Community Worship Thursday, March 20, 2014 Davis Chapel
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A Moravian Lenten Liturgy and Celebration of Holy Communion Welcome to this celebration of Holy Communion offered in the tradition of the Moravian Church. Moravians emphasize two important Christian values in their communion services, (1) fellowship with Jesus and one another, and (2) the message of the service is expressed primarily in the hymns. Thus you will find this communion service unique in the following ways: 1. We begin and end the communion liturgy with the right hand of fellowship signifying our oneness in Christ and desire to be at peace with one another. 2. The Minister goes out to the people to distribute the bread and the cup, signifying just as Christ went out to serve among the people, so do ordained Moravian pastors today. (It also has the practical effect of allowing you to keep your hymnal open)! 3. Once every one is served the bread, we all partake of the bread together, just as we wait at a meal for all to be served before eating. The same goes for cup. Please wait until the minister directs you to eat and drink. The School of Divinity welcomes the Reverend Margaret Leinbach, an ordained Moravian pastor, as our officiant today. Margaret is an 03 graduate of the Divinity School where she was a Samuel and Sarah Wait Fellow. Margaret has served as both a member and chair of the school s Board of Visitors. A former attorney and C.P.A. she specializes in intentional interim ministry, and conflict skills and management education. 1
Liturgy in Preparation of the Sacrament We give thanks to you, God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In our union with Christ you have blessed us by giving us every spiritual blessing in the heavenly world. Even before the world was made, you had already chosen us to be yours through Christ, so that we would be holy and without fault before you. We praise you for your glorious grace, for the free gift you gave us in your dear Son! Words: Johann Jacob Schütz (1675). Tr. Frances E. Cox (1864), alt. 8.7.8.7.8.8.7. Music: Pre-Reformation melody. Bohemian Brethren s Gesangbuch (1566), alt. MIT FREUDEN ZART Lord Jesus, we come before you in humble confession. Help us conform our lives to you as the model for holy and righteous living. Forgive us our desire for personal greatness, for our attempts to make gods of ourselves, for our willingness to exalt ourselves at the expense of others, and for our resistance to serving one another as you have served us. Forgive us for making light of your obedience and sacrifice on the cross by living an undisciplined and indifferent Christian witness; forgive us 2
for yielding to fear rather than relying on your strength to take risks of discipleship. Forgive us, dear Jesus, for times we have not looked to you as our Lord, and for allowing the clamoring distractions of the world to become higher priorities than you. Forgive us for yielding more to the pressures of this world than being transformed by your lordship over our lives. When we were dead in our sins, God made us alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having cancelled the written code, with its regulations, which was against us and which stood opposed to us, he took it away, nailing it to the cross. Since we have been raised with Christ, let us set our hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Words: Josiah Conder (1836), alt. Music: Herrnhut (c. 1735). John Thommen (1745), C. Gregor Choralbuch (1784). 7.7.7.7. Trochaic HERRNHUT Let us affirm our faith in the Triune God We believe in the one God who created the land and sea and heavens and all that is in them; who established a world that was good; who gives us the task of watchful and responsible care over it; who is certainty and truth. We believe in the one God who in Jesus Christ assumed our humanity and knew life as child, youth and adult; who dined with 3
sinners and lived with the homeless; who confronted popular opinion and power; who remained obedient in temptation and suffering; whose triumph was a servant s death and resurrection. We believe in the one God who comes to us as comforter and advocate; who does not leave us as orphans; who brings peace and calms the troubled heart; who bestows gifts for serving, healing, showing compassion, and doing miracles; who alone is the power and the wisdom of our proclamation. Let us in faith keep our eyes fixed on the promises of God, though we see and greet them from a distance. SCRIPTURE 1 Cor. 12:12-18 COMMUNION MEDITATION Unity and Diversity RESPONSIVE HYMN Called together and united by the Spirit, we are one. Hearts and hands are consecrated to the service of God s Son. We, entrusted with Christ s mission, will accept the gracious call. Faith in action ever, always, till on earth Christ reigns in all. By the Spirit we are gifted to fulfill Christ s ministry. With the poor we share our riches, giving captives liberty. Hungry, thirsty we will feed them, greet the stranger; care and heal. Clothe the naked, free the pris ner; serve with gladness and with zeal. Called by Christ, redeemed, accepted, we are blessed with work to do. By the Spirit we re empowered: Tell the good news, life renew. Our lives now reveal Christ s presence, we will show God s love and grace. Faith in action, ever, always, while on earth we run our race. Words: w. Thomas Stapleton (1988) Used by permission. Nettleton 8.7.8.7.D Trochaic 4
Celebration of Holy Communion Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, be with you all. Amen. Thanks be to God. Standing. The congregation gives the right hand of fellowship, signifying oneness in Christ and the desire to be at peace with one another. Words: Matthew of Kunwald (1457) or Gabriel Komarovsky (1467). Tr. Michael Weisse (1531). Moravian tr. (1904). Music: Jon Roh (1544), alt. 7.7.7.7.D. Trochaic GAUDEAMUS PARITER 5
Prayer of Thanksgiving Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said: Take, eat, this is my body which is given for you. Do this in 8remembrance of me. Sitting. As the bread is served, the communicants stand to receive it. PILGRIMAGE (L.M.D.) 6
Words: C. Daniel Crews (1995). 1995 by C. Daniel Crews. Used with permission. 8.7.8.7. Music: Southern Harmony (1835). ARISE Words: Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498). Tr. Jane F. Wilde 1826-1896), alt. Music: Herrnhut (c. 1735). John Thommen (1745). C. Gregor Choralbuch (1784). 8.7.8.7.D. Trochaic CASSEL 7
When the bread has been served, the communicants stand. Our Lord Jesus Christ said: Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you. All partake together. Silent Prayer By your divine presence, By the holy sacraments, By all the merits of your life, sufferings, death, and resurrection, Bless and comfort us, gracious Lord and God. Amen. In the same way, after supper our Lord Jesus Christ took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Drink from this, all of you; this is the blood of the new covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sin. Do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me. Sitting. As the cup is served, the communicants stand to receive it. Words: James Montgomery (1771-1854), alt. Music: John B. Dykes (1866). C.M. ST. AGNES 8
Words: Henriette Louise von Hayn (1776). Tr. Frederick W. Foster (1789), alt. Music: Herrnhut (c. 1740). C. Gregor Choralbuch (1784). 7.7.8.8.7.7. Trochaic HAYN When the cup has been served, the communicants stand. Our Lord Jesus Christ said: Drink from this, all of you. Do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me. All partake together. Silent Prayer Christ, the Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world; Grant to us your peace. Amen. Whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord s death, Until he comes. 9
The congregation gives the right hand of fellowship, signifying renewed dedication and unity of purpose in the service of Christ. Words: Christian Renatus von Zinzendorf (1749). Tr. John Swertner (1778), alt. 10.7.10.7.10.10.7.7. Trochaic Music: Herrnhut (c. 1735). C. Gregor Choralbuch (1784). COVENANT The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you; The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace; The text of the liturgy is reprinted with permission from the 1995 Moravian Book of Worship. Interprovincial Board of Communication, Moravian Church in North America, Bethlehem, PA. www.moravian.org. 10