EEK! Essential Episcopal Knowledge, 101-200

EEK!   Essential Episcopal Knowledge

101-What are the Ten Commandments?

A-Worship One God, Don’t make idols, Don’t use God’s name wrongly, Keep the Sabbath, Honor Parents, Don’t Steal, Don’t lie, Don’t kill, Honor marriage, Don’t covet

102-What was the traveling tent worship space called for the nomadic Israelites?

A: The Tabernacle

103-What was the center room of the Tabernacle called?

A: The Holiest of Holy

104-What was placed in the Holiest of Holy?

A-The Ark of the Covenant

105- What was inside of the Ark of the Covenant?

A: The Ten Commandments tablets, Aaron’s budding staff  and some perpetually fresh manna in a gold jar.

106-Who were the priests of the Tabernacle?

A:The Levites with Aaron being the first High Priest

107-Who was Jacob’s wife?

A: He had two: Leah and her sister Rachael.

108-Who were the two sons born to Rachael?

A: Joseph and Benjamin

109-Why did the half  brothers of Joseph dislike him?

A:  He appeared to be a dreamer, daddy’s favorite and a braggart.

110-How did Joseph and Rachael show favor to Joseph?

A: They gave him a special coat of many colors

111-Who wrote the last book of the New Testament?

A: St. John the Divine

112-Why is St. John called divine as author of the Book of Revelation?

A: He was said to be “in the Spirit” or in a state of divine union, a visionary dreamlike state.

113-Who are the twelve apostles or disciples listed in the Gospels?

A: Peter, James son of Zebedee, John, Andrew, Bartholomew, Judas Iscariot, Thaddaeus, James the Son of Alphaeus, Levi/Matthew, Philip, Thomas and Simon the Zealot.

114-Who replaced Judas Iscariot after his betrayal and suicide?

A: Matthias, who was chosen by lot

115-What Gospels include the stories about the birth of the baby Jesus?

A: Matthew and Luke

116-In what Gospel do we find the phrase of Jesus “born again” and to whom did Jesus say this?

A: In John, chapter 3 when he was speaking with Nicodemus.

117-Who was the doubting disciple who insisted on seeing and touching Jesus after his resurrection or he would not believe?

A: Thomas

118-What city became the chief city for the people of Israel, the place of the king’s palace and the great Temple?

A: Jerusalem

119-Who built the first Temple in Jerusalem?

A: King Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba

120-What Bible verse begins with “For God so loved the world…?”

A: John 3:16

121-Who was the most famous apostle to the Gentiles?

A: St. Paul

122-What was St. Paul’s name before he converted and what were his occupations?

A: His name was Saul, he was a rabbi or rabbinical student and a tentmaker

123-Which disciple betrayed Jesus to the guards who were employed by the Jewish religious leaders?

A: Judas Iscariot

124-How did Judas reveal Jesus to the guards who came to arrest him?

A: He kissed Jesus

125-What is the name of the place where Jesus was crucified?

A: Golgotha

126-Who was crucified next to Jesus?

A: Two thieves.

127-Where is the word “paradise” used in the Bible?

A: A quote from Jesus speaking to one of the thieves crucified on the cross next to Jesus.  Jesus told the thief that he would be with him in paradise.

128-What does the word hell mean in the New Testament?

A: Borrows the Greek word Hades for the afterlife.  Also uses the word “Gehenna” referring to a place near Jerusalem where animal carcasses were burnt.

129-What does the New Testament Greek for heaven mean?

A: The skies

130-What was the ancient church in the British Isles called?

A: The Celtic Church

130-When did the Celtic Church begin to diminish?

A: In the 7^th century when a union was established with the Western Church headed by the Pope.

131-Why is the British Monarch called the Defender of the Faith?

A: Pope Leo X gave this title to Henry VIII for writing a treatise against Martin Luther

132-Why is King Henry VIII important in the church which has become the Anglican Communion?

A: His disagreement with the Pope over an annulment request led to acts of separation between King Henry VIII and Pope Clement VII.

133-Who was the Archbishop who granted a marriage annulment for King Henry VIII?

A: Thomas Cranmer

134-Why is Archbishop Thomas Cranmer important for the Anglican and Episcopal Churches?

