Greeting:
Leader: The kingdom of God is not what many would expect.
Left: In the world, people who are recognized as leaders lord it over everyone else.
Right: And people who reach greatness become tyrants over everyone around them.
Leader: This is not the way it works among Christ's disciples.
Left: For us, whoever wishes to become great must be a servant to everyone else.
Right: And whoever wishes to be first among us must become a slave to all of us.
Leader: Jesus, Servant King of the new world, we come seeking to learn this new way of living.
Left: Jesus, fill us with your love.
Right: Show us how to serve.(Have the congregation join in singing the hymn "Jesu, Jesu.")

Prayer
Teacher of Truth, though the cup you drink is bitter with suffering and death, we will drink of it, too. Though…