GREETING (responsively)
The Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you
And also with you.
The risen Christ is with us.
Praise the Lord!

OPENING PRAYER (all)
Almighty and everlasting God, in whom we live and move and have our being, you created us for yourself, So that our hearts are restless until they find rest in you.
Grant to us such piety of heart and strength of purpose that no selfish passion may hinder us from knowing your will and no weakness from doing it.
In your light may we see life clearly and in your service find perfect freedom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

SCRIPTURE & REFLECTION
(You may read and discuss the scripture from the previous Sunday’s worship, or another scripture passage)

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
(Share with one another prayer concerns and celebrations. Pray with and for one another aloud or in silence)

LORD’S PRAYER (all)
Our Father/Mother/Creator 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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

SERVING OF HOLY COMMUNION
(The bread and juice were consecrated during Sunday worship at Elk Grove UMC and you were remembered in our prayers)

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING (all)
Gracious and Loving God, we give you thanks for your love which we taste and experience in this holy meal. We give thanks for your faithfulness, and pray that we continue to be led by you, so that we may love as Christ has loved. Amen.

SERVING OF HOLY COMMUNION
(The bread and juice were consecrated during Sunday worship at Elk Grove UMC and you were remembered in our prayers)

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING (all)
Gracious and Loving God, we give you thanks for your love which we taste and experience in this holy meal. We give thanks for your faithfulness, and pray that we continue to be led by you, so that we may love as Christ has loved. Amen.

CLOSING BLESSING
The peace of God be with you.
And with you. Amen.

ANOINTING
If anointing with oil, the following blessing may be said before anointing in the sign of a cross and followed by a prayer for the one being anointed:

Name, I anoint you with oil in the name of the Creator , and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit . . .