This is a Communion service on the theme of Jesus as the Bread of Life, with the photo slides running automatically in the background during the sermon and Communion. I chose to have the whole service gathered around the table. The prayers are my own; feel free to use.

1. Jesus is the Bread of Life

2. Uyai Mose/Come all you people
Uyai mose – tinamate Mwari (x3)
Uyai mose zvino
Come AllYou People, Come praise your
maker (x3)
Come now and worship the Lord
(fromZimbabwe)

3. God, who made all that is by the power of yourWord,
We come to be re-created in Christ’s image
Jesus, who stands with open arms and nail-scarred
hands,
We come to be held in your love
Holy Spirit, breath of God and power of resurrection
We come to find life in all its fullness
We come to be inspired, challenged, strengthened and
disturbed
We rejoice that you are here, the Living God, moving
among us

4. Father, we love you
Father, we love you,
We worship and adore you!
Glorify your name in all the earth.
Glorify your name,
Glorify your name,
Glorify your name in all the earth!

5. Jesus, we love you,
We worship and adore you!
Glorify your name in all the earth.
Glorify your name,
Glorify your name,
Glorify your name in all the earth!

6. Spirit, we love you,
We worship and adore you!
Glorify your name in all the earth.
Glorify your name,
Glorify your name,
Glorify your name in all the earth!
(Ralph van Manen)

7. Blessed are you, Lord God,
Earth-maker, star-lighter, world-lover.
You sang creation into being by the power of
yourWord;
Yet not a sparrow falls to the ground without
you knowing it,
And the very hairs on our heads are numbered!
Praise you for the mind-blowing scale of your
greatness
And the searing intimacy of your love.

8. Blessed are you, Jesus Christ,
Truth-teller, bread-giver, Kingdom-bringer.
You are Emmanuel – ‘God with us’;
You whispered words of love and welcome, and
we howled for your crucifixion,
Yet instead of judgement, we hear your plea for
us: ‘Father, forgive them!’
Praise you for the shocking generosity of your
grace
And the New Creation you bring to birth.

9. Blessed are you, Holy Spirit,
Dead-raiser, joy-bringer, heart-dweller.
You are the voice of justice that inspired the
prophets and the Power that raised Jesus from
the dead,
Yet you make us your dwelling place, intimately,
filling us with the very Life of God.
Praise you for the abundant Life that you bring
And your presence with us, moment by
moment.

10. Glory to you, God our Father!
Glory to you, God our Brother!
Glory to you, God our Life!
Amen!

11. I come with joy
I come with joy to meet my Lord,
forgiven, loved, and free,
in awe and wonder to recall
his life laid down for me.
I come with Christians far and near
to find, as all are fed,
the new community of love
in Christ's communion bread.

12. As Christ breaks bread and bids us share,
each proud division ends.
That love that made us makes us one,
and strangers now are friends.
And thus with joy we meet our Lord.
His presence, always near,
is in such friendship better known:
we see and praise him here.

13. Together met, together bound,
we'll go our different ways,
and as his people in the world,
we'll live and speak his praise.
(BrianWren)

14. ‘I am the Bread
of Life’

17. ‘Give us this day
our daily bread’

22. Put peace into each other’s hands
Put peace into each other's hands
and like a treasure hold it;
protect it like a candle flame,
with tenderness enfold it.
Put peace into each other's hands
with loving expectation;
be gentle in your words and ways,
in touch with God's creation.

23. Put peace into each other's hands,
like bread we break for sharing;
look people warmly in the eye:
our life is meant for caring.
As at communion, shape your hands
into a waiting cradle;
the gift of Christ receive, revere,
united round the table.

24. Put Christ into each other's hands,
he is love's deepest measure;
in love make peace, give peace a chance
and share it like a treasure.
(Fred Kaan)

25. Gloria
Glory to God, glory to God!
Glory to God in the highest!
Glory to God, glory to God!
Alleluia, alleluia!
(Taizé)

26. Sanctus
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord
Holy is the Lord God almighty (x2)
Who was, and is, and is to come.
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord!
(Hillsong)

27. We pray for peace
We pray for peace, but not the easy peace
built on complacency and not the truth of God.
We pray for real peace,
the peace God's love alone can seal.
We pray for peace, but not the cruel peace,
leavingGod's poor bereft and dying in distress,
we pray for real peace,
enriching all the human race.

28. We pray for peace, and not the evil peace,
defending unjust laws and nursing prejudice,
but for the real peace
of justice, mercy, truth and love
We pray for peace: holy communion
with Christ our risen Lord and every living thing;
God's will fulfilled on earth
and all his creatures reconciled

29. We pray for peace, and for the sake of peace,
look to the risen Christ who gives the grace we
need,
to serve the cause of peace
and make our own self-sacrifice
God, give us peace: if you withdraw your love,
there is no peace for us nor any hope of it.With
you to lead us on, through death or tumult,
peace will come
(Alan Gaunt)

30. Dear God
Help us to treat others, as we would like to be
treated.
For those who are in trouble,
in prison,
or trapped by their own weakness and hurts.
(Silence.)
We pray for understanding and forgiveness.
As we are forgiven,
Help us to forgive others.

31. For those who are poor, and suffer injustice,
who are hungry and homeless and filled with
despair.
(Silence.)
We pray for justice and a fair distribution of the
world's resources.
As we are advantaged,
Help us to give to others.

32. For those who mourn, and have lost people they
love,
who are sad and feel lonely and unsure of
tomorrow.
(Silence.)
We pray for them to comforted, and given new
hope.
As we are loved,
Help us to love others.

33. For the family of the Church, in its joy and its
pain,
for its struggle to be the body of Christ, and a
sign of the Kingdom that comes.
(Silence.)
We pray for direction, and love, for confidence
and care.
As we are accepted,
Help us to accept others.
Amen.

34. This is the truth we hold
This is the truth we hold,
source of the joy we share,
hope that can make us bold
trusting the name we bear;
that ‘Christ has died’ and ‘Christ is risen,
in Christ shall all be made alive’.

35. This is the song of praise
echoing down the years,
true for our present days,
through all our doubts and fears;
for ‘Christ has died’ and ‘Christ is risen,
in Christ shall all be made alive’.

36. Christ is the Living Bread
Christ is theWord to speak,
Christ is the way to tread,
Christ is the goal to seek;
for ‘Christ has died’ and ‘Christ is risen,
in Christ shall all be made alive’.

37. One in the faith we share,
out in his name we go;
Jesus awaits us there,
longing that all should know
that ‘Christ has died’ and ‘Christ is risen,
in Christ shall all be made alive’.
(Basil E Bridge)