Peter Kelder

This sending liturgy originally appeared in "Until He Comes—Lord's Supper: Six Themes with Liturgy."Note: This was written to come at the end of a service in which the Lord's Supper had been celebrated, but it can be used in wider contexts.BenedictionMay this day serve to equip us as your servants in the power of the Holy Spirit for the establishing and increasing of our faith and for hope of life in the age to come through our Lord Jesus Christ.To you, O Father, with him and with the Holy Spirit be glory forever. Amen.The Doxology"Hark! a Thrilling Voice Is Sounding" (st. 5) Anon. Trans. CaswallHonor, glory, might, dominionto the Father and the Sonwith the ever-living Spiritwhile eternal ages run.—Edward Caswall, Public DomainPsalms/Hymns"Till He Come!" Bickersteth "Come, Let Us Eat" Kwillia et al. "Clothe Yourself, My Soul, with Gladness" Franck, trans. Winkworth "Hark! a Thrilling Voice Is Sounding" Anon. Trans. Caswall"Hark, the Glad Sound! The Savior Comes" Doddridge "Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying" Nicolai, Winkworth

This invitation originally appeared in "Until He Comes—Lord's Supper: Six Themes with Liturgy."The InvitationPeople of God, our Lord has prepared his table for all who love him and trust in him for their salvation. It is a foretaste of that great banquet that awaits his return. Come expectantly, then, for all is ready.

This call to worship originally appeared in "Until He Comes—Lord's Supper: Six Themes with Liturgy."Call to WorshipGive thanks to the Lord, proclaim his greatness; tell the nations what he has done.—Psalm 105:1 NIVWe will sing praises to God and tell of the wonderful things he has done.The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and rich in love.—Psalm 103:8 NIVBe glad that we belong to him; let all who worship him rejoice.Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Amen!Hymns"Father, We Give You Thanks" Tucker "Praise the Lord, Rise Up Rejoicing" Gaunt "A Parting Hymn We Sing" WolfeRevised Common LectionaryYear A: Season after Pentecost—Proper 12 (17)Year A: Season after Pentecost—Proper 14 (19)Year A: Season after Pentecost—Proper 17 (22)Year A: Season after Pentecost—Proper 19 (24)Year A: Season after Pentecost—Proper 20 (25)Year B: Epiphany—Eighth Sunday after the EpiphanyYear B: Season after Pentecost—Proper 3 (8)Year B: Season after Pentecost—Proper 24 (29)Year C: Season after Pentecost—Proper 16 (21) 

This prayer originally appeared in "Until He Comes—Lord's Supper: Six Themes with Liturgy."Prayer of ConsecrationHelp us, our Father, to see behind these elements of bread and wine, the body and blood of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Enable us to see your great love for us.We thank you for this supper and seek to be built in faith through it. Help us to be rid of unrighteousness, we pray, in the name of Jesus, who taught us to pray:Lord's PrayerHymns/Psalms"How Blest Are They Whose Trespass" Anon. "Bread of the World" Heber "In the Quiet Consecration" Coote"O Christ, Our Hope" Chandler"Now the Solemn Feast Is Done" Seerveld

This call to worship originally appeared in "Until He Comes—Lord's Supper: Six Themes with Liturgy."Call to WorshipSing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things;His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.The Lord has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations.He has remembered his love and his faithfulness to Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God!—Psalm 98:1–3 NIVRevised Common LectionaryYears A, B, C: Christmas—Nativity of the Lord - Proper IIIYears A, B, C: Easter—Easter VigilYears A, B, C: Season after Pentecost—Holy CrossYear B: Easter—Sixth Sunday of EasterYear C: Season after Pentecost—Proper 27 (32)Year C: Season after Pentecost—Proper 28 (33)

This litany originally appeared in "Until He Comes—Lord's Supper: Six Themes with Liturgy."Litany of FellowshipFellowship with God: 1 John 1:1–3 NIVWe proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us.That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of Life.The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us.Our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.Hymn "In Sweet Communion" Anon.Fellowship with One Another: 1 John 1:5–7 NIVThis is the message we have heard from him and declare to you:God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not live by the truthBut if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another,And the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.Hymn "Blest Be the Tie that Binds" Fawcett Fellowship with God and with One AnotherJesus said, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him." —John 14:23 NIVThis is fellowship with God.Jesus said, "I pray that all of them may be one, Father, as you are in me and I am in you." —John 17:21 NIVThis is fellowship with one another.Hymns"Taste and See" Petter"Let Us Break Bread Together" African American Spiritual"Come, Risen Lord, as Guest Among Your Own" Briggs "I Come with Joy to Meet My Lord" Wren "In Sweet Communion, Lord, with You" Anon.Revised Common LectionaryYear B: Easter—Second Sunday of EasterYear C: Easter—Sixth Sunday of EasterYear C: Easter—Seventh Sunday of Easter

This call to worship originally appeared in "Until He Comes—Lord's Supper: Six Themes with Liturgy."Call to WorshipPosterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord. They will proclaim his righteousness,    declaring to a people yet unborn:    He has done it!—Psalm 22:30–31 NIVListen, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. I will proclaim the name of the Lord.O praise the greatness of our God!—Deuteronomy 32:1, 3 NIVRevised Common LectionaryYear B: Lent—Second Sunday in LentYear B: Easter—Fifth Sunday of Easter

This litany originally appeared in "Until He Comes—Lord's Supper: Six Themes with Liturgy."Response of Remembrance to the Lord's SupperRemember, O Lord, Your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O Lord. —Psalm 25:6–7 NIV“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,    “when I will make a new covenantwith the people of Israel    and with the people of Judah...“For I will forgive their wickedness    and will remember their sins no more.” —Jeremiah 31:31,34 NIVThe Lord is gracious and compassionate... He remembers his covenant forever. —Psalm 111:4–5 NIVRemember the gracious love of ourFather in heavenwho made us children of his own possession.Remember Jesus Christ, sent by the Father to share our human nature, to live and to die as one of us, and so to move us from the alienation of sin and death,to reconcile us to God our Father by his perfect sacrifice, and through his suffering, death, and resurrection to save all who put their trust in him.Remember the Holy Spirit, who teaches us these thingsand makes the effects of Christ's salvation real in our lives.Revised Common LectionaryYear A: Season after Pentecost—Proper 21 (26)Year B: Epiphany—Fourth Sunday after the EpiphanyYear B: Lent—First Sunday in LentYear B: Lent—Fifth Sunday in LentYear B: Season after Pentecost—Proper 15 (20)Year C: Advent—First Sunday of AdventYear C: Season after Pentecost—Proper 10 (15)Year C: Season after Pentecost—Proper 23 (28)Year C: Season after Pentecost—Proper 24 (29)

Dear RW, During the last few years my congregation and I have been learning together about the Lord's Supper. It all started one day when I was studying Luke's account of the Last Supper and compared it with Paul's teaching in 1 Corinthians 11.1 was struck by how rich the Scripture's teaching about the Supper really is.