James T. Cleland - "That They May Be One" Communion Meditation (October 3, 1976)
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| (hymnal music playing) | 0:22 | |
| ♪ Beautiful faithful ♪ | 6:10 | |
| (muffled singing) | 6:18 | |
| ♪ Glory and honor ♪ | 6:42 | |
| ♪ Praise thy ♪ | 6:50 | |
| ♪ Oh praise (indistinct) ♪ | 6:53 | |
| ♪ Now and forever more ♪ | 6:57 | |
| ♪ Now and forever more ♪ | 7:07 | |
| ♪ Amen ♪ | 7:20 | |
| (indistinct hymnal music) | 8:10 | |
| - | Will the congregation please move to the center aisle | 12:39 |
| if you have any space between you | 12:43 | |
| so that those who are not seated may be seated. | 12:46 | |
| When we gather to praise God, | 13:01 | |
| we remember that we are the people of God | 13:05 | |
| who have preferred our wills to the divine will, | 13:08 | |
| accepting the power which God offers to us | 13:14 | |
| to become new persons in Christ. | 13:18 | |
| Let us confess our sin before God and one another. | 13:21 | |
| Let us pray. | 13:27 | |
| Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned | 13:29 | |
| against you in thought, word and deed. | 13:33 | |
| We have not loved you with our whole heart. | 13:38 | |
| We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. | 13:41 | |
| We pray you of your mercy, forgive what we have been, | 13:46 | |
| amend what we are, direct what we shall be, | 13:52 | |
| that we may delight in your will | 13:57 | |
| and walk in your ways through Jesus Christ, our Lord, amen. | 14:00 | |
| You heard the good news, Christ died for us | 14:09 | |
| while we were yet sinners. | 14:13 | |
| That is God's own proof of His love toward us. | 14:15 | |
| In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven. | 14:19 | |
| - | In the name of Jesus Christ, | 14:26 |
| you are forgiven. | 14:29 | |
| (muffled speaking) | 14:31 | |
| (indistinct hymnal music) | 14:34 | |
| - | A prayer in what we believe. | 15:35 |
| We believe in God who has created and is creating, | 15:37 | |
| who has come in the truly human Jesus | 15:43 | |
| to reconcile and make new, | 15:46 | |
| who works in us and others by the spirit. | 15:49 | |
| We trust God who calls us to be the church, | 15:54 | |
| to celebrate life and its fullness, | 15:59 | |
| to love and serve others, to seek justice | 16:02 | |
| and resist the evil, to proclaim Jesus, | 16:07 | |
| crucified and risen, our judge, and our hope, | 16:11 | |
| in life and death and life beyond death, God is with us, | 16:16 | |
| we are not alone, thanks be to God. | 16:24 | |
| - | Let us pray. | 16:39 |
| Lord, open our hearts and minds | 16:43 | |
| by the power of your Holy Spirit, | 16:48 | |
| that as the scriptures are read | 16:51 | |
| and the word proclaimed, | 16:55 | |
| we may hear with joy what you say to us today, amen. | 16:58 | |
| The scripture lesson is from the Gospel | 17:08 | |
| according to Saint John 17 selected verses. | 17:11 | |
| Since we are reading from a gospel, | 17:18 | |
| let the congregation stand. | 17:21 | |
| "When Jesus had spoken these words, | 17:31 | |
| he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, | 17:35 | |
| Father, the hour has come, | 17:38 | |
| glorify thy Son that the Son may glorify thee, | 17:43 | |
| since thou has given Him power over all flesh | 17:50 | |
| to give eternal life to all whom thou has given Him. | 17:54 | |
| And this is eternal life | 18:01 | |
| that they know thee only true God | 18:05 | |
| in Jesus Christ, whom thou has sent. | 18:10 | |
| I have manifested thy name to the men | 18:15 | |
| who now givest us to me out of the world, | 18:17 | |
| thine they were, and thou gavest them to me | 18:21 | |
| and they have kept thy I word. | 18:26 | |
| Now they know that everything that thou has given me | 18:30 | |
| is from thee, what I have given them the words, | 18:33 | |
| which thou gavest me and they have received them | 18:37 | |
| and know in truth that I came from thee, | 18:43 | |
| and they have believed that thou did send me. | 18:47 | |
| I do not pray for them only, | 18:51 | |
| but also for those who are to believe in me | 18:54 | |