A: Under his leadership he was the chief writer/editor of the first Book of Common Prayer.

135-What might be called the chief theological document in the Episcopal Church?

A: The Book of Common Prayer

136-Why is The Book of Common Prayer important for Episcopal and Anglican identity?

A: It allowed people to hear the public prayers of the church in the native language of England thus requiring that public prayer be accessible to lay and ordained persons.

137-Who are the men responsible for the early translations of the Bible into English?

A: John Wycliffe, Myles Coverdale, William Tyndale

138-What is the most famous English translation of the Bible called and when was it first published?

A:  The King James Version or Authorized Version, finished in 1611 and named after King James I who convened the conference which commissioned it.

139-What books of the Bible make up what the Jews would call the Torah?

A: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Joshua.  First five books of the Bible also called the Pentateuch or The Five.

140-Why were Bibles in the Codex format considered important?

A: Ease of use as they were individual pages rather than continuous writing on scrolls.

141-What does “canon” of Scripture mean?

A: Canon refers to the list of official books included in the Bible.

142-Why are there different “canons” of Scripture?

A: Because the Jews and different Christian churches have different lists of the official books in their Bibles.

143-Why would it be offensive to Jews for us to call their Scriptures the “Old Testament?”

A: Because for them it is not old, it is their official canon of Scriptures and out of respect one can refer to them as The Hebrew Scriptures.

144-Which book in the Bible has the opening words, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth?”

A: The book of Genesis

145-In the creation story, who is the first man and first woman?

A: Adam and Eve

146-What does the Hebrew word for Adam mean?

A: It means man, humanity or mankind or in the creation story the name of the first man.

147-Why are some of the books of the prophets called Major Prophets and some called Minor Prophets?

A: The longer writings were called major, the shorter writings were called minor.

148-Who were the Major Prophets?

A: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel

149-Why isn’t Elijah called a major prophet?

A: He did not write a book which became a part of the Hebrew Scriptures.

150-What are the titles of Jesus found in the New Testament?

A: The Messiah, the Christ, Son of God, Son of Man

151-Why is Jesus called the Son of Man and why is he portrayed as using that as a designation for himself?

A: It could be the Son of Man figure referred to in the Prophet Daniel.  The Son of Man was seen to be an apocalyptic figure associated with the end of time.

152-What was Samson famous for?

A: He was a very physically strong Judge of Israel who took the vow of the nazarite in not cutting his hair or drinking alcohol.  He was tricked by his Philistine wife who cut his hair and he lost his strength and was blinded by his Philistine captors.  He ended his life by pulling down the pillars of a building upon himself and his Philistine captors.

153-Why are the Bibles in hotels and motels called Gideon Bibles?

A: A group of American business people formed a group to distribute Bibles.  They took the name Gideon from a famous biblical judge named Gideon who was always ready to obey God and he helped to deliver his people from the onslaughts of the Philistines.

154-Why is the book of Daniel interesting for Bible scholars?

A: It was written in the last centuries before Christ but it is placed in the setting of the Persian Empire from centuries earlier.

155-What happened on the seventh day in the Genesis creation story?

A: God rested from creating.

156-What were the leaders in Israel called before they had kings?

A: Judges

157-Who was the female Judge of Israel?

A: Deborah

158-What is the prophet Balaam best known for?

A: He heard a donkey talk to him.

159-Why did the Prophet Jonah run away from the assignment which God gave him?

A: He did not want to preach to the foreign city of Nineveh because he thought the message from God was only for the people of Israel.

160-What instrument did King David play and for whom did he play it?

A: He played the harp and he played for King Saul to calm  Saul’s anxiety.

161-What was the assignment that Adam had with the animals of the Garden of Eden?

A: Adam named the animals.

162-Who were the first two sons of Adam and Eve?

A: Cain and Abel

163-What was the first murder recorded in the Bible?

A: Cain murdered his younger brother Abel because he was jealous that God had accepted Abel’s offering and not his own.

164-Who was the wife of Abraham who gave birth to Isaac?

A: Sarah

165-Where does the phrase “Jacob’s ladder” come from?

A: When Jacob was sleeping on a journey he had a dream about a ladder with angels going up and down upon it.

