Join us at St Luke’s Church in St Albans for our 10am Sunday morning service.
We are a growing church family in St Albans, made up of people of all ages and from a wide range of backgrounds.
Our services are relaxed and informal, combining band-led worship with Bible teaching and groups for children and young people. You can find us at 46 Cell Barnes Lane, St Albans AL1 5QJ.
We’re also an inclusive church – absolutely everyone is 100% welcome at all our services.
You can find out more about St Luke’s on our website:
www.saint-lukes.co.uk
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after that is Pentecost which is very exciting the kind of right after Easter and Christmas Comes Pentecost try and make sure you you can hear for that if you’re about at all that’s on the 19th May and then the following week most excitingly of all is our annual church meeting also known as the apcm or the AGM basically what will happen is we’ll have a shorter service in here that’s the first Sunday of halterm um and then we will have a little break and then we’ll have our annual church meeting which is a meeting where we talk about the business of the church so do come to that on the 26th of May 2024 then the prayer course continues uh this week and next week here in the lower Hall on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and finally if you were here last week you will have heard me talk about our new partnership with st orin’s Community Pantry with the the plan is to do community suppers here um every Tuesday um where they will uh cook the food and make sure it all happens we will support them with volunteers and with welcoming and stuff like that there’s going to be a trial one on Tuesday the 28th of May which is the uh the Tuesday of half term if you if by any chance you are not going away in half term and you fancy coming to help with that do let me know but also if it generally this is something you might be able to support in some way say one Tuesday a month or something like that um as we move forward assuming it goes well on the 28th then do let me know it’ be really good to have like a list of people who might be prepared to volunteer I won’t hold you to it uh I promise um but I might send you some emails right and I’m going to hand over to chip now to begin our service thanks oh yeah I don’t need this I’ve got one right so good morning what a glorious morning we have this morning I cannot believe the sunshine that’s out there and I am oh so grateful so this morning we’re going to be talking about or continuing our talk about communion and what it means and I I just want to share with you share get it communion sharing right there goes my Netflix special right okay anyway sharing is a big part of what communion is and it’s one of the most and one of the most awesome Parts about it is that it just doesn’t happen here at just St Luke’s it doesn’t happen here just in our dasis and it just doesn’t happen here just in England or even in the whole church of England it happens everywhere now some of you may know that I lost one of my brothers a few years ago now that that’s a bit careless of me I know and part of what I mourned and part of what I really miss about him is that he and I had well we were we were on our own so to speak before the others came along so we had this shared experience that only we had we only had we’re the only ones who had remembered what life was like in the Wilds of Minnesota and we’re the only ones who knew our family when it was very young so when we lost him I lost lost I lost everyone who the only person who had those memories besides me and someone that I could talk to about that and with communion we have a shared experience this is what’s so fabulous to me we have a shared experience with Christians not only here but over all the world across denominations across borders across oceans we all share in this communion and table and later later we’re going to have an opportunity to hear what Chris has to say about communion looking forward to it and and we’ll we’ll all be um oh lost my that Train derailed forget it let’s just take a moment let’s get our thoughts and Minds together come on chip um and just spend some time just quiet ourselves me included and spend some time worshiping and praising this God whose generosity and Grace Just blesses us all father God thank you so much for this Sunday this sunny Sunday morning Lord we come before you with hearts of gratitude you have seen us through another week and we stand at the threshold of a fresh Week full of new beginnings and Fresh Starts Lord help us start this bright embarking with you stir us in a deep desire to come into further relationship with you create in us an openness to forge bonds of a shared experience with each other and the community around us and by those B bonds draw people closer and deeper into you amen Lord we’re gonna now we’re gonna have Tommy and Isabelle start us off if you can stand up stand up and let’s praise God together if you can’t sit down it’ll be okay you can still sing praise is rising [Music] praise is rising eyes are turning to you we Ser to [Music] you hope is stiring heart are yearning for you we long for you when we see you we find strength to face the day in your presence all life is washed away washed away [Music] hosana hosan you are the God who saves us worthy of all our Praises hosan [Applause] hosan come out your way oh us welcome you here Lord Jesus here the sound of Hearts rning to you we turn to [Music] you in your kingom broken lives are made new you make us [Music] new when we see you we find strength to face the day in your presence all our FS are washed away washed the away hosan [Music] [Applause] hosana you are the God who saves us worthy of all our [Music] Praises hosana come and your way among us we welcome you here Lord J Jesus when we see you we find strength to face the day in your presence all our fears are washed away washed away hos [Music] hosana you are the God who saves us worthy of all our [Music] Praises come out your way Among Us welcome you here Lord Jesus [Music] hosana Lord when we see you we do find strength to face the day and you wash all of our fears and you make us new and we are so grateful We Praise You Lord we give thanks for these gifts of Grace that you give us every day thank you Lord thank you want to have a seat we’ve come to this moment that we’ve come to expect about we call it moments of gratitude ude and it’s just a time in this world full of all kinds of bad news you know sometimes we watch the BBC and we just long for someone to do a feel-good story you know even if it’s about a dog that found its way home I’m desperate sometimes for just one glimmer of good news not likely but we do know that in our own lives we do have some good news to share with our our families so I want everyone to just take a five couple minutes five couple minutes and talk to the person next to you and maybe share something one good thing that happened to you that this week that that maybe was good and maybe maybe you feel like it didn’t really have a good week you can say that too we can be honest with each other so there’s an opportunity later after the service if you really need some prayer for that we’ve got a prayer group that’s just ready and waiting for you to come but for now let’s just chat about what the good things are that happen this week and I’ll have my microphone later and if anyone wants to volunteer and share some of these things that would be great so Talk Amongst yourselves even e [Music] you know what I me [Music] I forgot how well we chat as a church can we just kind start thinking about what we might want to say does anyone have anything they’d like to share with us today any hands oh there’s my friend Geraldine last week was a really bad week everything that could possibly go wrong went wrong and I wasn’t in a good mood but you know what today is Sunday hello hell um I’m here the sun is shining and it is brilliant because I can put all that Shide you know behind me and I can say it’s a new week it’s a new day come on Lord let’s do next week you know so that’s that’s I’m I’m going with a positive excent that’s good good good good good oh oh I’ve see oh others I’m not as quick on my feet C victory in this place anybody who doesn’t know I’ve got myself a new cleaner around the place and she’s a very fine Christian woman so fine you might hear of her more again sometime excellent good good mom’s got a cleaner I’ll be over to you in a second did you have something um um um it’s my daddy’s birthday um and um I went to the park and um I um my little car my little car Barney and I I played with him a lot and be very gentle with him that’s really good that you were very gentle will there be cake for Daddy’s birthday oh excellent that’s what we need to hear some cake I’m starting a new school on Tuesday and yeah that’s it oh William uh now I’ve retired I do a lot more cycling and uh yesterday I had a puncture that’s the bad news the good news is wasn’t raining which nearly always happens when I have a puncture any others anyone else have a little something to share this morning oh oh that one do you have one oh yes but uh my god daughter had a baby yesterday Helen’s daughter so attacus and you I safely after a traumatic bit so we’re thankful that he’s arrived yay welcome baby attakus in the depths of the Children’s Corner are better you’re better were you ill well we’re really glad you’re better and we’re glad you’re here excellent all right thank you everyone for your bravery and your courage and I hope everyone had a good chat with their neighbors all right let’s just have a moment and think about all these really good things that we heard about this morning and all the things that we’ve shared let’s just have a little prayer over it Lord God our hearts are crowded with gratitude as we celebrate all your gifts Great and Small we have come to you with great joy and eagerness for we are truly grateful to you our God for all that we have been given and we pause now in silent prayer and do thank you for the great generosity of your gifts we also thank one another for their gifts especially the gifts of love and affection and support when we’re not having the best of weeks may you our God continue to bless us in your holy name amen now it’s time for the kidlets to head off to their place of fun I’m going to have to say a quick prayer over you guys Lord we pray for the children of our church Church may they come to know Christ and grow in their faith we pray that they build relationships during this times that will continue to grow in the future and give them a Christian Community to share we give thanks for our children’s ministry leaders and helpers and thank you Lord for giving them the tools and dedication needed to undertake this important work amen have fun storm in the castle kids right it’s been a really good [Music] morning but we all know that during the week sometimes we don’t get things quite right we maybe say the wrong word or think the wrong thing or maybe we forgot to we walked past someone who needed help instead of stopping to say can I help maybe we just didn’t give God the praise he needed or deserved so let’s just have a quick quick let’s have a meaningful moment of confession can say with me Lord you have given us a world of beauty and we have spoiled it a world to feed us and so many go hungry a