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COMMUNITY NEWS

OPENING PRAYER

CHIMING OF THE HOUR

PRELUDE

WELCOME

OPENING SONG AND PALMS Hosanna #224

Hosanna Hosanna
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna Hosanna
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna Hosanna
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna Hosanna
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.

PEACE and GREETINGS

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SONG OF PRAISE Rev. Dr. Dollie Howell Pankey

SCRIPTURE Exodus 23:14-15

Three times in the year you shall hold a festival for me. You shall observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread; as I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. “No one shall appear before me empty-handed.”

Luke 22:14-23

When the hour came, he took his place at the table, and the apostles with him. He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer, for I tell you, I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves, for I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” Then he took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood. But see, the one who betrays me is with me, and his hand is on the table. For the Son of Man is going as it has been determined, but woe to that one by whom he is betrayed!” Then they began to ask one another, which one of them it could be who would do this.

May we be blessed by the reading of this word. Amen.

MESSAGE Rev. Pamela Canzater, Beloved Member

COMMUNION

WORDS OF INVITATION

BELOVED COMMUNITY COVENANT

With the help of God we will walk together
In the ways of Jesus, creating a community
And striving for a world where no one is an outcast
And no one is a stranger,
Where all people are celebrated as precious children of God,
Where we joyfully share with one another
Hope for the living, comfort for the dying,
Dignity for those in struggle,
And freedom to ask and to seek and to grow more fully
Into the persons we were created to be.

CONSECRATION OF THE ELEMENTS

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

Leader: Let us pray:

All: We thank you, God, for inviting us to this table where we have known the presence of Christ and received all Christ’s gifts. Strengthen our faith, increase our love for one another, and let us show forth your praise in our lives; working with the Holy Spirit through Christ Jesus our Savior, Amen.

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Let us pray together. We share prayers of joy and gratitude; prayers of concern or sorrow; and prayers for the world and its people. We end each prayer by saying “This is my prayer” and then together we will affirm that “This is our prayer.” If you are online, you may unmute yourself at any time or write a prayer in the chat section.

CLOSING SONG There Is a Fountain, v 1,3 #257

There is a fountain filled with blood,
drawn from Immanuel’s veins;
and sinners plunged beneath that flood
lose all their guilty stains;
lose all their guilty stains,
lose all their guilty stains;
and sinners plunged beneath that flood
lose all their guilty stains.

Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood
shall never lose its pow’r
till all the ransomed church of God
be saved to sin no more;
be saved to sin no more,
be saved to sin no more;
till all the ransomed church of God
be saved to sin no more.

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE

Scripture from the the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition. Hymns from the African American Heritage Hymnal. Liturgy adapted from the United Church of Christ Worship Ways.