Spirit Village Eucharist
Please gather in the space in front of the altar. Children are invited to sit
informally in a circle and play with toys from the toy box while adults may sit in
the floor with their children or sit in a chair.
Welcome
Opening Song
As announced
Spirit Village Thanksgiving Prayer
Priest Let’s stand and say our Spirit Village prayer.
we thank You God for most this amazing day today
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;
and for everything which is natural
which is infinite which is yes, yes, yes
Priest Now let’s each person share one thing we are are thankful for this Sunday…
Now that we’ve all shared what we are thankful for, let’s thank God again for all
our blessings as we repeat our special prayer.
Today’s Story
Our storyteller shares today’s story
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Sunday Song
Peace
Priest
People
We sing the song we are learning this month
The peace of the Lord be always with you.
And also with you.
Offering
Priest I wonder what we need to share our special meal. Do you remember what
we need?
The Children gather our gifts, the bread, and drink before bringing our gifts to the
altar. We set the table and gather around the table as we remember the last supper
Jesus had with his friends.
The Great Thanksgiving
Priest The Lord is here
People His Spirit is with us.
Priest Lift up your hearts.
People We lift them to the Lord.
Priest Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People It is right to give thanks and praise.
All Why is it right to give thanks and praise?
Priest Listen, and we will hear.
Priest Lord of all life, you created the universe, where all living things reflect your
glory. You give us this great and beautiful earth. You give us friends and families.
You give us your love, even when things go wrong. You made us all, each
wonderfully different, to join with the angels and sing your praise:
All
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
 Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Priest We thank you, loving Father, because, when we turned away, you sent Jesus,
your Son. He gave his life for us on the cross and shows us the way to live. We ask
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you to send your Holy Spirit that these gifts of bread and drink may be for us the
holy food and drink that make us one family.
All Why do we share this bread and wine?
Priest Listen, and we will hear.
Priest On the night before he died, when darkness had fallen, Jesus took bread. He
gave thanks, broke it, and shared it with his disciples, saying: 'This is my body,
given for you. Do this to remember me.'
After they had eaten, he took the cup, gave thanks, and shared it with his disciples,
saying: 'This is my blood, poured out for you and for many, for the forgiveness of
sins.' So Father, with this bread and this cup we celebrate his love, his death, his
risen life. As you feed us with these gifts, send your Holy Spirit, and change us to
be more and more like Jesus.
All How do we follow Jesus Christ?
Priest Listen, and we will hear.
Priest Help us, Father, to love one another, as we look forward to that day when
suffering is ended, and all creation is gathered in your loving arms.
And now with Saints Cyprian, Frances, Clare, and all your saints
we give you glory, through Jesus Christ, in the strength of the Spirit, today and for
ever.
All Amen.
The Lord’s Payer
Priest And now, let us hold hands with one another and as Jesus taught us pray,
All Our Father, 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,
for ever and ever. Amen.
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Breaking of the Bread
Silence is held.
Priest We break this bread to share in the Body of Christ.
People We who are many are one body, for we all share in the one bread
Priest The Gifts of God for the People of God.
Prayer after Communion
After Communion, the Presider says Let us pray.
Presider and People
Eternal God, heavenly Father,
Thank you for forgiving and accepting us.
Thank you for feeding us so we can live as Jesus taught us.
Send us now into the world in peace.
Give us strength and courage to love and serve you.
Amen.
Blessing
The priest blesses the people, saying
 May the blessing of the God of Abraham and Sarah, and of Jesus Christ born of
our sister Mary, and of the Holy Spirit, who broods over the world as a mother
over her children, be upon you and remain with you always. Amen.
Closing Song
Dismissal
Deacon
People
As announced
Let us go forth in the name of Christ.
Thanks be to God.
Note: Our thanksgiving prayer incorporates much of the first stanza of the poem i thank You God
for most this amazing day today by e. e. cummings. Some material included in this service is
copyright: © The Archbishops' Council of the Church of England, 2000. Special thanks to the
revs. Will Scott, Susanna Singer, and Hannah Elyse Cornthwaite in developing Spirit Village
here at St. Cyprians.
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