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

The Spirit is poured out –
on young and old, on every body, every voice, every life.
We come to the table of Christ, alive with the Spirit.

Breath moves. Fire warms. Living water flows.
Fill us with courage, and make us one in your love.

This is Christ’s table.
Not a reward for the impressive,
but bread for the hungry.
Not a prize for the powerful,
but welcome for those who come as they are.

We come with wonder and longing, with questions and need.
We come for breath, for belonging, for love that sends us out.

The Peace

Peace is breathed into us – and shared across every barrier.
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 breath and flame.
You made the earth in wisdom.
You fill creation with life.
You send forth your Spirit,
and the face of the ground is renewed.

You do not keep your gifts for a few.
You pour out your Spirit on all flesh –
on children, elders, and everyone between,
on those with status and those without,
on dreamers, prophets, servants, and strangers.

You make room for many voices.
You do not flatten difference into sameness.
You create a community where each gift matters,
where every person is needed,
where one Spirit gathers many members into one body.

In Jesus, you breathed peace into frightened hearts.
You promised living water for the thirsty.
You sent your people into the world
not with domination,
but with forgiveness, courage, and love.

And so, with angels and ancestors,
with all who dream dreams and speak hope,
with all creation alive in your breath,
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 –
sharing our life,
bearing our pain,
speaking peace,
and rising with love stronger than death.

On the day of Pentecost,
the friends of Jesus were gathered together.
A sound like rushing wind filled the house.
Flames like fire rested among them.
Words crossed boundaries.
People heard good news in the languages of home.

The Spirit did not make everyone the same.
The Spirit made understanding possible.
The Spirit turned fear into witness,
waiting into movement,
and scattered people into a community of mercy.

Here is the mystery we celebrate –
that your Spirit still breathes through the world,
still kindles courage,
still pours living water into thirsty places,
still makes one body from many gifts.

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:
alive with breath,
warm with mercy,
bold in witness,
one in love.

Where fear has closed us in, breathe peace.
Where hope has grown tired, kindle courage.
Where people thirst for justice, let living water flow.
Where voices are silenced or dismissed, make us attentive and brave.

Shape us into a Pentecost people –
many gifts, one body;
many languages, one good news;
many stories, one Spirit of love.
Teach us to honour difference,
to share power,
to speak hope with humility,
and to practise mercy in ways the world can understand.

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.)

Spirit of life – for you.
Courage 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 breath and flame,
we thank you for meeting us at this table.
You have fed us with grace,
and filled us again with your Spirit.

When we are afraid, breathe peace into us.
When we are divided, gather us into love.

Send us out as people of Pentecost –
to honour every voice,
to share our gifts,
to seek justice,
to speak hope,
and to carry your living water into thirsty places.
God of life,
now and forever. Amen.

Sending

Go in peace – not because the world is simple,
but because the Spirit is poured out.
We will honour every gift. We will practise mercy. We will speak love in every language.