Monday, August 05, 2013

when she offered the cup – v4


blessing, joy, humbly
coming forward to receive
the gifts from Christ
His sacrifice for us

accepting the bread,
“Christ’s body broken for you”
expecting the cup,
“the blood of Christ shed for you”

instead, something different,
when she offered the cup,
not the gift of Christ’s sacrifice
her words unfamiliar:
“the blessings of Christ”,

these words she spoke to us
imparting that gift
the wine tasting different
not of sacrifice, a gift

as we received the cup
blessings of our Savior
the blessings of Christ
the gift of His love


Edited August 5, 2013
“when she offered the cup – v4”

Edited August 5, 2013
“when she offered the cup – v3”
(after helping to serve Communion)
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
August 4, 2013
&
Edited July 30, 2013
“when she offered the cup – v2”
Edited July 6, 2013
“when she offered the cup”
email to Harriet Bean
“when you offered the cup. Usually is it
"the blood of Christ shed for you";
but you focused on the blessings.”
typed July 2, 2013
“The Blessings of Christ”
June 7, 2013
Call to Worship
Communion
Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH
June 2, 2013
Second Sunday after Pentecost


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