Communion with Rev. Randy Barrington

ROCKBURN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Communion - May 29, 2022

Processional Hymn:   Thy Word  # 496

​Welcome
 
Opening Hymn:    # 78   “This is the Day”

GREAT PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING - 
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
 
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
 
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
 
In the beginning you spoke and at your word your Spirit moved over the waters, bringing order, light, and life out of chaos. By your hands you formed our bodies and knit together our inward in your image and breathed breath and life into us. When we turn away from you and our love fails, your love remains constant. You lead us through the deep and chaotic waters and you call us from our scattered lives to unity and peace.
 
Therefore, with choirs of angels and archangels and with those of every time and place, we give you praise and glory:
 
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
 
Holy, mighty and tender God, in time you sent Jesus of Nazareth and in him we saw your promises made flesh. Dwelling among us good news was seen and heard and our world transformed. He healed the sick, fed the hungry, and ate with sinners. In his suffering, death and resurrection, he delivered us from sin and darkness and revealed a living and redeeming hope for all people. And when he ascended into heaven, your Holy Spirit came to be our Counselor and Comforter. 
 
And so, remembering Christ’s life, love, death, and resurrection, we proclaim the mystery of faith
 
Christ was promised.
Christ was born.
Christ has died.
Christ is risen.
Christ will come again.
 
Gracious God, pour out your Holy Spirit upon us and upon these your gifts of bread and wine, that the bread we break and the cup we share may be the communion of the body and blood of Christ.
 
God of hope beyond hope,
We pray that you will comfort this broken world.
May the vision of your peaceable kingdom take root,
in your church, in families, and in countries that are marked by violence and struggle for human power.
 
God of wholeness beyond fracture,
We pray for a world where differences are overcome and where all find a place.  
Make our hearts soft and open to your shaping and let our actions be guided by the leading of your Spirit
so that we may work courageously alongside you as you mend the world.
 
God of life beyond death,
We pray for people who are grieving the loss of a loved one,
the loss of hope, or the loss of a dream.
Be present with them as they live through this time of sadness,
help them find comfort in you and in those that surround them.
At this time, we pray especially for your church, Christ’s body, that we may be a visible symbol of your desired unity and wholeness.
 
Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor are yours, almighty God, world without end.
Gather us as one flock under one Shepherd obedient to the one who taught us to pray…
 
Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

 
The Apostles’ Creed     (in unison)
                                                   pg. 539 blue hymnal
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The Apostles’ Creed #539 I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen

Communion Hymn:   # 548   Let us Break Bread

Invitation to the Lord's Table   
Jesus said:
I am the bread of life. Those who come to me will never be hungry, and those who believe in me will never be thirsty.
No one who comes to me will I drive away.   John 6:35, 37.

Because there is one bread,
we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread. 
I Cor. 10:17.  

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do,
do everything for the glory of God.           
 
THE COMMUNION
 
Jesus, in the night in which he was betrayed took bread; and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, ‘This is my body, which is for you: this do in remembrance of me.’  

In the same way he took the cup, after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood: as often as you drink of it, do this in remembrance of me.’                      
                                                                     
We break this bread, the communion in Christ’s body once broken.  
 

​We drink this cup, communion in Christ’s blood once shed.

These are the gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
 
Eternal God,
we thank you for this holy mystery
in which you have given yourself to us. 
Send us into the world in peace
for we have seen,
have heard,
and been fed by your grace. 
Keep us faithful and alert
for signs of Christ’s coming
and lead us to live lives marked by truth and light, so that we may eat and drink together
in your eternal dominion of hope, peace, joy and love. 
Amen.
 
Communion Hymn:  # 548   Let us Break Bread​

Benediction & 3 Fold Amen

Announcements:
    Thank you Randy for leading us in worship today and serving us the Sacrament of Holy Communion.

​Pulpit supply :
June 5- Kevin Harvey

June 12- Joe Hevesy      “God’s Mysterious Ways.” 
June 19- Stewart Burrows
June 26- Kevin Harvey
Month of July – Summer Break 
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