In the first days, people came to Jesus for rest, to hear his teaching, and to be healed. We still do this today, because Jesus is still the greatest of all teachers and healers.

Greeting
Leader: Jesus said to his disciples, "Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest awhile."
People: Jesus, we also need your rest.
Leader: Jesus saw the crowds were like sheep without a shepherd, so he began to teach them many things.
People: Jesus, be our shepherd and teach us.
Leader: Wherever Jesus went people brought the sick to him,and if the sick even touched the fringe of his cloak they were healed.
Leader: Jesus, brush us with your cloak's fringe, and heal our sickness too.

Greeting
Use the hymn "Serenity" as the congregation's response below. This hymn can be found in The United Met…