Theme: If the miracles are only signs pointing to Christ, how much greater he must be than these astounding miracles. Truly, the one before whom we bow is beyond human comprehension.

GREETING
Leader: With just five barley loaves and two fish, Jesus fed the crowd of five thousand people.
Congregation: O God, feeding five thousand was nothing. Every day Jesus feeds millions with the living bread of his body.
Leader: After the five thousand ate, the disciples gathered up more fragments than there were loaves in the beginning.
Congregation: O God, every little gift from us, Jesus multiplies and magnifies to meet a world of need, with great abundance.

GREETING
(The tune for the congregation's response below is the hymn "Stand By Me.")
Leader1: In the darkness, when the strong winds blow and t…