--Bill Bryson from A Walk in the Woods

GATHERING
CALL TO WORSHIP 1Kings 19:4-8
Leader: Full of fear, Elijah went a day's journey into the wilderness.
He sat down under a broom tree andprayed that he might die.
Left: ``I have had enough, Yahweh,'' he said.
``Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.''
Leader: He lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep.
Right: Suddenly, an angel of Yahweh touched him and said, ``Get up and eat.''
Left: He looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals,
and a jar of water. He ate the cake and drank the water and then lay down again.
Leader: The angel of Yahweh came back a second time and touched him and said,
All: ``Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.''
Right: So he got up and ate and drank.
All: Strengthened by that food, Elijah traveled for forty days and forty nights
until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
Hymn: HWB 472 I am the bread of life

THE SHARING OF BREAD
Procession of the Bread
Song: Breaking of the Bread
Gospel: John 6:48-51
One: I am the bread of life.
All: Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
One: This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.
All: I am the living bread that came down from heaven.
One: Whoever eats of this bread, will live forever
All: And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.
Words of Invitation: Get up and eat for the journey is too much for you
Communion
         Alleluias
              AlleluiaSTJ 41
               Prayer STS 166
              Alleluia STS 17

SHARING OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS

HEARING & RESPONDING TO THE WORD
A Time for All God's Children
Hymn: STJ 2 Come walk with us
Message
Responding to the Word
Sharing our Lives and Sharing our Prayers

SENDING
Hymn: HWB #422 Bwana awabariki
Benediction