Call To Worship: Communion Service (based on Isaiah 40:3)

From far out in the wasteland that we find ourselves in, we cry to you God.  We hunger for Jesus, the bread of life, and we thirst for God's Spirit.

God please hear us! Pay attention to our cries for help! Help us to remember that even though we may feel lost and far from home, there is mercy and grace with you.

Our trust in you is the hope that we're hanging on to and we're taking you at your word God. So we're waiting on you God, seeking.

Benediction for Communion Service: Taste and See (based on Psalm 34:8)

Communion is about action ... "taste and see," the Psalmist tells us.

So, now that we've taken the bread and cup, what are we going to do? If we are truly experiencing communion, we will be driven to offer the bread and cup - in whatever form it's needed - to others ... to whomever needs it. In so doing, our sense of community will widen in ways that may sometimes seem scary but are also exhilarating.

This is the work that communion brings us to.

Responsive Call To Worship: Communion Service (based on Isaiah 40:3)

Reader: From far out in the wasteland
that we find ourselves in, we cry to you God.
All: We hunger for Jesus, the bread of life,
and we thirst for God's Spirit.

Reader: God please hear us!
Pay attention to our cries for help!
All: Even though we're lost and far from home,
there is mercy and grace with you.

Reader: Our trust in you is the hope that we're hanging on.
We're taking you at your word God.
All: So we're waiting on you God, seeking.