166-What is the name of the place where Jacob had his famous dream?

A: Bethel, which means “house of God.”

167-Where did John the Baptist baptize his disciples and followers?

A: The Jordan River

167-What was the last barrier crossed for the Israelites to enter the Promised Land?

A: The Jordan River

168-What is the name of the Mountain where Moses received the Law?

A: Mount Sinai

169-What is the special name for the holy area within the city of Jerusalem?

A: Zion

170-What is a word which comes from the Hebrew language which means “praise the Lord?”

A: Hallelujah

171- Why do we say Alleluia and not Hallelujah?

A: Alleluia is the Greek and Latin form in English and Hallelujah is a transliteration from the Hebrew language.

172-Who succeeded Moses as the leader of Israel and led them into the Promised Land?

A: Joshua

173-What is another name for the Promised Land in Palestine?

A: Canaan

174-What does the phrase “land of milk and honey” refer to?

A: This was the report of the spies who were sent to see what the Promised Land was like.

175-When Jesus is called the “Lamb of God,” where does the idea of lamb come from?

A:  The Passover Lamb or Paschal Lamb.

176-What does the word “Eucharist” mean?

A: It is from a Greek word which means “thanksgiving.”

177-When we confess a belief in the “Communion of Saints,” what does that mean?

A: It means  that we believe in the resurrection of people who have died and who live on in a continuing community of people.

178-What did Jesus do in the Temple which upset the leaders of the Temple?

A: He overturned the tables of those who were exchanging money

179-What is the Latin name of the Song of Mary?

A: The Magnificat

180-The monks prayed seven times a day in the monasteries; what happened to those seven prayer times in The Book of Common Prayer?

A: They were collapsed into Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer

181-What is the last prayer service of the day called in the Book of Common Prayer?

A: Compline

182-What are the issue years of the Books of Common Prayer which have come before the current American Book of Common Prayer?

A: 1549, 1551, 1559, 1662, 1789, 1928, 1979

183-What is word for miracle which is used in the Gospel of John?

A: Sign

184-What is the first Sign that Jesus performed as recorded in the Gospel of John?

A: He changed water into wine at a wedding in Cana of Galilee

185-Who is the “woman at the well” in the Gospel of John?

A:  She is the woman who Jesus encountered at a well in Sychar in Samaria.  Jesus asked her to draw water for him from the well.

186-Who was the first person to meet the risen Christ?

A:  Mary Magdalene

187-How did the people of Israel defeat the great walled city of Jericho?

A: They marched around it and blew trumpets and the walls came tumbling down.

188-What woman hid the spies of Israel when they were spying on the city of Jericho?

A: Rahab

189-What does the word Beatitude mean?

A: It means a statement of blessing.

190-What is another name for the section of the Gospel call the “Beatitudes?”

A: The Sermon on the Mount

191-What word do the beatitudes begin with?

A: Blessed

192-Where was Jesus born?

A: Bethlehem

193-Where did Jesus live his early life?

A: Nazareth

194-Why did Jesus not live in his town of birth?

A: His family returned to Bethlehem for the Roman census and the Gospel writers believed that Jesus came from the same place as King David.

195-Who were the three siblings who were friends of Jesus and who lived in Bethany?

A: Mary, Martha and Lazarus

196-Which disciple was the “treasurer” for the twelve disciples of Christ?

A: Judas Iscariot

197-Which disciple denied Jesus when Jesus had been captured by the soldiers?

A: Simon Peter

198-Which Gospel makes several references to the “Disciple whom Jesus loved?”

A: The Gospel of John

199-“I am the Way, the Truth, the Life” is found in which Gospel?

A: John

200-In which Gospel does Jesus say, “I am the good shepherd?”

A: John

Sunday School, November 1, 2015 All Saints' Sunday, Cycle B

Sunday School, November 1, 2015    All Saints’ Sunday, B

Themes

You might invite the children to wear their Halloween Costumes to Sunday School

The loss of community participation in three events, All Saints’ Eve, All Saints’ Day and All Souls Day means that Halloween is basically a secular ritual of costumes and candy, not an Eve or Vigil of preparation for All Saints’ Day.  All Souls’ Day is like an after thought for Halloween and All Saints’ Day except in cultures where the Dia de los Muertos is an important event to celebrate connections with departed loved ones. Hispanic cultures have a more active tradition of observing all three days.

