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The texts for two bulletins are provided. The first is for the Examination Service, which will take place in the sanctuary, and the Feetwashing, which will take place in a different room. Individuals may take this bulletin with them from one room to the other. The second bulletin for the Lord's Supper is to be laid out with the plates on the tables where the Agape Meal or Love Feast will take place. Most Christian book stores will have appropriate bulletin covers for these services if your own denomination does not have some available.


Bulletin 1
The Examination Service

(On facing pages, this is the left-hand page, or page 1)

Call To Worship

Unison Prayer

Lord God, this day we are gathered to share fellowship, service, and suffering. Let us be true to you, kneeling as you knelt, girding ourselves with a towel, washing each other's feet, and coming to your table. We thank you for this invitation, and pray that we might widen the circle so many others will come to know you as servant and Lord, as gentle savior and master. As we come to this special place and hour, we bless the darkness which called all indoors to share your passover from the slavery of sin to the glory of salvation, and ask for the courage to follow you to that holy hill, and beyond to the empty tomb. These things we pray in your Son's name. Amen.

Hymn: "When I Survey The Wondrous Cross"

Scripture: John 13:1-17; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Meditation: "Broken For You"

Hymn: "Were You There?"

(Please take a hymnal and this bulletin with you as you proceed to the rooms set aside for the Service of Feetwashing.)



The Service Of Feetwashing

(On facing pages, this is the right-hand page, or page 2)

Opening Litany
One: Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him ...
All: "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"
One: Jesus answered, "You do not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand."
All: Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet."
One: Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no share with me."

Prayer of Ambrose

Feetwashing

Closing Litany
One: After he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord -- and you are right, for that is what I am. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
All: "For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. Very truly, I tell you, servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them."

Closing Prayer Of Thanksgiving



Bulletin
The Love Feast (Agape Meal)

Gathering For The Meal

Hymn: "Let Us Break Bread Together"

Litany
Leader: And regarding the thanksgiving, give thanks in this way. Regarding first the cup -- We give thanks to you, our Father, for the holy vine of your servant David, which you revealed fully in Jesus your servant.
All: Glory to you forever.
Leader: And regarding the broken bread -- We give thanks to you, our Father, for the life and the knowledge which you have made known to us through your servant Jesus.
All: Glory to you forever.
Leader: For as this bread was once scattered over the mountains but was brought together into one loaf, so too gather your fellowship from the four corners of the world into your kingdom.
All: For yours are the glory and the power through Jesus Christ forever.

The Meal

Words Of Thanks
Leader: Holy Father, we give thanks to you for your holy name, which you have planted in our hearts, and for the knowledge and faith and eternal life you have made known through Jesus your servant.
All: Glory to you forever.
Leader: All powerful ruler, who made everything with your name in mind, you gave people food and drink to make them glad so they could thank you for it. And to us you have given spiritual food and drink, and eternal life, through your servant Jesus. We thank you most of all for being all powerful.
All: Glory to you forever.
Leader: Remember your church, Lord, and preserve it from evil, perfecting it in your love, and gathering it from the four winds, in holiness, into your kingdom which you have prepared for it.
All: For yours is the power and the glory forever.
Leader: Let your grace come; let this world pass away.
All: Hosanna to the son of David.
Leader: If anyone is holy, let him approach. If anyone is not, let him repent. Maranatha -- Come soon, Lord -- Amen.

The Celebration Of The Bread And Cup

Benediction