CELEBRATION OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

Invitation to the Lord’s Table

*Prayer of Great Thanksgiving

Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Leader: Let us pray: Eternal God, holy and mighty . . . (the
prayer continues). . . who forever sing to the glory of
your name.
People: Holy, holy, holy, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the
Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Leader: You are holy, O God of majesty. . . (the prayer
continues). . .Great is the mystery of faith:
People: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come
again.
Leader: Gracious God, pour out your Holy Spirit upon
us. . . (the prayer continues). . .
Leader: As our Savior Christ has taught us, we pray:
Our father who art in heaven. . . . .
Amen.

Breaking of the Bread

Communion of the People
(please hold your elements and we will take them as a congregation)

Prayer After Communion

REAFFIRMATION OF THE BAPTISMAL COVENANT

Scripture Sentences

Congregational Questions

*Profession of Faith

Leader: Do you believe in God the Father?
People: I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

Leader: Do you believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God?
People: I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

Leader: Do you believe in the Holy Spirit?
People: I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

*The Waters of Baptism

*Prayer

*Reaffirmation

SERVICE OF ELDER COMMISSIONING

Ordination Litany:

Leader: There are different gifts,
People: But it is the same spirit who gives them.
Leader: There are different ways of serving God,
People: But it is the same Lord who is served.
Leader: God works through different people in different ways,
People: But it is the same God who achieves his purpose through them all.
Leader: Each one is given a gift by the Spirit,
People: To use it for the common good.
Leader: Together we are the body of Christ,
People: And individually members of him.
Leader: Though we have different gifts. . . (reading continues). . . . .they must the slave of all people.
People: Just as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life to set others free.

Questions for Elders

Questions for the Congregation

Prayer and Charge