world of riches and we are unwilling to share a world to care for and we think only of ourselves forgive us gracious God for those times your heart is saddened by our selfishness for those times we have no thought for others no cares but ours enable us to see this world a new as a gift from you it sh to be share and nurtured and those who live upon it to be loved and cared for we ask this that your name may be glorified through the beauty of this world and the service of Our Lives amen Lord we know that when we come to you with sincere confession we know that we will be forgiven because you are the great forgiver Lord by your grace let us us be forgiven in your peace let our lives be lived by your touch let us know your healing and in your strength let us be made whole for you are the one who forgives and restores us take our Mustard Seed of faith and let it grow let it take root let it blossom in our hearts and through all our life so that we can serve and glorify you in this broken world that surrounds us amen we come to a time of worship again with our talented Tommy and Isabelle if you feel able please rise if you don’t sit and sing and enjoy the music bless the Lord oh my soul oh my soul worship His holy name sing like never before oh my soul I worship your Holy Name the sun comes up there’s a new day daing it’s time to sing your song again whatever may pass and whatever lies before me let me be singing when the [Music] evening bless the Lord oh my soul oh my soul worship His sing like never before oh my soul I worship your Holy Name Your rich in love and you’re slow to anger your name is great and your heart is kind for all your goodness I will keep on say 10,000 reasons for my heart to [Music] F bless the Lord of my soul oh my soul worship this Holy Name sing like never before Oh my soul I worship your and on that day when my strength is failing the end draws near and my time has come still my soul will sing your praise on ending 10,000 reasons and [Music] forever bless the Lord oh my soul oh my soul worship His holy sing like never before oh my soul I worship your bless the Lord of my soul oh my soul worship His holy name sing like never before Oh My Soul I’ll worship your name yes I’ll worship your Hol Holy Name Lord I worship your holy name [Music] Shout to the Lord all the Earth let us see Power and mesty praise to the king mountains bow down and the Seas will Roar at the sound of your name I sing more joy at the word of your hands forever I love you forever I stand nothing comp to the [Music] pro my Jesus My Savior Lord there is none like you all of my days I want to praise the wonders of your [Music] Mighty love my comfor my shelter Tower of ref refuge and strength let every breath all that I am never cease to Worship You Shout to the Lord all the Earth let us s power and mesty praise to the king mountains bow down and the SE will Ro at the sound of your my sing Jo the world of hands forever I love you forever I stand nothing compares to the prise i in you to the Lord all the Earth let s power and mesty praise to the king mountains bow down and the will at the S of your name I sing more joy at the word of your hands for ever I love you forever I stand nothing compares to the pro I have in you nothing compar to the prise I [Music] you as we stand let’s just bow our heads Lord God As We Gather here we pray that you will open our ears open our minds and open our hearts that we may know you today for we ask it in Jesus name amen so as chips said uh oh yes do sit down as chips said a human ago we’re continuing our short series on Holy Communion that part of about half the services we have here where we all gather around the Lord’s table together um now those of you who have been here for the last couple of weeks will have heard Rosie and Alex uh talking about Holy Communion Rosie reminded us that communion has a number of different names it can be the Eucharist it can be the Lord’s Supper it can be Mass it can be is Sacrament and she offered as a beautiful definition of Sacrament an outward and visible sign of an Inward and invisible Grace I that’s just beautiful that was written by Austine of Hippo St Augustine of Hippo uh that is nothing to do with mud loving uh mammals uh hippo is uh is actually uh is nowadays it’s called Uh anaba and it’s a town on the coast of Algeria IA um we had another St Augustine okay um a bit later anyway that’s what Augustine of Hippo offered us and commun and and Rosie also told us that communion is a gift it’s a gift for us to receive to be fed by God then Alex came along and shared with us some tips on cooking chili and sleeping on hard floors you probably remember that bit um you may also remember that he he reminded us that communion is essentially a meal uh it’s a meal and crucially if you look right through the Bible whenever something interesting is happening when relationships are being formed food is involved there’s always a meal there’s something about uh we say formally breaking bread together but eating sitting down and eating together that seems very special time and again we see we see and read of people encountering God as they eat so communion is a place where we encounter Jesus Through the Holy Spirit yes we can learn about God through pre the preaching of God’s word through studying our Bibles we can come closer to God through sung worship that wonderful time when Words and Music just come together and we’re in a different place we’re singing worshiping together we can certainly encounter God there but we can meet God to as we gather together together at the Lord’s table Alex also reminded us that Covenant is a sign of the New Covenant that new promise that God gave us the gift of Salvation