Communion Service
Corporate Confession
Leader:
We believe that there is no name under heaven
that can save us, except the name of Jesus.
Church:
For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only Son,
that whoever believes in him will not perish,
but have eternal life.
Leader:
We were too weak and blind to help ourselves;
but while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us.
Church:
O blessed cross, our tree of life,
on which was shed the precious blood of Jesus,
in which we find the healing of the nations.
Leader:
In Christ we are the new creation;
the old has gone, the new has come!
Together with all creation,
we eagerly await the day
when the heavens and earth will be renewed,
and we will gather in joyous worship
around the throne of God,
singing songs of thanks
to the Christ who was slain, and now lives.
We confess that all must receive salvation
as a gracious gift of God.
Church:
For it is by grace that we are saved,
through faith, and not by works,
so that no one can boast.
We confess that all whom God adopts
are brought together as sisters and brothers,
one new people of God.
Leader:
When we are together with all the saints,
we grasp how wide and long and high and deep
is the love of Christ.
We confess that all who receive the love of God
respond with lives of service and beauty.
For we are God’s works of art,
created in Christ Jesus to do good works.
Church:
Give thanks to the Lord!
God’s steadfast love endures forever!
