Ninth Sunday after Pentecost – August 2, 2020
PRELUDE
WELCOME and GREETING
INTROIT
CALL TO WORSHIP – Isaiah 55:2-3
One: Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.
All: Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.
HYMN #280 Mother and God
Mother and God, to you we sing:
wide is your womb, warm is your wing.
In you we live, move and are fed
sweet, flowing milk, live giving bread.
Mother and God, to you we bring
all broken hearts, all broken wings.+
READINGS OF THE DAY
First Reading – from “In the beginning… Creativity”
MUSICAL INTERLUDE
Second Reading – Genesis 32:22-31 (The First Testament, tr. John Goldingay)
MESSAGE G d
The Reverend J. Gary Brinn
HYMN #480 Let Us Break Bread Together
Let us break bread together on our knees,
let us break bread together on our knees.
When I fall down on my knees
with my face to the rising sun,
Oh, Lord, have mercy on me.
Let us drink wine together on our knees,
let us drink wine together on our knees.
When I fall down on my knees
with my face to the rising sun,
Oh, Lord, have mercy on me.
Let us praise God together on our knees,
let us praise God together on our knees.
When I fall down on my knees
with my face to the rising sun,
Oh, Lord, have mercy on me.+
JOYS AND CONCERNS/PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
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. Amen.
WE CELEBRATE
Invitation to the Table
Communion Prayer
Holy, holy, holy God of love and justice
The whole universe and all that lies beyond it
Ev’ry galaxy and flow’r
Ev’ry singing bird and falling drop of rain is ablaze
With your glory, glory, glory, O God most wonderful
Blessed is the One who comes in your name!
Hosanna! Hosanna!
Words of Institution
Prayer of Consecration
Sharing of the Cup
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING – Unison
Rabbi Jesus, we thank you for this rite of remembrance,
this simple ritual, loaf and cup and prayer,
something we can do together,
and something we can do at home,
each household, each person
following your Way,
remembering you.
Bless us, just as you blessed that meal,
were a blessing to those gathered.
Amen.
CONGREGATIONAL AND PASTORAL BENEDICTION
Alleluia
POSTLUDEPlease join us for conversation and sharing during our Zoom Coffee Hour.