| through their word, that they may all be one, | 19:00 | |
| even as thou father art in me and I in thee, | 19:06 | |
| that they also may be in us | 19:12 | |
| that they may be one, even as we are one." | 19:15 | |
| Amen and amen. | 19:25 | |
| ♪ Glory be to the Father ♪ | 19:38 | |
| ♪ And to the Son and to the Holy Ghost ♪ | 19:42 | |
| ♪ As it was in the beginning, ♪ | 19:51 | |
| ♪ Is now and ever shall be ♪ | 19:54 | |
| ♪ World without end, amen, amen. ♪ | 20:00 | |
| Worldwide Communion Sunday, which we celebrate | 20:22 | |
| and in which we now participate is a recent venture | 20:28 | |
| on the part of American Protestantism. | 20:34 | |
| It was in 1938, only a generation ago | 20:39 | |
| that National Council of Churches of Christ in America, | 20:46 | |
| first shared in the Worldwide Celebration | 20:51 | |
| of Holy Communion, the Lord's supper, | 20:57 | |
| the Eucharist, on the first Sunday in October. | 21:01 | |
| The purpose of such a venture was and is very simple, | 21:07 | |
| to remember once a year, | 21:13 | |
| along with our other Protestant brethren | 21:18 | |
| of all denominational varieties | 21:22 | |
| that first, Last Supper in an effort to understand | 21:26 | |
| and to believe that what we have in common | 21:33 | |
| is more important to us and to God than what separates us, | 21:40 | |
| often, so miserably and so bitterly. | 21:48 | |
| That is why the passage of scripture | 21:54 | |
| for the sacrament this Sunday | 21:56 | |
| is the high priestly prayer of Jesus. | 21:58 | |
| In the story of the Last Supper as recorded in the gospel | 22:04 | |
| according to Saint John, part if which has just been read. | 22:07 | |
| Now the emphasis of that passage is, | 22:13 | |
| first, that it was possible for the elderly disciples | 22:16 | |
| to be one, of one mind, even as Jesus and God | 22:22 | |
| were of one mind. | 22:30 | |
| And second, that those who hear the good news | 22:33 | |
| from his disciples me also be one, one with him, | 22:38 | |
| and one with one another. | 22:46 | |
| Listen to what Jesus said, | 22:50 | |
| I do not pray for these only, that is for the 12, | 22:52 | |
| but also for those who believe in me through their word. | 22:57 | |
| And that includes us, centuries later in a university chapel | 23:03 | |
| at an ecumenical service. | 23:11 | |
| Jesus prayed for us that we may be one. | 23:15 | |
| Now, let me illustrate the sorrow and the joy | 23:24 | |
| and the sustaining power of the Lord's Supper | 23:29 | |
| with three incidents from my own life. | 23:33 | |
| When I first came to the university back in 1945, | 23:38 | |
| I was invited to preach in our local downtown church. | 23:42 | |
| I did and after the service, | 23:48 | |
| I was told that there would follow a celebration | 23:52 | |
| of the Lord's Supper, but that I could not receive | 23:56 | |
| as I was not a member of that congregation. | 24:01 | |
| And I thought to myself, that I, | 24:06 | |
| well, Cleland you're in good company. | 24:09 | |
| Jesus could not receive since he isn't a member | 24:13 | |
| of that congregation either. | 24:16 | |
| And I recall that they may be one, | 24:21 | |
| didn't that local church believe | 24:28 | |
| that 20th century Christians maybe one? | 24:31 | |
| Oh yes, they did, but within limits. | 24:35 | |
| The second incident was much more recent. | 24:41 | |
| I was preaching at the Naval Academy in Annapolis | 24:44 | |
| and Catholic chaplain invited me to deliver the sermon | 24:48 | |
| at the nine o'clock mass. | 24:52 | |
| The same sermon which the Protestants were to hear | 24:54 | |
| at 11 o'clock. | 24:57 | |
| I consented, then I asked him, | 25:00 | |
| do I receive the wafer or do I not? | 25:04 | |
| I just want to know for comfort sake | 25:09 | |
| where I am and what I do. | 25:12 | |
| He answered you receive, but you don't stick out your hand | 25:15 | |
| like an Episcopalian, (congregation murmuring) | 25:21 | |
| you just open your mouth and I put in. | 25:28 | |
| (laughing) | 25:31 | |
| So, at the given moment, I opened and he popped. | 25:34 | |