Children tend to wear costumes of princesses or super heroes.  This is a perfect lead in to discuss the notion of heroes.  Use the notion of the Hall of Fame.  Nearly every sport and every area of life has a way of honoring people who excel in a certain field.

The Church has a tradition of having a Hall of Fame of important Christians.  The Christian Hall of Fame are the Saints of the Church.  Saints are the people who are remembered because they followed the life and teachings of Jesus Christ the best.  They did this in such excellent ways that people remembered them and continued to tell their stories about the good things which they did in their lives.  All Saints’ Day is a Feast Day when we celebrate all of the great people in our Christian Hall of Fame.

Some people who are heroes have become well known all around the world, but there are other people who have been important people in our own lives.  Teachers, coaches, grandparents have been local heroes for us.  All Souls’ Day is a day for the local heroes of our lives.  We remember them.  We express our faith in the resurrection by acknowledging that they are still alive with God. 

So teach the meaning of world wide saints but also local and personal saints, the people who have helped to teach us about Christ, but who are no longer with us.

The final message is each child is to understand their own baptismal calling to be a saint.  It does not mean that we have to be famous, it means that we have do our very best to follow Jesus Christ.

A Sermon for All Saints’ Day

Joe Montana, Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, and Reggie Jackson?  What do these people have in common?  Yes, they were athletes, professional athletes, good professional athletes.  They were so good that they were put in a special place after they were too old to play their sports.  Do you know where we put them?  We put them in a place called the Hall of Fame.  Sports writers study all of the records and they vote on who goes into the Hall of Fame.

  Did you know that the church has its own Hall of Fame?  It is called the Communion of Saints.  The Communion of Saints is a big group of people who all share something in common.  They all love Jesus Christ, and some of them are alive and some of them have died.  Some of them are really famous good people and others are not very famous at all.  But they all share their love of Jesus Christ. 

  If you want everyone to be a good baseball player do you say, “Okay everyone, if you want to be really good at baseball, you need to play baseball like Father Phil?”  Is Father Phil a good baseball player?  Does he even play baseball?  I can play baseball but you don’t want to copy how I play baseball.  You want to copy a really good baseball player.  This is why we have the Hall of Fame so that we can have really high standards and models to learn how to be the best we can at baseball.

  In the church, we have some famous Christians called saints.  These famous people are Christians who have been really good at loving God and their neighbors and they were so good that people said we need to remember them because they have set a very good example for us.  And so we call these people saints and we celebrate them on All Saints’ Day.  This is why we have Halloween.  To remember that some very good people have died and they set a good example for us.  We want to keep their example alive and so we put them in the Christian Hall of Fame of Saints to remind us of how good we too need to be.

  Another reason we have All Saints’ Day is remember that the resurrection of Jesus reminds us that God preserves our lives after we die.  The lives of the saints and the lives of people who have died have been preserved by God, and ours will be preserved too when we die.

  So we have this Communion of Saints.  A group of people who are preserved by God in life and death and this gives us hope.  It means we don’t have to live with the fear of death, because we will always be a part of the Communion of Saints.

  Let us give thanks to God for the famous Christians called saints.  Let us give thanks too for the important saints in our lives, our grandparents, teachers and parents and the people who help us live our lives with love and kindness.

   And let us not forget this: Each one of us is a saint too, because we have been given a special relationship with Jesus Christ.  And we are saints, too, because we follow Jesus Christ.  So, turn to your neighbor and call your neighbor a saint.  Amen.

St. John the Divine Episcopal Church

17740 Peak Avenue, Morgan Hill, CA 95037

Family Service with Holy Eucharist

November 1, 2015: All Saints’ Sunday

Gathering Songs:

When the Saints Go Marching In; O, Come Let Us Adore Him, Onward Christian Soldiers

Liturgist: Blessed be God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

People: And blessed be God’s kingdom, now and forever.  Amen.

Liturgist:  Oh God, Our hearts are open to you.

And you know us and we can hide nothing from you.

