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The Lord's Prayer (sung)
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the
kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and for ever.
Amen.
The Peace:
Blessed be Christ the Prince of Peace.
who breaks down the walls that divide.
The peace of God be always with you.
Praise to Christ who unites us in peace.
Offertory Hymn Christ is our cornerstone
(a collection will be taken)
The Great Thanksgiving:
Christ is risen!
He is risen indeed.
Lift your hearts to heaven
where Christ in glory reigns.
Let us give thanks to God.
It is right to offer thanks and praise.
It is the joy of our salvation, God of the universe, to give you
thanks through Jesus Christ.You said,"Let there be light";
there was light. Your light shines on in our darkness. For
you the earth has brought forth life in all its forms. You have created
us to hear your Word; to do your will and to be fulfilled in your
love. It is right to thank you. You sent your Son to be for
us the way we need to follow and the truth we need to know.
We give you thanks for your blessing on this house of prayer, where
through your grace we offer you the sacrifice of praise, and are built
by your Spirit into a temple made without hands, even the body of your
Son, Jesus Christ.
You sent your Son to give his life to release us from our sin.
His cross has taken our guilt away. You send your Holy Spirit to
strengthen and to guide, to warn and to revive your Church.
Therefore, with all your witnesses who surround us on every side,
countless as heaven's stars, we praise you for our creation and our calling,
with loving and with joyful hearts:
Holy God, holy and merciful, holy and just, glory and goodness
come from you. Glory to you most high and gracious God.
Blessed are you, most holy, in your Son, who washed his disciples'
feet. "I am among you," he said, "as one who
serves". On that night before he died he took bread and gave
you thanks. He broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said:
Take, eat, this is my body which is given for you; do this to
remember me.After supper, he took the cup and gave you thanks. He
gave it to them and said: Drink this. It is shed for all, to
forgive sin; do this to remember me. Therefore with this
bread and wine we recall your goodness to us.
God of the past and present, we your people remember your Son.
We thank you for his cross and rising again, we take courage from his
ascension; we look for his coming in glory and in him we give ourselves
to you.
Send your Holy Spirit, that we who receive Christ's body may indeed
be the body of Christ, and we who share his cup draw strength from the
one true vine.
Called to follow Christ, help us to reconcile and unite.
Called to suffer, give us hope in our calling.
For you, the heavenly one, make all things new; you are the
beginning and the end, the last and the first.
Praise, glory and love be yours, this and every day, from us and
all people, here and everywhere. Amen.
The Communion.
(There are 4 stations for taking the communion, 2 at the high altar
and 1 on either side at the front of the nave.)
Christ's body was broken for us on the cross.
Christ is the bread of life.
His blood was shed for our forgiveness.
Christ is risen from the dead.
Come God's people, come to receive Christ's heavenly food.
Hymns will be sung during the communion.
Prayer after communion:
Blessed be God who calls us together.
Praise to God who makes us one people.
Blessed be God who has forgiven our sin.
Praise to God who gives hope and freedom.
Blessed be God whose Word is proclaimed.
Praise to God who is revealed as love
Blessed be God who alone has called us.
Therefore we offer all that we are and all that we shall become.
Accept, O God, our sacrifice of praise.
Amen. Accept our thanks for all you have done. Our hands
were empty, and you filled them.
The Dismissal and the Blessing.
Final Processional Hymn. Glory be to God the Father. 
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