Breaking Bread on Maundy Thursday - Apr 21st 2011

Gathering Music:

Proclamation: I Corinthians 11:23-26

Invitation and Prayer:

One: We will remember the soothing,

ALL: and not forget the jarring.

One: we will remember the sweetness,

ALL: and not forget the sour.

One: we will remember the jagged desperation of Judas,

ALL: and own it, for it is our story too.

One: we will remember

WOMEN: the passion of love,

MEN: the smell of perfume,

WOMEN: the pain of rejection,

MEN: the stench of blood money …

One: and to help us on the journey, to help us with the tensions,

to help us face both the delight and the difficulty.

ALL: We will say yes to God’s generosity in creation.

We will say yes to God’s Grace poured out on humanity.

We will say yes to God’s justic revealed in Jesus.

MUSIC: “Come Unto Me” David Haas

Reading: “It Happened on a Thursday …”

Ritual of Handwashing: (John 13:1-17)

One: Great and Holy God, we have heard again the story of

Jesus’ meal with the twelve. At supper, he took the ordinary staples of life – bread and wine – and made them into an extraordinary feast. You have invited us to gather, to remember and to celebrate that sacramental meal. With power and blessing, may your Spirit touch these elements and anoint us with grace. In the name of the One who calls us here and makes us friends, AMEN

Music: “Song of the Body” David Haas

Breaking of the Bread:

Sharing of the Cup:

Reading: Holy Communion by Ann Weems

Sharing at the Table:

Prayer of Thanks:

ALL: Holy One, it is at your table that we remember you

most. As we partake of these elements may we be filled not only with their substance, but also with your Spirit. As we gather here to reenact the meal you shared with the Twelve, remind us of your presence along us, recommit us to your mission, and be with us in the coming hours. In your name we pray. AMEN

Reading: Psalm 116 Page 836 Voices United

Reading: “I Will Give What I Have”

Blessing:

One: O God, in Jesus Christ you triumphantly entered Jerusalem,

thus beginning a week of pain and sorrow. In these days of defeat and victory, you have brought together humiliation and exaltation, death and resurrection.

ALL: Be with us now, as we follow in joy and in sorrow

the way of the cross, in the footsteps of Jesus our Saviour. Amen.

Reading: John 13:31-35 & John 17

Prayer: (Paraphrase of the Lord’s Prayer - page 916 Voices United)

Reading: “They Went Out and Followed Him.”

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You are invited to join us as we commemorate

Good Friday

Eugenia United Church at 11 am