| You know what? | 25:41 | |
| At the end of the service, the priest drains the chalice, | 25:42 | |
| he took one sip, brought the chalice to me | 25:46 | |
| and said drink it. | 25:50 | |
| I did with some fear and trembling, | 25:52 | |
| but it was a gentle wine. | 25:55 | |
| And the words of Jesus came to me with new meaning, | 25:59 | |
| that they may be one, a Roman Catholic, one senior | 26:02 | |
| and a Scott's Presbyterian visiting preacher. | 26:08 | |
| The third incident is centered on my mother | 26:13 | |
| who has often spoken from this pulpit | 26:17 | |
| through her son. | 26:21 | |
| In the church of Scotland, the Lord's supper | 26:23 | |
| is usually celebrated about four times a year, | 26:25 | |
| each occurrence is a series of three different | 26:31 | |
| but related services, a preparatory service | 26:34 | |
| on Friday evening, the communion popper on Sunday morning | 26:38 | |
| repeated on Sunday afternoon. | 26:44 | |
| The Thanksgiving service on Sunday evening, | 26:47 | |
| often concluded with the hallelujah chorus. | 26:50 | |
| At the age of 18, my mother received the bread and the wine | 26:56 | |
| for the first time after attending | 27:00 | |
| the young communicans class for three years. | 27:03 | |
| She then never missed that three fold service, | 27:09 | |
| four times a year until she died at the age of 82. | 27:15 | |
| I told one of my colleagues in the divinity school | 27:22 | |
| about this aspect of my mother's church life. | 27:24 | |
| In amazed admiration, he commented, | 27:28 | |
| she must have a high view of the sacrament. | 27:31 | |
| Few months later, I was in Scotland. | 27:37 | |
| So I asked her, mother, do you have a high view | 27:40 | |
| of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper? | 27:45 | |
| She answered, I don't know what you're talking about. | 27:49 | |
| At the Last Supper, Jesus asked his friends | 27:54 | |
| not to forget Him. | 27:59 | |
| "This do in remembrance of me." | 28:02 | |
| I am one of his friends, I do not forget Him. | 28:06 | |
| Now, that is as low a Protestant view of the Lord Supper | 28:13 | |
| as one could find, | 28:18 | |
| but it hit my mother going for nigh on 64 years, | 28:21 | |
| age 18 to age 82, in remembrance of Him, | 28:27 | |
| who was her Lord and in company with fellow communicants | 28:33 | |
| who took the Lord's Supper very serious. | 28:39 | |
| So here we are on Worldwide Communion Sunday, | 28:44 | |
| members of a variety of denominations, | 28:48 | |
| which are sometimes abominations, | 28:52 | |
| let us hold in our memories and in our hearts, | 28:56 | |
| our brethren throughout the world, | 29:00 | |
| bound to us because we are all invited guests | 29:03 | |
| at the table whose host is Jesus the Christ | 29:09 | |
| and whose constant prayer is | 29:14 | |
| that we would all be one, | 29:17 | |
| the clergy who are his servants at the table | 29:21 | |
| will serve you in His name and for His sake. | 29:24 | |
| And then after the Benediction, | 29:29 | |
| who may lead this house of God, | 29:31 | |
| we may have a renewed sense of solidarity with other, | 29:33 | |
| all other Christian. | 29:38 | |
| After all Jesus prayed that we would be one. | 29:42 | |
| Amen and amen. | 29:51 | |
| - | Let us pray that the world may live in peace | 30:07 |
| and that the church may achieve unity, | 30:13 | |
| fulfilling its service here and everywhere. | 30:16 | |
| (indistinct) | 30:21 | |
| That all ministers and teachers in the church | 30:24 | |
| may be faithful servants of the gospel, | 30:28 | |
| leading others into its way of life | 30:31 | |
| and strengthening their faith. | 30:34 | |
| (indistinct) | 30:37 | |
| That the leaders of this nation and the world | 30:41 | |
| may govern with justice and mercy. | 30:45 | |
| - | Lord of mercy, hear our prayer. | 30:50 |
| - | That all our work may be done for the common good, | 30:54 |
| that it be done in safety | 30:58 | |
| and that all may be spared from grinding toil, | 31:01 | |
| which destroys fullness of life. | 31:05 | |
| - | Lord of mercy, hear our prayer. | 31:09 |
