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As we prepare for communion, I invite you to turn to page 13 in the United Methodist

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hymnal. Two of the greatest sacraments that we celebrate are Holy Communion and baptism.

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I will be praying and using the great Thanksgiving of reconciliation that was used in the opening

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service for the World Methodist Conference. But you will continue with your responses

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from the hymnal. Amen?

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And it's funny when you look on this page, there's Korean written on here so I have

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to sign the English line. Amen? The Lord be with you. Lift up your hearts. Let us give

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thanks to the Lord our God. Almighty and eternal Father, we indeed offer you praise and thanks

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for your presence in the world that you love. In every age you call your people to do justice,

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to live kindness, and to walk humbly with you, dear God. When conflict and strife arise,

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you turn our minds to consider the ways of peace. Your Spirit converts our hearts, calming

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troubled consciousness, reconciling the alienated, enabling the conversation among adversaries,

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and turning the swords of the nations into proud share. Your Spirit is at work when understanding

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overcomes discord, when compassion extinguishes the flames of hatred, and when forgiveness

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silences cries for vengeance. So we thank you and praise you with the faithful people

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of every time and place, and joining the choirs of heaven and the whole nation in singing

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with this unending hymn of glory.

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Holy are you and blessed is your Son Jesus Christ. We give thanks to you through your

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Son Jesus Christ, who is the way that leads to peace. He is the true word that brings

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forth salvation and the source of eternal life. He is the hand stretched out to sinners,

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the one who became a servant, that we might learn to seek after heavenly things. And so

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find our way to one another. Therefore we celebrate the reconciliation that Christ has

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gained for us. When he was at supper on the night before he died for us, he took the bread

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and gave thanks and praise. He broke the bread and gave it to his disciples and said,

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Take, eat, this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me. At the

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end of the meal he took the cup. Again he offered up praise, gave the cup to his disciples

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and said, Drink from this, all of you, this is my body, of the new and everlasting covenant

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which is shared for you and for all people. Do this as often as you drink of it, for do

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it in remembrance of me. And so in remembrance of these mighty acts in Jesus Christ, we offer

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ourselves in praise and thanksgiving as a holy and living sacrifice in union with Christ's

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offering for us as we proclaim the mystery of faith.

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Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here and on these gifts of bread and wine. Make

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them for us the body and blood of Christ that may be the world of the body of Christ redeemed

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by his blood. Christ, by your cross and resurrection you have set us free. You are the Savior of

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the world. Lord our God, your Son has entrusted this pledge of love to us. And so we celebrate

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the memory of his death and resurrection. Accept us together with your Son. Fill us

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with your Spirit as we share this meal so that all which divides us may be healed. Inspire

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us to be the people of reconciliation. Make your church throughout the world to be a sign

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of unity and an instrument of peace. Bring quickly that new world where the fullness

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of your peace will be revealed. Keep us watchful for that day when people of every race, every

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language, every way of life will gather in one eternal banquet with Jesus our Lord through

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him and him and him alone. In the unity of the Holy Spirit all glory and honor is yours

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Almighty Father now and forever.

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And now with the confidence of the children of God let us pray the prayer that he taught

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his disciples to pray. Our Father, Lord in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom

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come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.

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And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us

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not into temptation but deliver us from evil, the guile of the kingdom, the power and the

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glory through him and him. Amen.

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Eternal God, we give you thanks for this your Holy Mystery in which you have given

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yourself unto us. Grant that we may go into the world in the strength of your Spirit to

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give ourselves for others in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord forever and ever. Amen.