Emmaus: In Breaking BreadLuke 24:13-35

Worship Focus A large loaf of bread, broken in half and placed so that the broken surfaces partly show. There could be three plates at the table, with the broken bread in front of the center plate.

A Litany For The Ninth Meal

Leader: Great God of heaven and earth, we come to you in praise.

People: We celebrate the joyous news of Jesus Christ, risen from the dead.

Leader: Death could not conquer him.

People: The tomb could not hold him.

Leader: Yet we confess that at times our faith has been too small. Christ our Lord lives, but we have not listened for his word.

People: Our eyes have been upon ourselves, and we have failed to look for him.

Leader: We thank you that Christ came to the disciples in the garden, and on the road to Emmaus, and back …