Sunday, June 7, 2020

CALL TO WORSHIP
Psalm 36

MUSIC
Curated by Kevin Borst
Bethel Music - Stand In Your Love
Hillsong Worship - King of Kings
Bryan & Katie Torwalt - I Breathe You In God

EUCHARIST INVITATION
Written by Scott Wall

Today we mark the beginning of Ordinary Time,
The longest season of the Christian calendar that traditionally offers a bit of reprieve from the feasts and demands of other holy times. But I think if we’re honest, there’s so little that feels ordinary right now.

Even if warm days are here to stay,
Even if we have a clearer sense of what pandemic life looks like,
The events of the last couple of weeks have hurled us into a chaotic moment.

A chaos that’s so necessary. Where there’s a tangible sense of anger across all our political differences.
Where the cries for justice for black and brown children of God are rising into a wave that we are all part of.
Where the need to be quiet and hear truth, and own privilege, and ask for forgiveness is palpable.

And it’s in the middle of all this that today greets us - and friends, today is Trinity Sunday.
This annual moment where the church celebrates the Divine as parent, child, and friend.
Where we take comfort in the fact that every human connection reflects the essence of who God is.
Where, though our attempts so often lead to relationships broken and fragmented, 
We trust that God holds these with fierce love, true justice, and gentle care.

And it is this relational call that brings us to the Eucharist table.
And so, we turn to the elements you have prepared for yourself or those with you. 
Maybe that’s bread or crackers; perhaps grapes or juice or wine. Whatever the case, hear this blessing for your elements: 

Triune God, 
As divine parent, source to us.
As divine child, a fragile body like us.
As divine friend, with us.
Bless this bread and the cup we receive 
Mothering and fathering God, that we would sense your welcome.
Jesus, that we would trust how your humble way make all things new.
Spirit, that we would find we are not alone

As you take the bread and hold it in your hands
Or pass it to those who are with you
Give thanks to God 
Who is in all that aches and is broken today 
With love that endures forever. 

And as you lift the cup, or prepare to take the grape in your mouth
Trust that in all the ways you are crushed and poured out
You are held by the Spirit with all God’s children, now and forever. 

Let us pray. 
Loving God, We are grateful for moments like this.
Where time, and space, and bodies are made holy.
Where the fruits of labour and land call us back to your goodness.
May the sacrament of this meal we have shared together in our homes draw us forward into your embrace
A union meant to help all things flourish.
For justice, for right, for rebuilding
And to this end, we work and love and share.
AMEN.