| That those who work on frontiers of truth, | 31:12 | |
| and those who enrich our lives with beauty and joy | 31:17 | |
| may be free to follow their vocations. | 31:21 | |
| - | Lord of mercy, hear our prayer. | 31:26 |
| - | That those who suffer disease or poverty or loneliness | 31:29 |
| or grief may be healed and comforted, | 31:35 | |
| and that those who are oppressed or persecuted | 31:40 | |
| maybe strengthened and delivered. | 31:44 | |
| - | Lord of mercy, hear our prayer | 31:48 |
| - | That those who we have known and loved, | 31:52 |
| who had died in the faith may be a glorious memory to us | 31:56 | |
| and a source of renewed fellowship with all the saints. | 32:02 | |
| - | Lord of mercy, hear our prayer. | 32:07 |
| (indistinct) | 32:11 | |
| - | Christ our Lord invite to his table | 32:16 |
| all who love Him and who desire to live in peace | 32:21 | |
| with one another. | 32:26 | |
| May the peace of the Lord be with you always. | 32:28 | |
| - | Also with you. | 32:33 |
| - | As forgiven and reconciled people, | 32:35 |
| let us offer ourselves and our gifts to God. | 32:38 | |
| (hymnal music playing) | 32:57 | |
| (indistinct hymnal music) | 35:53 | |
| ♪ Praise God from whom all blessings flow ♪ | 38:28 | |
| ♪ Praise Him, all creatures here below ♪ | 38:34 | |
| ♪ Hallelujah, Hallelujah ♪ | 38:41 | |
| ♪ Praise Him above, ye heavenly host ♪ | 38:48 | |
| ♪ Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost ♪ | 38:55 | |
| ♪ Hallelujah, Hallelujah ♪ | 39:01 | |
| ♪ Hallelujah, Hallelujah ♪ | 39:04 | |
| ♪ Hallelujah, Hallelujah ♪ | 39:07 | |
| - | Lord of all nations, accept these our gifts | 39:37 |
| of money this day, | 39:42 | |
| and grant that the courses to which they are dedicated | 39:45 | |
| may prosper under thy guidance | 39:48 | |
| and bless these elements of bread and wine, | 39:52 | |
| which we bring that on this day in particularly, | 39:55 | |
| they may be the special symbols of our oneness | 39:59 | |
| with thee, our oneness with one another in this place | 40:03 | |
| and our oneness with all thy children everywhere, | 40:10 | |
| through Jesus Christ our Lord, we pray, amen. | 40:15 | |
| - | The Lord is with you. | 40:34 |
| Lift up your hearts. | 40:38 | |
| (indistinct) | 40:41 | |
| Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God. | 40:43 | |
| (indistinct) | 40:47 | |
| Oh God, it is right that we should always | 40:50 | |
| and everywhere give you thanks and praise. | 40:52 | |
| Only you are God, you created all things | 40:56 | |
| and called them good, you made us in your own image. | 41:00 | |
| Even when we rebelled against your love, | 41:05 | |
| you did not desert us. | 41:07 | |
| You delivered us from captivity, | 41:09 | |
| made covenant to be our God and king | 41:12 | |
| and spoke to us through your prophets. | 41:15 | |
| Therefore, we join the entire company of heaven | 41:19 | |
| and all your people now on earth | 41:22 | |
| in worshiping and glorifying you. | 41:24 | |
| Holy, holy, holy, | 41:28 | |
| Lord, God of power and might, | 41:30 | |
| heaven and earth are full of your glory. | 41:33 | |
| Hosanna in the highest, | 41:36 | |
| blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, | 41:38 | |
| Hosanna in the highest. | 41:42 | |
| We thank you Holy God that you loved the world so much | 41:45 | |
| that you sent your only son to be our savior. | 41:49 | |
| The Lord of all life came to live among us, | 41:53 | |
| He healed and taught people, ate with sinners, | 41:56 | |
| and won for you a new people by water and the spirit. | 42:01 | |
| We saw his glory, yet He humbled himself in obedience | 42:05 | |
| to your will, freely accepting death on a cross. | 42:09 | |
| By dying, He freed us from unending death, | 42:14 | |
| by rising from the dead, He gave us everlasting life. | 42:18 | |
| We remember that on the night | 42:23 | |
| in which he gave himself up for us, | 42:24 | |
| the Lord Jesus took bread and giving you thanks, | 42:26 | |
| He broke the bread, gave it to his disciples | 42:29 | |
| and said, take, eat, this is my body, | 42:33 | |
