World Communion Sunday

you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

World Communion Sunday is October 2, 2022. This is a day set apart for Christians all around the world to celebrate our oneness in Christ with all our brothers and sisters, as we partake in the Lord’s Supper.

For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup,

— 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 NRSV

A Prayer for World Communion Sunday (by Rev. Dr. Trisha Miller Manarin)

God, we gather today to worship with our sisters and brothers who have already worshipped this day, who are worshipping you now and will still worship you later today. We are grateful to be united as sisters and brothers in Jesus Christ Our Lord all around the world. As he gathered with his closest friends to break bread and drink from the cup in the upper room, he offered a new way of living into an unknown future. At times, God, we are just as perplexed as those who gathered in the upper room. Our future is unknown: the concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic, acts of injustice near and far, economic trials and disunity pull us apart. And, like them, we eat and drink, and now we remember, placing our hope and trust in Jesus. Unite us God when the world says it is impossible. Gather us around the table with our brothers and sisters nearby and around the world and then, Lord, show us how to serve as we rise remembering and empowered by your Spirit, united in Christ Jesus our Lord, AMEN.