CENTERING PRAYER
God of love, during Holy Week, we give you thanks for this night Jesus shared with his disciples. Between the public parade and the public charade is this intimate hour. Though even now we do not fully understand, we long to follow his example: to serve as he served, to heal as he healed, and to love as he loved. Jesus promised if we know these things and do them, we will be blessed. Help us, then, to know and to do all that Jesus taught. Though we betray and deny, we still come seeking your blessing. We cannot live unless you bless us. Amen.
CALL TO WORSHIP
In the growing darkness we gather.
Our Lenten journey has brought us here.
Jesus, our Teacher and Lord, sets before us: a towel, a bowl, bread, a cup.
He gives us an example and a commandment ever-new:
To love one another as he has loved us.
This is how everyone will know we are his disciples, when we love each other.
Come! Let us worship our God together!
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Holy and gracious God, our sin is too heavy to bear. Trusting in your mercy, we lay before you the truth of who we are.
We confess our failure to love as Christ loved . . .
We confess our covetousness and greed . . .
We confess our weakness before temptation . . .
We confess our frailty before the challenges of this world . . .
Merciful God, forgive us. Heal us, and make us whole, for the sake of your Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ, in whose name we pray. (Silent Confession)
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