| which is given for you. | 42:38 | |
| When the supper was over, he took the cup. | 42:41 | |
| Again, He returned thanks to you, | 42:44 | |
| gave the cup to his disciples and said, | 42:47 | |
| drink from this, all of you. | 42:50 | |
| This is the cup of the new covenant in my blood, | 42:52 | |
| poured out for you and many for the forgiveness of sins. | 42:56 | |
| When we eat this bread and drink this cup, | 43:02 | |
| we experience a new the presence of the Lord, Jesus Christ, | 43:04 | |
| and look forward to his coming in final victory. | 43:09 | |
| - | Christ is there, | 43:15 |
| Christ is risen, | 43:16 | |
| Christ will come again. | 43:18 | |
| - | We remember and proclaim with gratitude Holy God | 43:20 |
| what your son has done for us in his life and death, | 43:24 | |
| in his resurrection and ascension, | 43:28 | |
| accept our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving | 43:31 | |
| in union with Christ's offering for us | 43:35 | |
| as a reasonable and holy surrender of ourselves. | 43:37 | |
| Send the power of your Holy Spirit on us | 43:42 | |
| gathered here out of love for you and on these gifts. | 43:45 | |
| Help us know in the breaking of this bread, | 43:49 | |
| the presence of Christ who gave his body and blood | 43:53 | |
| for all people, make us one with Christ, | 43:57 | |
| one with each other and one in service to all people. | 44:01 | |
| - | With your son Jesus Christ, | 44:09 |
| may the Holy Spirit in the Holy church, | 44:11 | |
| (indistinct) | 44:14 | |
| - | In unity with Christ and with each other, | 44:18 |
| we pray, our father who art in heaven, | 44:21 | |
| Hallowed be thy name, | 44:26 | |
| thy kingdom come, | 44:28 | |
| thy will be done on earth as it is heaven | 44:30 | |
| give us this day our daily bread | 44:34 | |
| and forgive our trespasses | 44:38 | |
| as we forgive those who trespass against us. | 44:40 | |
| Lead us not into temptation, | 44:44 | |
| but deliver us from evil. | 44:46 | |
| For thine is the kingdom, | 44:49 | |
| the power and the glory, amen. | 44:51 | |
| Because there is one loaf, we many as we are are one body, | 44:59 | |
| for it is one loaf of which we all partake. | 45:06 | |
| When we break the bread, is it not a means of sharing | 45:10 | |
| in the body of Christ? | 45:15 | |
| - | When we give thanks over the cup, | 45:19 |
| is it not a means of sharing in the blood of Christ? | 45:22 | |
| - | It is our custom when we gather on the four days | 47:50 |
| in which we celebrate the Lord's Supper here in this place, | 47:55 | |
| to do so by gathering around the table of our Lord, | 48:01 | |
| the choir will receive as the first table, | 48:05 | |
| making two concentric circles around the table, | 48:10 | |
| being close to one another | 48:14 | |
| and facing the alter as well as facing each other. | 48:18 | |
| After the choir has commune, | 48:23 | |
| the ushers will assist you, | 48:27 | |
| beginning with those persons seated in the transepts | 48:29 | |
| to either side of the altar, | 48:32 | |
| and then moving through the congregation. | 48:35 | |
| We ask you to follow the instructions | 48:39 | |
| as they are in the order of worship. | 48:41 | |
| As one table is receiving the elements, | 48:45 | |
| another group of persons prepare to receive. | 48:48 | |
| And then as one table goes to their places, | 48:53 | |
| those who were waiting, come and gather around the table | 48:57 | |
| of our Lord. | 49:02 | |
| In the name of Christ, | 49:04 | |
| we break bread and drink from the cup. | 49:07 | |
| - | Grow in grace and in the knowledge | 54:03 |
| of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. | 54:06 | |
| To him be glory both now and forever. | 54:10 | |
| Go now with the assurance that God's love goes with you. | 54:14 | |
| Amen. | 54:21 | |
| (indistinct hymnal music) | 58:14 | |
| - | Our Lord said, "By this shall all people know | 1:01:47 |
| that you are my disciples | 1:01:50 | |
| if you love one another." | 1:01:54 | |
| Beloved in these moments, we have received | 1:01:57 | |
