I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ,
His only Son our Lod, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy universal church,
the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.


Response Reading: 91. Communion 1
PRES: Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry."
CONG: and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.
PRES: I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever.
CONG: This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
PRES: Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
CONG: For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.
PRES: Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.
CONG: Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.
PRES: "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
CONG: By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."


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

Invitation
Christ our Lord invites to his table all who love him, who earnestly repent of their sin and seek to live in peace with one another. therefore, let us confess our sin before God and one another.

Confession of Sin
Merciful God, we confess that we have not lovd you with our whole heart. We have failed to be an obedient church. We have not done your will, we have brokekn your law, we have rebelled against your love, we have not loved our neighbors, and we have not heard the cry of the needy. Forgive us, we pray. Free us for joyful obedience, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Silent Prayer
Words of Assurance
hear the good news: Christ died for us while we ere yet sinners; that proves God's love toward us. in the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven;
In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven
Glory to God, amen.

The great thanksigving

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 gvien 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 discipoles, 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.

Giving the bread and cup

The bread and wine are given to the people, the congregation may sing hymn#284 while the bread and the cup are given.


Eternal God, we give you thanks for this holy mystery in which you have given yourself to us. Grant that we may go into the world in the strength of your spirit, to give ourselves for others, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, amen.

hymnal 600
1. The Church's one FoundationIs Jesus Christ, her Lord.
She is His new creation By water and the word.
From heaven He came and sought her To be His holy bride;
With His own blood He bought her, And for her life He died.

2. Elect from every nation,Yet on over all the earth;
Her charter of salvation One Lord, one faith, one birth;
One holy name she blesses;Partakes one holy food;
And to one hope she presses,With every grace endued.

3. And she on earth hath unionWith God, The Three in One,
And mystic sweet communionWith those whose rest is won:
Oh, happy ones and holy! Lord, give us grace that we,
Like them, the meek and lowly,On high may dwell with Thee. Amen.


hymnal 633
Take these gifts, take these gifts, O our God:
All we have, all we have comes from you.
With our voices raised in thanks, Lord, we give to you.
Amen.

Romans 8:23-34
23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?
25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.
27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
31 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?
32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.
34 Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.


Hymnal 411
1 Bugle calls are ringing out, "Forward" is the battle shout,
See where floats the conquering sign, onward to the war divine
And when the battle's over we shall wea ra crown,
we shall wear a crown, we shall wear a crown!
And when the battle's over we shall wear a crown in the new Jerusalem!
Wear a crown, wear a crown, a way over Jordan!
And when the battle's over we shall wear a crown in the new Jerusalem!
2 Sound the charge against the foe, lay the hosts of error low;
In His name, victorious King, let the song of triumph ring;
And when the battle's over we shall wea ra crown,
we shall wear a crown, we shall wear a crown!
And when the battle's over we shall wear a crown in the new Jerusalem!
Wear a crown, wear a crown, a way over Jordan!
And when the battle's over we shall wear a crown in the new Jerusalem!
3 Fight the fight of faith and love, looking unto Him above;
Loyal soldiers, do and dare, your commander's joy to share.
And when the battle's over we shall wea ra crown,
we shall wear a crown, we shall wear a crown!
And when the battle's over we shall wear a crown in the new Jerusalem!
Wear a crown, wear a crown, a way over Jordan!
And when the battle's over we shall wear a crown in the new Jerusalem!