Movement 1: The Font

Call to Worship

The Lord be with you

And also with you

 

A call to worship is a call to presence

We long to be fully present here,

and to feel God’s presence here

Notice the space around us, the way it looks, smells and sounds.

With all our senses, we recognize a sacred space

and our belonging in it

We gather as good creation, wonderfully made

We join our bodies into one body as we remember the life,

the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ  

 

Hymn 272: Jesus is King!

Words: Sylvia G. Dunstan (1955 – 1993) copyright G.I.A. Publications Inc., 1991; Music: J.C. Bach (1642 – 1703), public domain  

 

Prayer of Confession

Confession returns us to our selvesbodies by reminding us that God claims us, exactly as we are. Through repentance we name that which we have left undone and ask for the help of God and our community to seek repair, restoration and renewal. Let us pray together our prayer of confession.

Loving God, you pour out grace upon us exactly as we are,

But we confess we are suspicious and react from fear of scarcity.

You invite us to take our shoes off

And receive the care our bodies need,

But we sit on our heels,

We sort bodies into worthy and unworthy ones.  

 

To mask our insecurities

We reject and punish some bodies

Fat or thin

Young or Old

Disabled

Transgendered

Racialized bodies

Even when these bodies are our own

God, remind us that we are made in your image.

Help us learn to receive from your abundance

So we can share all we have with others.

Let us see that the cups we longingly hold out are already full

May they overflow so that we all have enough

 

Assurance of Forgiveness

As he does with Peter in the footwashing,

Jesus transforms our confusion and rejection into joy and connection. With God’s help and mercy, we can reciprocate abundance with one another and with creation.

In Jesus Christ we are loved and befriended by God,

Thanks be to God

Scripture Reading John 13: 1 – 17

 

13 Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray him. And during supper 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, 4 got up from the table,[a] took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. 5 Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him. 6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” 7 Jesus answered, “You do not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” 8 Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no share with me.” 9 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” 10 Jesus said to him, “One who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet,[b] but is entirely clean. And you[c] are clean, though not all of you.” 11 For he knew who was to betray him; for this reason he said, “Not all of you are clean.”

12 After he 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? 13 You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are right, for that is what I am. 14 So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. 16 Very truly, I tell you, servants[d] are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. 17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

Wondering and Reflection

            I wonder…

Remembrance of Baptism

 

Movement Two: The Table

Storytelling: Jesus last supper

            I wonder…

 

Prayer of Thanksgiving

The Lord be with you

And also with you

Lift up your hearts

We lift them up to God.

Let us give thanks to God

It is right to give our thanks and praise …

 

Hymn 229 Jesu, Jesu fill us with your love

Words Tom Colvin (1925 - ) copyright 1969 by Hope Publishing Co; Music Ghanaian folk melody, arrangement Jane Marshall (1924 - ); adaptation by Tom Colvin copyright 1982 Hope Publishing

Words of Institution and Sharing of the Meal

Prayer after Communion

 

Movement 3 The World

Reading John 13: 33 – 25

33 Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’ 34 I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Prayers of the People: Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession  

            (there is room here for you to write your prayers for this day)

Creative Practices of Love

(With the provided body cut-out, create an image that shows God's love, expresses your love for others,

or depicts a time when someone showed love to you.)

 

Hymn 224 An upper room did our Lord prepare

Closing Words