| from the love of Christ | 1:01:59 | |
| and now with the peace of God in your hearts, | 1:02:02 | |
| will you go to love in the name | 1:02:04 | |
| and then the spirit of Christ, amen. | 1:02:08 | |
| (indistinct hymnal) | 1:03:45 | |
| - | In the mystery of this Holy communion, | 1:10:10 |
| God's spirit comes to us, | 1:10:14 | |
| healing us and making us a new people in Christ. | 1:10:17 | |
| Go now knowing that you are a new creation | 1:10:23 | |
| and may God's spirit go with you, amen. | 1:10:28 | |
| (indistinct hymnal music) | 1:14:42 | |
| - | Jesus said I have come that you might have life | 1:18:15 |
| and have it abundantly. | 1:18:17 | |
| Arise now beloved, having received that abundant life | 1:18:20 | |
| from Christ, may you now go forth, feeling the presence | 1:18:26 | |
| and the joy of Christ in your heart and in your soul. | 1:18:32 | |
| And share this love and joy in his Holy name, amen, | 1:18:37 | |
| There may be persons sitting in the congregation | 1:19:11 | |
| who would like to receive the sacrament where you are, | 1:19:16 | |
| as these persons are being seated, | 1:19:21 | |
| the ministers will serve you in your place. | 1:19:25 | |
| If this is your desire, simply indicate this | 1:19:31 | |
| as the ministers come down the center aisle. | 1:19:35 | |
| You have given yourself to us, oh Lord. | 1:22:22 | |
| (indistinct) | 1:22:26 | |
| Your love has made us a new people. | 1:22:29 | |
| (indistinct) | 1:22:34 | |
| Your glory has filled our hearts. | 1:22:37 | |
| (indistinct) | 1:22:41 | |
| Amen. | 1:22:44 | |
| Allow me just two words | 1:22:47 | |
| members of the Duke Wind Symphony have asked us to announce | 1:22:50 | |
| that due to rain yesterday evening, | 1:22:55 | |
| the Duke University Wind Symphony | 1:22:58 | |
| will sponsor a Viennese bowl tonight at 8:15 p.m | 1:23:01 | |
| on the rear terrace of the Mary Duke Middle | 1:23:06 | |
| Biddle Music building. | 1:23:09 | |
| All of you in the Durham and Duke community | 1:23:12 | |
| are invited to share this evening. | 1:23:14 | |
| In case of rain, the program will be held here | 1:23:17 | |
| in Duke Chapel, that's tonight at 8:15 p.m. | 1:23:20 | |
| Following Worldwide Communion Sunday, | 1:23:28 | |
| next Sunday, we will be privileged | 1:23:32 | |
| to have as our preacher, the Reverend Dr. Phillip Potter, | 1:23:35 | |
| the executive general secretary | 1:23:40 | |
| of the World Council of Churches. | 1:23:43 | |
| He is widely known as an outstanding preacher, | 1:23:46 | |
| so, I invite you and your friends to come | 1:23:52 | |
| and hear the Reverend Dr. Phillip Potter, | 1:23:55 | |
| as he brings to us greetings | 1:23:59 | |
| from the World Council of Churches | 1:24:01 | |
| and preachers for us on this second Sunday in October. | 1:24:03 | |
| And now as we have broken bread | 1:24:09 | |
| and have received the blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ, | 1:24:11 | |
| we invite you to exchange whatever greeting | 1:24:16 | |
| you feel the spirit of God leads you to exchange | 1:24:19 | |
| with those around you. | 1:24:22 | |
| This is known in the church, traditionally, | 1:24:24 | |
| as the exchange of the peace. | 1:24:26 | |
| You may say the peace of God be with you, | 1:24:28 | |
| the love of God be with you | 1:24:31 | |
| or if it's someone special, | 1:24:33 | |
| beside you may even say, I love you. | 1:24:36 | |
| So, will you stand now | 1:24:39 | |
| as we exchange the peace in the name | 1:24:41 | |
| and in the spirit of Christ. | 1:24:43 | |
| (indistinct) | 1:24:46 | |
| (indistinct hymnal music) | 1:25:02 | |
| And now dear brothers and sisters in Christ, | 1:28:51 | |
| go out in peace, to love God and love your neighbor | 1:28:54 | |
| in all that you do | 1:28:59 | |
| (indistinct) | 1:29:03 | |
| The blessing of Almighty God, creator, Redeemer | 1:29:05 | |
| and sustainer, be with you now and always. | 1:29:09 | |
| ♪ Amen ♪ | 1:29:16 | |
| ♪ Amen ♪ | 1:29:21 | |
| ♪ Amen, amen ♪ | 1:29:27 | |
| ♪ Amen ♪ | 1:29:41 | |
| ♪ Amen ♪ | 1:29:50 | |
| ♪ Amen ♪ | 1:30:04 | |
| (indistinct hymnal music) | 1:30:54 |
