PRAYER OF THE DAY God, We are not ok. Some of us are better than we’ve been — tilting all of our weight on you constantly in prayer finding more that we are grateful for each day. Others of us are in so much pain that it is hard to breathe. Meet us where we are. Forgive our wrongs, our judgments, and our negative thoughts. Begin the work of restoring all that is broken within us. Amen.
WORDS OF FORGIVENESS Jesus meets us where we are and overwhelms us with his grace. Hear the good news: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven. We can be at peace.
SONGS OF WORSHIP Praise To The Lord, The Almighty Gloria Patri
HOLY INTERRUPTION
SCRIPTURE READING | Acts 1:6-11
So when they had come together, they asked him, ‘Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?’ He replied, ‘It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.’ When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. While he was going and they were gazing up towards heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. They said, ‘Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up towards heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.’
The word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.
SERMON + RESPONSE | Circle ‘Round The Sun
SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION Invitation to the Table Great Thanksgiving The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise....we praise you, joining our voices with choirs of angels and with all the faithful of every time and place, who forever sing to the glory of your name: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
The Lord’s Prayer Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. Words of Institution Communion of the People Prayer of Thanksgiving
