Transcript Document

PEACE
EUCHARIST
Prepared for house meetings presided over by lay people
Gathering
The person presiding:
In this world of conflict, between many tribes and nations,
we are gathered together at this point in time and space
to meet in unity with the whole company of heaven and
with the universal church. We come in the name of the
Father of all creation, the Son who saves us and the Holy
Spirit who empowers us.
All:
Praise and glory, and wisdom and thanks, and honour
and power and strength, be to our God for ever and
ever. Alleluia. Amen.
Opening
A Hymn may be sung.
President:
Let us say together the prayer that Jesus taught us.
All:
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come,
your will be done, on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and forever.
Amen.
President:
We offer ourselves to work for your creation to become your kingdom on
earth.
Confession
All: Father, we confess that we do not always live in peace, even
within ourselves and with those we love. We often do not love
our neighbours as ourselves, and we are prejudiced towards
those we do not consider to be one of us. We confess that we
have harboured enmity towards those who are against us. We
have failed to grasp that all mankind are created in your image as
your children.
President: Father, forgive us we pray.
All: Father, giver of life, heal us and free us for abundant life through
Jesus Christ. Holy Spirit, change us from within by your
quickening power; help us to listen; inspire us to understand
peoples and cultures different from our own.
Silence for a time.
All: The God of love, who forgives all who truly repent, has released
us from our sins and reconciled us.
President: May God’s peace be real to us, even in the midst of turmoil.
Each person to each other: Peace to you.
The Word
Bible reading(s), followed by a talk.
A Hymn may be sung.
The Prayers
Everyone is encouraged to offer a prayer.
At the end of the prayers:
President: O God of Peace, giver of every perfect
gift, who sent your Son to be our Peace, thank
you for hearing us.
All: By your Holy Spirit empower us to be
channels of your peace in the world.
The Offering (1)
President: Lord Jesus, we recall your birth, your life, your
death and rising from the dead. Enable us to live as you
did, and to anticipate with joy your return to earth.
All: And so, Father, remembering how Christ sacrificed
himself for us; believing that his life did not end in his
death, and realising his presence here among us, we
do as he told us: we offer ourselves to do what you
wish us to do for the peace of your world.
The bread and wine are brought out by two members, as did
Melchisedek after the Battle of the Kings (Genesis 14:18)
Gifts may also be brought.
The Offering (2)
A Member: Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation.
Through your goodness we have this bread to offer, which
earth has given and human hands have made. It will
become for us the bread of life, through our Saviour, Jesus
Christ.
Another member: Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation.
Through your goodness we have this wine to offer, fruit of
the vine and work of human hands. It will become your
lifeblood for us.
President: Lord, you invite us, who are made in your image,
but fallen in sin and raised in forgiveness, to do as you did
with your pure, holy and spotless hands.
All: By the power of your Holy Spirit may this Bread and
Wine become for us your Body and your Blood. Amen.
The Consecration
All are invited to say the words in inverted commas
President: On the night that he was betrayed, Jesus had
supper with his friends. He took bread, gave thanks and
broke it in pieces. He shared it with them and said: “Take
and eat; this is my body, given for you.” After supper he
took the cup of wine and thanked his Father for it. Then he
gave it to them and said “Drink this, all of you. This is
my blood of the new covenant, poured out for many.
Do this as a way of remembering me.”
Silence for a time
The Breaking
of the Bread
The President breaks the bread into small pieces and says:
Come, Lord, feed us with your spiritual food and spiritual
drink, live in us that we may grow in you. The gift of God to
share among us.
All: Though we are many, we are one body for we all share
the one loaf.
Sharing the Bread & Wine
Hymns may be sung.
Each person hands the bread to his/her neighbour and says:
The body of Christ. The neighbour replies Amen and
eats the piece of bread.
Each person then passes the cup of wine and says: The
blood of Christ.
The neighbour replies Amen and drinks from the cup.
President: Father, we thank you for feeding us with the body
and blood of your Son, Jesus Christ. May we be open to
receive your Spirit of power, freedom and love.
All: That we may be willing to be a living sacrifice for the
Peace of your world, and that through Christ who is
our Peace we may bear the hatred between enemies,
and so free them to become friends.
President: Build in us your character that we may be
conformed to your likeness.
Ministry
Silence for a time.
A TIME OF MUTUAL MINISTRY MAY FOLLOW
Dismissal and Blessing
A Hymn may be included.
President: God has reconciled the world to himself, through
Jesus Christ.
All: And has entrusted to us his Ministry of
Reconciliation.
All, raising their hand: The Blessing of God who is Love,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit, be with us and all who
work for peace. Amen.
President: We go in peace to do the will of God.
All: Empower us to be your peacemakers.
June 2006
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