Communion Hymns

Bread For The World Bread for the world: a world of hunger. Wine for all peoples people who thirst. May we who eat be bread for others. May we who drink pour out our love. Lord Jesus Christ you are the bread of life, Broken to reach and heal the wounds of human pain. Where we divide your people, you are waiting there on bended knee to wash our feet with endless care. Lord Jesus Christ, you are the wine of peace, Poured into hearts once broken and where dryness sleeps. Where we are tired and weary you are waiting...

Taste And See Taste and see, O taste and see, taste and see the goodness of God.{2} Glory, glory to God most high, glory, blessing and praise. With one voice, O people, rejoice in our God, who hears the cry of all in need. O… Who has fashioned the earth and sky, who created the deep, who exalts the lowly and sets captives free, who opens the door to all those who seek. Oh, the love of God! Become flesh of our flesh, so that we might live in glory.

Now We Remain We hold the death of the Lord deep in our hearts. Living, now we remain with Jesus, the Christ. Once we were people afraid, lost in the night. Then by your cross, we were saved; dead became living, life from your giving. Something which we have known, something we’ve touched, what we have seen with our eyes: this we have heard; life-giving Word. He chose to give of himself, became our bread. Broken that we might live. Love beyond love, pain for our pain.

We Come Today We come today to break this bread and share this cup of wine. We gather at your table now to hear your words of life. And though there are so many here today, we all are one: one family, one body, and one Church; we are your own. We thank you, God, for Jesus, who calls us to this feast to share in one communion in your name. We thank you for our parents who care for us each day, the family gathered ‘round us here in love. We thank you for creation, the beauty of the...

May We Come To Know The Lord In the bread may we be broken. In the cup may we be outpoured. May we come to know the healer, may we come to know the Lord. Though many are we, we are one in the Lord. We are all welcome to his table of new life. We come to the table to remember the Lord, who gave his life that we might live for evermore. In breaking the bread, in sharing the cup, may we be filled as we come to know the Lord.

Companions On The Journey We are companions on the journey, breaking bread and sharing life; and in the love we bear is the hope we share for we believe in the love of our God.{2} No longer strangers to each other, no longer strangers in God’s house; we are fed and we are nourished by the strength of those who care.{2} We have been gifted with each other, and we are called by the Word of the Lord: to act with justice, to love tenderly, and to walk humbly with our God.{2} We will seek and we shall find; we...

Our Blessing Cup Our blessing cup is a communion with the blood of Christ; and the bread we break, it is a sharing in the body of the Lord. How can we make a return for all the goodness God has shown? We will take the cup of life, and call upon God’s name. Precious indeed in Your sight, the life and death of those You love. We are your servants, for You have set us free. Gracious and merciful God, we give you thanks and bless Your name: with all your people, praise and glory to Your name. For...

Lord, To Whom Shall We Go Lord, to whom shall we go? O Lord, to whom shall we go? You alone have the words of lasting life. Lord, to whom shall we go? Bread of Life, manna in the desert, Saving Cup, promise from above. You are the one who sustains us in God’s love. Lamb of God, humble and obedient, sacrifice, ransom for our sins. You are the Lord: in your death, our life begins. Risen One, fountain of salvation, cornerstone, wonder to our eyes. You are the way and the truth, you are the life.

When We Eat This Bread When we eat this bread and we drink this cup we proclaim your death until you come. Where two or three are gathered together in my name, where two or three are gathered together, there am I. How blessed are they who are called to the banquet of the Lord. Come you blessed of my Father, come to me. Enter into God’s holy kingdom, full of joy. How blessed are they who are called to the banquet of the Lord. I saw the city Jerusalem come from God all clothed and adorned as a bride...

God’s Holy Gifts God’s holy gifts for God’s holy people; come now to share the banquet of Christ. Feed on his love with faith and thanksgiving. Know in your heart that he died for you. May the Body of Christ be food for our souls and bring us to everlasting life. May the Blood of the Lord protect us from harm and mark us as God’s beloved ones. As the grain of this bread was gathered as one, may we who believe be bound by love. As the cup that we share is emptied for all, may we offer up...