Prepare our hearts and our minds to love you and worship you.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

Song: When the Saints Go Marching In

When the saints go marching in, when the saints go marching in.  Lord I want to be in that number, when the saints go marching in.

When the girls go marching in…..

When the boys go marching in….

Liturgist:         The Lord be with you.

People: And also with you.

Liturgist:  Let us pray

Almighty God, you have joined together your chosen people into one family of people who enjoy a special friendship as we are gathered as the body of Christ on earth today; Give us grace so to follow the great heroes in good living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys that you have prepared for those who truly love you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen

Litany of Praise: Alleluia

O God, you are Great!  Alleluia

O God, you have made us! Alleluia

O God, you have made yourself known to us!  Alleluia

O God, you have provided us with us a Savior!  Alleluia

O God, you have given us a Christian family!  Alleluia

O God, you have forgiven our sins!  Alleluia

O God, you brought your Son Jesus back from the dead!  Alleluia

A Reading from the Wisdom of Solomon

Those who trust in him will understand truth, and the faithful will abide with him in love, because grace and mercy are upon his holy ones, and he watches over his elect.

Liturgist: The Word of the Lord

People:  Thanks be to God

A Reading from Psalm 24

The earth is the LORD'S and all that is in it, * the world and all who dwell therein.

For it is he who founded it upon the seas * and made it firm upon the rivers of the deep.

Litany Phrase: Thanks be to God!

Litanist:

For the good earth, for our food and clothing. Thanks be to God!

For our families and friends. Thanks be to God!

For the talents and gifts that you have given to us. Thanks be to God!

For this day of worship. Thanks be to God!

For health and for a good night’s sleep. Thanks be to God!

For work and for play. Thanks be to God!

For teaching and for learning. Thanks be to God!

For the happy events of our lives. Thanks be to God!

For the celebration of the birthdays and anniversaries of our friends and parish family.

   Thanks be to God!

Liturgist:         The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John

People: Glory to you, Lord Christ.

When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. He said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, "Lord, come and see." Jesus began to weep. So the Jews said, "See how he loved him!" But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?"  Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead four days." Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?" So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you for having heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me." When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."

Liturgist:         The Gospel of the Lord.

People: Praise to you, Lord Christ.

Lesson – Fr. Cooke: 

                                        

Children’s Creed

We did not make ourselves, so we believe that God the Father is the maker of the world.

Since God is so great and we are so small,

We believe God came into our world and was born as Jesus, son of the Virgin Mary.

We need God’s help and we believe that God saved us by the life, death and

     resurrection of Jesus Christ.

We believe that God is present with us now as the Holy Spirit.

We believe that we are baptized into God’s family the Church where everyone is

     welcome.

We believe that Christ is kind and fair.

We believe that we have a future in knowing Jesus Christ.

And since we all must die, we believe that God will preserve us forever.  Amen.

Litany Phrase: Christ, have mercy.

For fighting and war to cease in our world. Christ, have mercy.

For peace on earth and good will towards all. Christ, have mercy.

For the safety of all who travel. Christ, have mercy.

For jobs for all who need them. Christ, have mercy.

For care of those who are growing old. Christ, have mercy.

For the safety, health and nutrition of all the children in our world. Christ, have mercy.

For the well-being of our families and friends. Christ, have mercy.

For the good health of those we know to be ill. Christ, have mercy.

For the remembrance of those who have died. Christ, have mercy.

For the forgiveness of all of our sins. Christ, have mercy.

Youth Liturgist:          The Peace of the Lord be always with you.

People:                        And also with you.

 Song for the Offertory: O Come, Let Us Adore Him (Renew # 1)

O come, let us adore him; O come, let us adore him; O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.

We’ll give him all the glory.  We’ll give him all the glory; we’ll give him all the glory, Christ the Lord.

For he alone is worthy.  For he alone is worthy.  For he alone is worthy, Christ the Lord.

We’ll praise his name forever.  We’ll praise his name forever.  We’ll praise his name forever, Christ the Lord.

Doxology

Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise Him, all creatures here below.

Praise Him above, ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Prologue to the Eucharist

Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, for to them belong the kingdom of God.”

All become members of a family by birth or adoption.

