1 Corinthians 10:16-17 – I Want to Partake Of…

WELCOME TO WORSHIP 
In the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we welcome you to St. Paul’s. We especially welcome our guests who have joined us today. We pray that your soul will be strengthened by the good news of God’s forgiveness through Jesus. 

WHAT IS MAUNDY THURSDAY? 
Maundy Thursday receives its name from the Latin phrase novum mandatum, which means, “new command.” It refers to Jesus’ words which he spoke to his disciples on this night, “A new command I give you: Love one another” (John 13:34). The institution of the Lord’s Supper on that night displays the depth of Jesus’ love for us and gives power to the Church to live out his command. 

WHY GO TO COMMUNION? 
“We go because we are poor, miserable people. We go exactly because we are unworthy. Say to God, ‘I would like to be worthy. But I come, not upon any worthiness, but upon your Word, because you have commanded it.’ In the second place, there is also a promise. For here stand the kind and precious words, ‘This is my body, which is given for you. This is my blood shed for you for the forgiveness of sins.’ Therefore consider and read yourself into the word ‘you.’” (Adapted from Martin Luther’s Large Catechism) 

MAUNDY THURSDAY 

As our Savior on this night commanded us to love one another as he has loved us, we praise him for also giving us his body and blood in the Holy Supper for the forgiveness, life, and salvation we need to do so. 

CHOIR Holy Art Thou 
INVOCATION 
CONFESSION 
ABSOLUTION 
RECONCILIATION 
HYMN 528 Christ, the Word of God Incarnate sts. 2, 5 
PRAYER 
The Word 
FIRST READING Exodus 12:21–30 
SECOND READING 1 Corinthians 10:16–17 
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION 1 Corinthians 11:26 
GOSPEL Mark 14:12–26 
HYMN OF THE DAY 417 It Was a Dark and Dismal Night 
SERMON 1 Corinthians 10:16–17 I Want to Partake of…
CONFESSION OF FAITH 
OFFERING 
The Sacrament 
PREPARATION 
WORDS OF INSTITUTION 
O CHRIST, LAMB OF GOD 
DISTRIBUTION 
DISTRIBUTION HYMN 660 Here, O My Lord, I See You Face to Face 
DISTRIBUTION HYMN 661 Draw Near and Take the Body of Your Lord 
DISTRIBUTION HYMN 668 Jesus Comes Today with Healing 
PRAYER 
LORD’S PRAYER 
BLESSING 
CLOSING HYMN 932 Sent Forth by God’s Blessing