CALL TO WORSHIP
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble; therefore we will not fear.
Though the earth should quake and the mountains shake and topple into the depths of the sea.
There is a river, whose streams make glad the city of God.
The Lord makes wars to cease throughout the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear.
The Lord of hosts is with us.
The God of Jacob is our refuge.
—from Ps. 46
OPENING PRAYER
Gracious Father, we pray for your holy catholic church.
Fill it with all truth and peace.
Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error direct it; where in anything it is amiss, reform it.
Where it is right, strengthen it; where it is want, provide for it: where it is divided, reunite it.
We ask this for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
COMMUNION PRAYER
O God our strength, you are the refuge of all who trust in you. As we gather around your table this day, may we taste and see your goodness, as you fortify us with these gifts. Send your Holy Spirit to settle on this loaf and this cup, that in them we may discern the body and blood of your Son. Fill us with with bread for bread for the journey as we do your will in the world. We ask this in Christ's Name. Amen.
O God our strength, you are the refuge of all who trust in you. As we gather around your table this day, may we taste and see your goodness, as you fortify us with these gifts. Send your Holy Spirit to settle on this loaf and this cup, that in them we may discern the body and blood of your Son. Fill us with with bread for bread for the journey as we do your will in the world. We ask this in Christ's Name. Amen.
