At the table too – v2

Even Judas, every prodigal
each one of us, though damaged
broken, stubborn
lost within out sin, selfishness
a child of the risen Lord
offered a place, welcome
At the table too
sitting with the Christ
offered the bread, the cup
his body broken for us
love, grace, poured out
on the altar of the cross
passed around the table
by the lamb, our king
offered to each salvation
whatever choice we make

October 3, 2011
written after seeing earlier poem,
“At the table too”,
before posting to
www.christianpoetry.org
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At the table too

The light waning
the upper room growing dark
the quiet building
the Seder starting
common words of remembrance
of God’s saving from slavery

But something different
the words new
a covenant, a sacrifice
Jesus would die for me and you

At the table too
each time we remember
not just once a year
each time we break the bread
returning to the upper room
hearing our savior’s words anew


March 7, 2010
Mark 14:12, 22-25
Isaiah 11:1-5
Isaiah 52:7 (Call to Worship)
Deuteronomy 16:1-8
Exodus 12:1-28
Deuteronomy 11:16-21
and sermon, “A Last Meal”
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss
the first in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 28, 2010

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