COMMUNION SERVICE

“We do not come to Your table, O merciful Lord, with self-confidence and pride, trusting in our own righteousness, but

we trust in Your great and many mercies. We are not worthy to gather the crumbs from under Your table. But You, O

Lord, are unchanging in Your mercy and Your nature is love; grant us, therefore, God of mercy, God of grace, so to eat at

this Your table that we may receive in spirit and in truth the body of Your dear Son, Jesus Christ, and the merits of His

shed blood, so that we may live and grow in His likeness and, being washed and cleansed through His most precious

blood, we may evermore live in Him and He in us. Amen.”

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took

bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in

remembrance of me.”

Hold the bread, a symbol of Jesus’ body. Jesus asked us to eat this to remember that He gave His body for us. Let’s

pray. God, thank You for sending Jesus who not only lived for us, but died for us. The Son of God, who came in the body

of a man, gave Himself up so we could live! Thank You that His body was raised back to life. Thank You that because of

the grace of Jesus we have real life, and we can live forever in You. Amen. Okay, go ahead and eat the bread.

Hold the cup, a symbol of Jesus’ blood. Jesus asked us to drink this cup to remember that our sins are washed by the

powerful new covenant Jesus made possible between us and God. Let’s pray. God, what an incredible picture this is of

Your love for us. You allowed Your only Son to literally be poured out so that we could be in a fully restored relationship

with You. Thank You, Jesus, for giving your blood. Amen. Go ahead and drink the cup.

25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this,

whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim

the Lord’s death until he comes. AMen