We begin in the name of God, Father, Son and
Holy Spirit
We tell God we are sorry for our sin. God forgives us .......................... |
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Bread of Life
Service (With
One Voice, pp.
28-41)
Gathering
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| Entrance Hymn ...............................................................…….....… |
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Greeting - The pastor tells us that God is surely here
with all of us.
We answer: "And also with you." ....................................…......... |
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Kyrie - We sing "Lord have mercy" to tell Jesus
we know he is
our loving God and Lord ........................................................…. |
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Hymn of Praise - Like the Bethlehem angels we sing a joyful
hymn praising the Father, Son and Holy Spirit .............................. |
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| Prayer of the Day - We ask God for what we need most today
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Word |
Readings - We hear one or more messages of God talking
to us
from the Bible ..................................................................……….. |
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Gospel - Pastor reads from Matthew, Mark, Luke or John
in the
Bible. Since news about Jesus is so important, we stand up, sing
Alleluia and other words of glory and praise .................................. |
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Children's Sermon - On most Sundays this is time for children
to come up for a special message ................................................... |
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Sermon - The preacher talks about what the Bible readings
tell
us about Jesus and how we can be like him .................................... |
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Hymn of the Day - We sing a hymn that helps us think about
the Bible message we have just heard ............................................. |
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Creed - We say together the things we believe about God
the
Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit ...........................…. |
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Prayers - We pray for people all over the world.
After each part we say "Hear our prayer" or
" your mercy is great." At the end we all say "Amen"
to show we all agree on the prayers and really mean them ............. |
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Meal |
Peace - Pastor reminds us that God gives us his peace.
We remind him back saying "And also with you."
Then we share peace with everyone around us by shaking hands
and sometimes giving hugs .............................................................. |
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Offering - We give ourselves and our money to show we
love and
care for God's people. At the end we stand up and sing about that.... |
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Offertory Prayer - We pray to God about giving back to
him some
of what he has given us. What's the best thing we give back to God?
Loving him more than anything ................................……................ |
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Great Thanksgiving – We join the whole creation
to thank God
for sending us Jesus, singing the same words people sang when
Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey .............................................. |
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Lord's Prayer - We pray together the meal-time prayer
that Jesus
taught us. We call God "Our Father" because he loves us so much
and takes care of us ................................................……................... |
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Holy Communion - When we eat this bread and drink this
wine,
Jesus becomes part of us and makes us new. We sing songs while
everybody has a turn to come up front and receive this love .............. |
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Blessing, Song and Prayer - Pastor reminds
us that Holy
Communion makes us strong and brings us God's love and
forgiveness. We sing a song to say thank you to God. We pray that
we will always be a part of Jesus and he will be a part of us ............. |
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Sending |
Blessing and Dismissal - Pastor gives
us God's blessing to get us
ready to go out. We go out stronger
and with our
sins forgiven. We
are ready to share God's love with everyone,
wherever we go..........
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