Develop a Discipleship System
WORLD COMMUNION SUNDAY
Observed on the first Sunday in October, this day calls the Church to be the universal, inclusive Church. The day was first observed by Presbyterians in 1936, adopted by the Federal Council of Churches in 1940, and shortly thereafter observed in Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren churches.
Suggested Hymns and Prayers from UMH
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612–41 |
Holy Communion |
191 | Jesus Loves Me |
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428 |
For the Healing of the Nations |
556 | Litany for Christian Unity |
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564 |
For the Unity of Christ's Body |
547 | O Church of God, United |
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548 |
In Christ There Is No East or West |
702 | Sing with All the Saints in Glory |
Prayers
Almighty God: from the ends of the earth
you have gathered us around Christ's holy table.
We come to feast together.
Have mercy on your church, troubled and divided.
Renew us and make us one. Amen.
(ANDY LANGFORD, U.S.A., 20TH CENT.)
See the prayers for the Church in United Methodist Book of Worship 495, 501–06.
See also The Great Thanksgiving for World Communion Sunday, United Methodist Book of Worship, pp. 72-73. Spanish, Korean, French and Portuguese Great Thanksgivings are also available on the Discipleship Ministries website
(http://www.umcworship.org).
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Copyright: Prayer, Copyright © 1992 UMPH. Additional resources citation added by Discipleship Ministries, 2013.