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A Brief Communion Service

By Jeanyne Slettom

Jesus said: I am the bread of life.
All who come to me shall not hunger,
and all who believe in me shall not thirst.

With Christians around the world
and throughout the centuries,
we gather around these symbols
of bread and wine—simple elements
that speak..

Creating, beckoning, loving God,
We invoke our heightened attentiveness that you are with us, within us, and beyond us.
We praise you that you never give up on us.
We acknowledge we are a stiff-necked people who get stuck without ever intending it.

So..

Pastoral Prayer for the Gulf Oil Spill

By Jeanyne Slettom

“When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem” (Luke 9:51).

Loving God,
We seek clarity in all the dimensions of our lives–our relationships, our work, our leisure.
Like Jesus, who set his face toward Jerusalem in the ce..