people. Stir up your power, O God; stir up your power and come.

 

Prepare the way for the communion of saints to be realized more fully among us, O God, that with all our beloved dead, we might be united with one voice to sing your praises in heaven and on earth. Stir up your power, O God;

stir up your power and come.

 

You are with us, O God, and our spirits rejoice in your goodness, through Jesus Christ, our Savior. Amen.

 

Peace

P     The peace of the Lord be with you always.

C     And also with you.

The ministers and congregation may greet one another in the name of the Lord.

Peace be with you.

Peace be with you.

 

Offering

 

Offertory Prayer

A     Let us pray. Merciful Father,

C     we offer with joy and thanksgiving what you have first given us—our selves, our time, and our possessions, signs of your gracious love. Receive them for the sake of him who offered himself for us, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

 

 

Thanksgiving

P     In the night in which he was betrayed,

      our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks;

      broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:

      Take and eat; this is my body, given for you.

      Do this for the remembrance of me.

      Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks,

      and gave it for all to drink, saying:

      This cup is the new covenant in my blood,

      shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin.

      Do this for the remembrance of me.