION AND PARDON
Let us declare our need of forgiveness and cleansing.
Jesus, our hands, feet and hearts are dirty from the journey.
We have not loved one another as you have loved us.
Callousness and violence stain our hearts and lives.
How will we become clean again?
We see the table there,
but who will make us clean and ready for the meal?
Where will we find water for our soiled souls?
Restore us to the joy of God’s salvation. Amen.

The lamb of God takes away the sins of the world.
Believe the good news.
In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven.
In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven.
Glory to God. Amen.

PRAYERS FOR CHRIST’S CHURCH

READING FROM EXODUS 12:1-14

A RESPONSIVE READING – PSALM 116:1-16
I love the Lord because he hears my prayers
and answers them.
Because he bends down and listens,
I will pray as long as I live. 
What shall I give to the Lord for all he has done for me?
I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord.
I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of
all his people.
O Lord, you have freed me from bondage.
I will serve you forever.

A READING FROM I CORINTHIANS 11:23-26

OFFERTORY Ballade Walters

RESPONSE When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
When I survey the wondrous cross,
on which the Prince of Glory died.
My richest gain I count but loss.
and pour contempt on all my pride.

Were the whole realm of nature mine,
that were an offering far too small;
love so amazing, so divine,
demands my soul, my life, my all.

PRAYER OF BLESSING

CHANCEL CHOIR  Scenes from Gethsemane Martin

A READING FROM MATTHEW 26:17-30

HYMN In Remembrance of Me

MEDITATION Pastor Will Humes

INVITATION
You that do truly and earnestly repent of your sins,
and are in love and charity with your neighbors,
and intend to lead a new life,
following the commandments of God,
and walking from this time forth in God’s holy ways:
Draw near with faith and take this Holy Sacrament to your comfort.

THE GREAT THANKSGIVING
The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up unto the Lord.
Let us give thanks unto the Lord.
It is right and good to give our thanks and praise.

The Pastor Continues the Prayer of Great Thanksgiving until . . .

Therefore with angels and archangels,
and with all the company of heaven,
we laud and magnify thy glorious name,
evermore praising thee and saying
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts:
Heaven and earth are full of thy glory!
Glory be to thee, O Lord most high!
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest!

The Pastor Continues the Prayer of Great Thanksgiving until . . . .

And so, in remembrance of these thy 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.

THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name. 
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 
For thine is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory, forever. Amen.

BREAKING THE BREAD

PRAYER OF HUMBLE ACCESS
We do not presume to come to this thy table,
O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness,
but in thy manifold and great mercies.
We are not worthy so much as to gather up
the crumbs under thy table,
But thou art the same Lord,
whose property is always to have mercy.
Grant us, therefore, gracious Lord,
so to partake of this Sacrament of thy Son Jesus Christ,
that we may walk in newness of life,
may grow into his likeness, and evermore dwell in him,
and he in us.  Amen.

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world,
have mercy upon us.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world,
have mercy upon us.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world,
grant us thy peace.

TAKING THE BREAD AND THE CUP

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen
and keep you in his grace.
Amen

Let us pray.
Lord God, in a wonderful Sacrament you have left us
a memorial of your suffering and death.
May this Sacrament of your body and blood so work in us
that the way we live will proclaim the redemption you have brought;
for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, 
one God, now and forever.  Amen

CLOSING HYMN In Memory of the Savior’s Love

DISMISSAL WITH BLESSING

RESPONSE - No. 292 (Verses 1, 2) What Wondrous Love Is This

POSTLUDE O Darkest Night Bach

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