Baptism is a celebration of birth into the family of God.

A family meal gathers and sustains each human family.

The Holy Eucharist is the special meal that Jesus gave to his friends to keep us together as the family of Christ.

The Lord be with you

And also with you.

Lift up your hearts

We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to God.

It is right to give God thanks and praise.

It is very good and right to give thanks, because God made us, Jesus redeemed us and the Holy Spirit dwells in our hearts.  Therefore with Angels and Archangels and all of the world that we see and don’t see, we forever sing this hymn of praise:

Holy, Holy, Holy (Intoned)

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of Power and Might.  Heav’n and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in the highest.  Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. 

Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the Highest.

(All may gather around the altar)

Our grateful praise we offer to you God, our Creator;

You have made us in your image

And you gave us many men and women of faith to help us to live by faith:

Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and Rachael.

And then you gave us your Son, Jesus, born of Mary, nurtured by Joseph

And he called us to be sons and daughters of God.

Your Son called us to live better lives and he gave us this Holy Meal so that when we eat

  the bread and drink the wine, we can  know that the Presence of Christ is as near to us as  

  this food and drink  that becomes a part of us.

The Prayer continues with these words

And so, Father, we bring you these gifts of bread and wine. Bless and sanctify them by your Holy Spirit to be for your people the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ our Lord. Bless and sanctify us by your Holy Spirit so that we may love God and our neighbor.

On the night when Jesus was betrayed he took bread, said the blessing, broke the bread, and gave it to his friends, and said, "Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me."

After supper, Jesus took the cup of wine, gave thanks, and said, "Drink this, all of you. This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me."

Father, we now celebrate the memorial of your Son. When we eat this holy Meal of Bread and Wine, we are telling the entire world about the life, death and resurrection of Christ and that his presence will be with us in our future.

Let this holy meal keep us together as friends who share a special relationship because of your Son Jesus Christ.  May we forever live with praise to God to whom we belong as sons and daughters.

By Christ, and with Christ, and in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory

 is yours, Almighty Father, now and for ever. AMEN.

And now as our Savior Christ has taught us, we now sing,

Our Father: (Renew # 180, West Indian Lord’s Prayer)

Our Father who art in heaven:  Hallowed be thy name.

Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done: Hallowed be thy name.

Done on earth as it is in heaven: Hallowed be thy name.

Give us this day our daily bread: Hallowed be thy name.

And forgive us all our debts: Hallowed be thy name.

As we forgive our debtors: Hallowed be thy name.

Lead us not into temptation: Hallowed be thy name.

But deliver us from evil: Hallowed be thy name.

Thine is the kingdom, power, and glory: Hallowed be thy name.

Forever and ever: Hallowed be thy name.

Amen, amen, amen: Hallowed be thy name.

Amen, amen, amen, amen: Hallowed be thy name.

Breaking of the Bread

Celebrant:        Alleluia, Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.

People:            Therefore let us keep the feast.  Alleluia.

Words of Administration

Communion Song:  Jesus Stand Among Us (Renew # 237)

1-Jesus, stand among us in your risen power; let this time of worship be a hallowed hour.

2-Breathe the Holy Spirit into every heart; bid the fears and sorrows from each soul depart.

Post-Communion Prayer

Everlasting God, we have gathered for the meal that Jesus asked us to keep;

We have remembered his words of blessing on the bread and the wine.

And His Presence has been known to us.

We have remembered that we are sons and daughters of God and brothers

    and sisters in Christ.

Send us forth now into our everyday lives remembering that the blessing in the

     bread and wine spreads into each time, place and person in our lives,

As we are ever blessed by you, O Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  Amen.

Closing Song: Onward Christian Soldiers (Blue Hymnal # 562)

Onward Christian Soldiers, marching as to war, with the cross of Jesus going on before.  Christ the royal master, leads against the foe; forward into battle, see, his banners go.

   Refrain: Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war, with cross of Jesus going on before.

Onward, then ye people, join our happy throng; blend with ours your voices in the triumph song: glory, laud, and honor, unto Christ the King; this through countless ages we with angels sing.  Refrain

Dismissal

Liturgist: Let us go forth in the Name of Christ.

People: Thanks be to God!