Maundy Thursday Service
Join us this evening at 7 pm on Facebook Live as Pastor David brings us a Maundy Thursday service. This will be a communion service so have your elements ready. The order of worship will be provided here and through e-mail.
Order of Worship Maundy Thursday 04/09/20
Welcome and Announcements
Centering Words:
In the dark of the evening, guided by candlelight, we come to remember and give thanks.
Call to Worship:
We have gathered in the dark of night
to remember and give thanks.
We have gathered around the Lord’s Table
to hear stories of our faith,
feast on the Word made flesh,
and proclaim God’s abundant love!
Opening Prayer:
Gracious God, we have been called here
by your inviting Spirit.
As we come to worship and praise your name,
we wonder: “What can we bring you?”
In the dark of night, and in the depths of our hearts,
we hear your reply:
“Your love is all I require.”
So, in thanksgiving and praise,
we bring you our whole selves,
with hearts full to bursting.
Incline our ears to your word,
and open our hearts to the mystery
of this holy night. Amen.
Confession and Pardon:
My sisters and brothers,
Christ shows us his love by becoming a humble servant.
Let us draw near to God and confess our sin in the truth of God’s Spirit.
Most merciful God,
we your Church confess
that often our spirit has not been that of Christ.
Where we have failed to love one another as he loves us,
where we have pledged loyalty to him with our lips
and then betrayed, deserted, or denied him,
forgive us, we pray;
and by your Spirit make us faithful in every time of trial;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Who is in a position to condemn? Only Christ.
But Christ suffered and died for us,
was raised from the dead and ascended on high for us,
and continues to intercede for us.
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.
Scripture:
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
Message:
Pastoral Prayer:
Please submit the first name only in the comments. The church will follow up and get the full name later this week. Can also notify us using the “Contact Us:” form on the website. Or email me directly to pastordavid@att.net.
We will say “Lord, Hear our Prayer.” As people post names.
Service of Holy Communion:
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.
From the earth you bring forth bread and create the fruit of the vine.
You formed us in your image, delivered us from captivity,
and made covenant to be our sovereign God.
You fed us manna in the wilderness,
and gave grapes as evidence of the promised land.
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.
Holy are you, and blessed is your Son Jesus Christ.
When we had turned aside from your way and abused your gifts,
you gave us in him your crowning gift.
Emptying himself, that our joy might be full,
he fed the hungry, healed the sick,
ate with the scorned and forgotten, washed his disciples’ feet,
and gave a holy meal as a pledge of his abiding presence.
By the baptism of his suffering, death, and resurrection
you gave birth to 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.”
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 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.
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 (God), now and forever.
Amen.
Lord’s Prayer:
Breaking the Bread:
Giving the Bread and Cup:
Benediction:
Go in peace.
May Jesus Christ, who for our sake became obedient unto death, even death on a cross, keep you and strengthen you this night and forever. Amen.