Choose the sections that are appropriate to your context and tradition. For example, if communion is part of a longer service, it may be more appropriate to use only parts of the liturgy.

Gathering at the table

Christ blesses, sends, and fills the world with promise.
We come to the table of the risen Christ, whose love is not withdrawn.

The disciples are not asked to stare at the sky,
but to wait, receive power, and bear witness.
Open our hearts to your presence, and send us with hope.

This is Christ’s table.
Not a reward for those who understand everything,
but grace for those still learning.
Not a prize for the powerful,
but bread for those who come as they are.

We come with questions and gratitude, with longing and need.
We come for blessing, for courage, for love that sends us out.

The Peace

Peace is Christ’s blessing placed into our ordinary lives.
The peace of Christ be with you.
And also with you.

(Share peace in ways that honour boundaries – words, a nod, a wave, a hand on heart.)

The Great Thanksgiving

The Spirit is here.
The Spirit is with us.

Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the God of love.

Let us give thanks to the Holy One.
It is right to give thanks and praise.

It is right, and a joyful thing,
to give you thanks, God of glory and nearness.
You are not contained by sky or temple,
by distance or boundary,
or by what we can hold or understand.

You raise Christ into fullness of life,
not to remove him from the world,
but to fill all things with his presence.
You place hope in our hearts,
strength in our bodies,
and a calling in our communities.

You open the eyes of the heart
to recognise the hope to which we are called,
the riches of grace already among us,
and the power of love at work in the world.

In Jesus, you bless your people
not as an ending,
but as a beginning.
He opens the Scriptures.
He promises the Spirit.
He sends witnesses of mercy, forgiveness, and peace
from familiar places to the ends of the earth.

And so, with angels and ancestors,
with all who have received blessing and carried it onward,
with all creation held in the life of Christ,
we sing the song of heaven:

Holy, holy, holy One,
breath of all that lives, fire of all that loves,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is the One who comes to heal and to set free.
Hosanna in the highest.

Thanksgiving and story

Blessed are you, Holy One.
In Jesus you came among us –
teaching, healing, forgiving,
sharing bread, welcoming the excluded,
and making mercy visible.

After suffering and death,
he appeared alive to his friends.
He spoke peace.
He opened their minds to the story of love
running through Scripture and history.
He promised that they would not be left alone.

Then, with hands raised in blessing,
he was taken from their sight,
and still his love remained.

They returned with joy,
not because every question was answered,
but because blessing had become calling.
They were not sent to escape the world,
but to bear witness within it –
speaking forgiveness,
seeking justice,
sharing hope,
and living as signs of life made new.

Here is the mystery we celebrate –
Christ lifted high,
Christ present still,
Christ filling all things,
Christ sending us as signs of his love.

Words of Institution

On the night before he gave himself for us,
Jesus took bread;
he gave thanks, broke it, and said:
“Take, eat. This is my body, given for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.”

When the meal was ended,
he took the cup;
he gave thanks, and said:
“Drink from this, all of you.
This is my blood of the new covenant,
poured out for you and for many,
for the forgiveness of sins.
Do this, as often as you drink it,
in remembrance of me.”

Christ has died.
Christ is risen.
Christ will come again.

Prayer of the Spirit

Pour out your Spirit on us gathered here,
and on these gifts of bread and cup.
Make them for us the body and blood of Christ,
that we may be for the world the body of Christ:
blessed and sent,
steady in hope,
alive in mercy,
brave in witness.

When we are tempted to stay looking upwards,
turn us towards the world you love.
When we feel powerless, clothe us with courage.
When hope feels distant, open our hearts again.
When the task feels too large, give us grace for the next faithful step.

Shape us into a people who carry blessing –
in our words,
in our welcome,
in our justice,
in our care.
Make us witnesses to risen life
in homes and schools,
in workplaces and communities,
in quiet conversations,
and in courageous acts of love.

Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all honour and glory are yours,
God of promise and presence,
now and always.
Amen.

The Prayer Jesus taught

As Jesus taught us, we pray:
(Use your community’s preferred wording/version.)

Breaking the bread

We break this bread
to share in the body of Christ.
Though we are many, we are one body,
because we all share in one bread.

The gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.

Sharing the bread and cup

(Words such as these may be used during the distribution.)

Blessing for you.
Power for the journey.

(If people receive a blessing instead of the elements: “May Christ be close to you; may love hold you.”)

Prayer after Communion

God of glory and nearness,
we thank you for meeting us at this table.
You have fed us with grace,
and blessed us with hope.

When we are unsure what comes next, keep us open to your Spirit.
When we feel helpless, remind us your love fills all things.

Send us out as people of Easter life –
to carry blessing,
to speak mercy,
to seek justice,
and to witness to hope in the world.
God of life,
now and forever. Amen.

Sending

Go in peace – not because Christ has left you,
but because Christ sends you in love.
We will carry blessing. We will wait for the Spirit. We will witness with hope.