4.9.20 Maundy Thursday

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Worship at Home: Maundy Thursday, April 9, 2020
If you are able, join us in spirit at 6:00 PM
After you have prepared your table, scroll through the service, taking all the time you need.
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The following is adapted from materials prepared by the Rev. Carol M. McDonald,

Parish Associate, Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis.

*Words of Welcome and Meditation

*Music “Let Us Break Bread Together”

*Scripture and Reflection

John 13: 12-15: After Jesus had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord – and you are right, for that is what I am. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.”

What is the invitation to you in this passage?
What is the challenge to you in this passage?

*Prayer of Thanksgiving
O God of all life, we thank you for this night – a night different from all other nights. On this night, we remember that Jesus ate with his special friends, even the one who would betray him. We thank you for his example of love and devotion and service. And we rejoice in the bread and cup he offered that night as symbols of his body and his blood. May the symbols on this table remind us we are nourished by the bread of life and the cup of salvation – for Jesus has promised we will never go hungry and we will never thirst. In his name we pray. Amen

*Words of Institution

*Communion Music by Rex

*Prayer after the Meal
Holy God, you feed us with the bread of life. You quench our thirst with the cup of salvation. May this meal empower us to go into the world with courage and with generosity – to serve all we meet with the love and mercy of Jesus Christ – in whose name we worship and in whose name we pray. Amen.

*Blessing & Sharing the Peace of Christ

If you are worshiping alone, take a moment to send a text or email – or make a phone call – to someone to whom you want to offer God’s peace. If you’re at a table of 2 or 3 or 6 … offer Christ’s peace to one another.

May the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

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