Here’s
a closing commission and benediction for World Communion Sunday. It was written
by Rev. Gord, and posted on Worship
Offerings.
Commission &
Benediction:
World Communion
Sunday
Grain
which once was scattered over the fields
was
brought together to feed us today.
Grapes
pulled from the vine
squeezed
to give us drink today.
Now
our time of worship and feasting draws to a close.
Now
we are dispersed like that grain,
off
to give the food of life to a hungry world.
Now
we who have shared the Banquet of Hope,
go
out as people connected to the vine,
go
out to bring the juice of life
where
the world has been drained dry.
As
people who have been fed,
go
now to feed the world.
As
those who have been given hope,
bring
hope in place of despair.
May God help us to do
so.
And
always remember
that
we are never cut off from the Source.
The
Bread of Life, the True Vine is with us always.
And
so we always share in Hope’s Banquet.
Thanks be to the One
who hosts the banquet! Amen.