that God is no longer behind a curtain God is accessible God is there for us to find commun is where we encounter God is where Heaven meets Earth we gather together in one fellowship and Heaven meets Earth so what’s left to say that’s a pretty comprehensive definition of Holy Communion well I had what I thought was a brain wave halfway through last week’s service it was literally halfway through last week’s service I thought I’d ask you what you thought about Holy Communion and I would like at this point to to thank all those people who um are interrupted while they’re drinking their coffee and minding their own business what follows is entirely I promise you entirely unedited it is exactly what you said all I’ve done is I’ve grouped some of the comments into into groups okay so some of you talked about Holy Communion being a special time a special time really important it feels safe secure nurturing it’s symbolic it’s a moment to pause and reflect on why I’m here a quiet time to think reverently about God something I need to do when I come to church and then this last one is the repentance beforehand interesting the repent that time when we we come before God and we say actually we disappointed our we’ve disappointed you if we’re truthful we’ probably disappointed ourselves and we need to say we’re sorry and particularly at Communion we’re coming together and so we need to say sorry for those times and we haven’t shown one another the love that we perhaps ought to show the generosity as somebody said to me earlier showing one another love compassion generosity it’s important that we do that so back to the survey another group talked about remembrance and reflection remembrance a reflective space reflecting on what Jesus did for me reminds me of the sacrifice Jesus made for us chance to reflect on the last supper and reenact with all present continuing the sharing of bread as Jesus did the path that Jesus led so a strong sense that remembering the Last Supper the events of Good Friday and a time to reflect on Jesus’s sacrifice I’ll come back to some of those in a few minutes but let’s go on to the third group the third group talk about meeting with God now bearing in mind the 30 minutes before I talked to these various people they just heard a sermon from Alex all about meeting God some of them remember remember that and said commun is about meeting God so all those people get an extra gold star for listening here’s what people said it’s coming to the Lord’s table it’s knowing there’s always a seat at God’s table waiting for me it’s a feeling of God deep inside a real connection with Jesus beyond words feels holy it’s an opportunity to be real with my savior it’s strengthening it’s meeting with God throughout there’s a sense of deep personal connection with God it’s clearly a really important part of Holy Communion but the fourth and last main group came up with something else they told me of their sense of sharing and fellowship at Communion sharing a time of coming together a blessing for everyone it links me back with my Christian family Oneness with the whole worldwide Church remembering and participating together in celebration connection with other people of Faith across the world and back through time time to Jesus himself now I didn’t promise you I didn’t edit any of these just group them there were a couple of contributions however that defied classification I have called these the unclassified the first was this the Tuesday one is excellent now in case you don’t know this refers I’m sure to the Tuesday communion okay which Alex started a few some quite successfully some time ago now bearing in mind this comment was made just a few minutes after a Sunday communion it’s possible to interpret this a little ungenerously I choose to reinterpret so I have edited slightly I choose to read it like this the Tuesday one is is also excellent and the very last comment from somebody who is clearly on a journey lots of boring [Applause] litery now it may be that my face fell at that point it may be that I looked slightly less cheerful it may be even that I I I I shot a glance I don’t know what happened but immediately after that came this that’s what I thought when I was younger but not now again my very grateful thanks to all of you who contributed now Rosie Rosie and Alex of course spoke about a number of things that have been mentioned in the survey I want to concentrate on just a couple of them and the first one is sharing and fellowship the thought that communion is something that we do together not just as individuals but together it’s a shared activity it’s one that links us with one another only with Christians across the town across the country across the world and even back through time it’s something Christians have always done and always do today to do that we’re going to have a short reading the reading is from Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians now in this letter Paul addresses some of the many challenges that church in Corinth is facing and the disagreements and harmful divisions that are happening by the way if you ever Despair and I do sometimes very occasionally of the church in the 21st century read Paul’s letters to the Church of Corinth they had problems them as well and Paul sought to uh clarify the way for some of them this time Paul is addressing the issue that some cor Corinthian Christians had of sneaking off to engage in Pagan rituals and idolatry clearly something they shouldn’t be doing so the reading is from 1 Corinthians chapter 10 and verse 14 therefore my dear friends flee from idolatry I speak to sensible people judge for yourself what I say is not the cup of Thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ and is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ because there is one loaf we who are many are one body for we all share the one loaf now Paul’s well known for using this analogy of the body of Christ to talk about the church a couple of chapters later he comes to the famous we come to the famous passage about the body being made up not of one part but of many and that each part is a body of is is each is part of the body of Christ But Here In this passage I just read he uses the fact that we share the one cup and eat from from the one loaf of bread as a reason to appeal to a few of the strin Corinthians to avoid the foolishness of idolatry he writes a little later in the letter if one part of the body suffers every part suffers with it he’s highlighting the act of sharing the communion meal eating from the same loaf drinking from the same cup as drawing us together into the body of Christ and we’ve spoken about this many times before here at St Luke’s the importance of our fellowship the importance of our inclusivity of our love and yes our generosity and concern one another when one of us suffers we all diminished and when one of us celebrates as we did a few minutes ago we can all celebrate we can all be boyed up and it extends Beyond The church here just repeat what one one person said to me Holy Communion offers connection with other people of Faith across the world and back through time to Jesus himself so Holy Communion is an act of Fellowship a building up of the body of Christ Alex showed these pictures last week they were taken at the Abbey on Easter Monday a few weeks ago when people from all over hartfordshire and bedfordshire joined together in joyful celebration joyful Holy Communion there were hundreds of people there were dozens of congregations representative represented there was one body of Christ as Alex pointed out this is a foraste of what is to come the body of Christ gathered together when all tears will be wiped away and death will be defeated what more joyous thought than can there be than that and I think it’s amply demonstrated in the the picture of Bishop Jane there celebrating communion I’ve never seen her look happier just sometimes when we go to communion we go very solemnly and indeed it is a solemn occasion but we can also smile we can also smile it’s a joyful celebration of what Jesus did for each one of us so communion is a gift from God a time to meet with Jesus Through the Holy Spirit a time to joyfully share in the body of Christ it is all those things and lastly it’s also a time as several of you said to remember to reflect on what Jesus did for each one of us we talk about this all the time we seert this truth frequently it’s the fundamental building block of our faith so remarkable so awesome so overwhelming that we have a God who today knows and loves each one of us a God who 2,000 years ago became a man and because he was a man he knew none of us and yet he laid down his life then for each one of us now he had misgivings he was a person he was a man a human being but for our sake he allowed himself to be betrayed humiliated and killed in the most excruciating way on a cross crucified for us his body broken for us his blood shed for us amen thank you Chris I’m sure most of us if not each one of us has someone in our lives in our hearts who we really wish would come and take a seat at that table someone who who we long to share that experience with to have that shared communion with Christ with for just a moment I just want you to take that person and put them in your hands in your heart in your mind and just hold them out to God and just ask for him to touch that person to show that person that there is a seat for them that there is a way for them Lord we bring these names that we’re all thinking we bring them to you these are people who we pray will come and hear hear your words of invitation who will join our shared experience who will eat at your table and taste and see that it is indeed good this table does not belong to any denomination any church or Community it belongs to Jesus it was at this table that he met his people he heard their stories and he shared his it was at this table that he deepened his friendship with poor folks and prostitutes and tax collectors with business class and puzzled bystanders it was at this table that he shared his most profound insights into who he God is and what he God wants and it was at this table with bread and wine that he initiated this Sacrament that we celebrate and we share so we give thanks that while we are able to come to this table and we try to leave behind any baggage or arrogance or unworthiness that we might feel we live in hope that these names these loved ones who sit on our hearts these loved ones who we extend to you Lord we pray that they will stop thinking this is not for me but instead they will think of Jesus saying I am for you and just accept his invitation to be the friend he cherishes and he longs to feed stay seated Tommy and Isabelle are gonna play a song for us sing along but don’t feel like don’t don’t stand just sit and think of Chris’s words and that person on your heart [Music] streng to rise we wait upon the Lord we will wait upon the Lord we will wait upon the Lord strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord we will wait upon Lord we wait upon the Forever Strong you are the Everlasting God the Everlasting God do not F youever everlasting God you do not f oh you’re the defender of The Lift us up on [Music] go strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord we will wait upon the Lord strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord we will wait upon