The Service of the Word and Sacrament - First Community Church

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creation back to Your embrace, and that Your call for loveand justice cannot be defeated.Celebrant: Loving God, Almighty Creator, who sent a star to guide theMagi to where Christ was born, and whose signs and words inevery age lead people to him: we thank You for showing usJesus, the light of the world, through whom we are baptizedinto Your service.All: Amen.(The people may be seated.)THE WORDS OF INSTITUTIONCelebrant: (The Words of Institution for the Bread)The world is hungry for love and justice, O God,People: And we are hungry to become Your disciples.Celebrant: Bless now this bread, that in eating it, we may be filledwith the fullness of Jesus Christ, and empowered to live ashis sisters and brothers among all those who are in need.Celebrant: (The Words of Institution for the Cup)The world is thirsty for love and justice, O God,People: And we thirst to become Your disciples.Celebrant: Bless now this cup, that in drinking it, we may renew ourcovenant with You, and be fortified to nurture Your creation inhope and joy.People: In our eating and drinking at this table, may our eyes beopened, and may we recognize the risen Christ in our midstand in each other.Celebrant: Eternal Spirit,Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver,Source of all that is and that shall be,Father and Mother of us all,Loving God, in whom is heaven:The hallowing of Your name echo through the universe!The way of Your justice be followed by the peoples of the world!Your heavenly will be done by all created beings!Your commonwealth of peace and freedomsustain our hope and come on earth.People: With the bread we need for today, feed us.Celebrant: In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us.People: In times of temptation and test, strengthen us.Celebrant: From trials too great to endure, spare us.People: From the grip of all that is evil, free us.Celebrant: For You reign in the glory of the power that is love,now and forever.All: Amen.Celebrant: Come and eat. All is ready.These are the gifts of God for the people of God.5
All: Thanks be to God!THE GIVING OF THE BREAD* AND CUPEach person will be invited to come to a communion station to receivethe bread and cup. You will receive the bread from the server. Each personmay then dip the bread in the chalice held by the other server. Anappropriate response to the server's words is "Amen." After receivingcommunion each person should return to his or her chair by the side aisle.Anyone who is unable to come forward should indicate this to an usherand communion will be brought to him or her.(*Gluten-free bread is available on each bread plate in a separate cup.)THE PRAYER AFTER COMMUNIONCelebrant: Christ, Lord of the Feast, we give you thanks for once againfeeding us at this table. Like the bread and fish never exhausted,your love is never diminished by our need.People: For the love that feeds our souls, we offer you access to ourdeepest heart.Celebrant: When the song of the angel is stillWhen the star in the sky is gone,When the kings and princes are home,When the shepherds are back with their flock,The work of Christmas begins:To find the lost, to heal the broken,People: To feed the hungry, to release the prisoner,Celebrant: To rebuild the nations, to bring peace among peoples,People: To make music in the heart.Celebrant: Send us, O God, into Your world, to be Your hands and feet, tospeak the truth and to seek justice for all. Unite us with all whoare fed by Christ, that, throughout this New Year, we may allowthe light of Christ’s love to shine through us in an uncertainworld.All: Amen.(Following the prayer the 4th and 5th graders are invited to leavefor their Sunday school classes and Middle School youth toCrossroads.)†THE GOSPEL READING Matthew 2:1-12Leader: Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church.People: Thanks be to God!THE ANTHEMIn the Bleak Midwinter Harold Edwin Darke (1888-1976)Poem by Christina Rosseti (1830-1894)In the bleak mid-winter frosty wind made moan,Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;Snow had fallen, snow on snow,6
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