the Lord Our God you Reign forever our hope our strong [Music] deliver you are the Everlasting God the Everlasting God do not wey you’re the defender of the we comfort those in he lift us up on [Music] Our God you Reign forever our our strong to live forever you are the Everlasting God the Everlasting God you do not you oh [Music] we all in us [Music] up our God you do Reign forever you are our hope you are our strong Defender deliverer you are the Everlasting God and you do not faint and you will not grow weary have a time of prayer gracious and generous Lord we thank you for the many gifts that you bestow upon us we know that at times it can feel feel hard to give thanks and praise when we feel like we are undeserving or unworthy especially when we live in a nation rich in so many ways especially when there are places in the world that are torn by violence and suffering the war in Gaza the war in Ukraine and many other places mean that life for many is about simply surviving and in many places Christians must still celebrate in secret and face prison and interrogation if they’re found out we pray for all those who want to worship but life for them is just about survival Lord be their great comforter be their great protector remind those who are in places of power those leaders and rulers that despite the differences we all share The Human Experience we all feel pain we all know suffering we all bleed and we all weep tears Our God you are our strong deliverer you are the Everlasting God Lord of Justice mercy and peace we pray for all those who have been newly elected or reelected into positions of power or responsibility we pray that your wisdom May guide them to make good and fair choices we pray that they turn to you during difficult discussions and decisions and that they do what is right not for the minations and gears of government but in the best interests of the people in their constituencies who rely on them to lift the communities that they serve we pray that the people with wealth power and influence those who govern the negotiators we pray that they will use their power with fairness understanding and compassion for all people God you are Our Hope you are our strong deliverer and you are the Everlasting God thank you Lord for our homes and schools and communities here and in our surrounding and surrounding our Parish thank you for our church family and our families and our friends and all the support that we have around us we know our living God we all have seats at his table we bring before you today those people who are lonely or depressed or ill we pray that they will see your light and feel the warmth and comfort of you in their lives we pray for the Charities and groups the community services and the various organizations that try to reach out and identify y those at risk may they find them we pray for our friends and family who may be poorly in mind or body the nurses and carers in hospital and those caring for loved ones at home we also pray for those who have lost loved ones recently for all those who live in our hearts and Minds may they find comfort in your sustaining and everlasting love we will take a few moments to just remember them and lift them to you now our God you Reign forever you are our hope you are our strong deliverer you are the Everlasting God and you do not faint and you will not grow we merciful father accept these prayers for the sake of thy son Our Savior Jesus Christ amen and using these words that the Lord taught us let us speak together the Lord’s prayer Our Father in heaven Hallowed Be Your Name Your Kingdom Come your will be done on Earth as in heaven give us today our daily bread forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us lead us not into temptation but Deliver Us from Evil for the kingdom the power and the glory of are yours now and forever amen if you will join us in our last Hymn for today it will be I cannot tell Hillary will with us shortly so stand if you’re able and sing out sing out these words I cannot tell [Music] angels [Music] all the son of [Music] might world is [Music] the cross was broken the [Music] to anden [Music] will [Music] and [Music] all all his glor and [Music] I all the [Music] I know [Music] as always there is coffee afterwards is there anything the kids have anything for us okay always have to check don’t want to leave them out there’s coffee after the service please join us tea coffee some biscuits there was prayer available here please take advantage of it it doesn’t you don’t have to be having a meltdown and a total catastrophe for these people to just pray with you you may just have had a bad day or a bad week or your favorite tree died pray it out pray it out people and if anyone is celebrating anything today make sure you celebrate with them generous God you provide a table for us to sit and eat with you and with each other help us to continue to deepen and strengthen the bond between us and between you we don’t require a reservation you always save a seat for us we do not need to bring anything except our love and our sories you provide the meal and the forgiveness and that is more than we deserve make us thankful for all that we received from you and generous in meeting the needs of others so that all the world may give you thanks and Glory through Jesus Christ amen let’s say the grace together the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and The Fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all ever more amen now let us all just go in peace and serve the Lord in the Name of Christ amen have a good week everyone hallelu [Music] [Music] for [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you God [Music] you [Music] oh