Converted Heart Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

Guest (Male): Welcome to Converted Heart Church. Whether you're joining us for the first time or are a valued member of our community, we're delighted to have you with us today. As we continue to navigate through these challenging times, we believe that every person who enters our virtual doors is guided by the Lord.

Though we may be apart physically, we greet you with a smile and embrace you with a virtual hug. On behalf of our pastor, Dr. Darryl, and First Lady Burton, and the entire Converted Heart family, we joyfully welcome you into our spiritual home. We are Christ-centered, preaching messages of love and hope, community-minded, being aware of the needs of the community, cultivating relationships, partnering with businesses who have the same vision and caring heart, connecting the heart of God with the heart of the people. Thank you for being with us. We're thrilled to have you here and look forward to sharing this journey of faith and fellowship with you. Please enjoy.

Irvin Kimber: Praise God everybody. Praise the Lord. We are happy and excited to be in the house of the Lord this morning. We are grateful. We are thankful. We ask you to give God praise. If you have a praise on your lips, just begin to worship God. Tell God thank you. Tell God how much you glorify Him. Tell God that you know He is working in every way in your life. You can say Hallelujah unto the Lord. He deserves our highest praise. Amen. Amen.

I have a call to worship out of our hymnal. It talks about God's eternal presence. And this call to worship goes like this. Oh Lord, Thou hast searched me and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising. Thou understandest my thoughts afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, oh Lord, Thou knowest it altogether.

Thou hast beset me behind and before and laid Thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is high, I cannot attain unto it. Whither shall I go from Thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from Thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there. If I make my bed in hell, behold, Thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall Thy hand lead me and Thy right hand shall hold me. Amen.

It's been good to know that God is wherever we are. He is wherever we are physically. He is wherever we are mentally, emotionally, and even spiritually. God is wherever we are. Amen. Amen. Is Pastor doing anything today? No. Hallelujah. Pastor is not doing anything today. He is on vacation, in case you don't know. My name is Irvin Kimber, and our pastor is on sabbatical. For those of us that don't have to use big words, it's vacation. But at any rate, we are here in his stead and we have some preachers that will be holding down the rest of the month and we're excited to see how God will use them. In the meantime, you have me today. Let us pray.

Father, we are always grateful and thankful for who it is that You are in our lives. God, we thank You that You are the healer of our soul. We thank You that You hold our soul in Your hand. God, we thank You that You are the mender of our hearts. God, we thank You that You can transform our minds. God, we thank You that You cover us with the blood of Jesus. God, we thank You for Jesus Christ and the example that He has been for us and is for us in the world. And yes, God, we even thank You for the Holy Spirit that leads, guides, and directs us. Now God, we ask You to be in this place. Open our minds and hearts to receive what it is in the blessings that You have for us on today. Father, we thank You, we bless You, we glorify You. It's in Jesus' name and for His sake we pray. Amen. Amen.

We have our Affirmation of Faith. This is what it is that we believe. And in case you've ever been asked out in these ministerial streets what it is that your church believes, if you know this affirmation, you can tell them right quick. And you can say it like this altogether: I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. The third day He rose from the dead; He ascended into heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the universal church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.

Savannah: Our scripture lesson this morning is Jeremiah 18:1 through 10. Jeremiah, chapter 18, verses 1 through 10. The Potter and the Clay. The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord saying, "Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words." Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at a wheel. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.

Then the word of the Lord came to me saying, "O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?" says the Lord. "Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it. And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it." Amen. The Lord add a blessing to the reading of His word. Amen.

Irvin Kimber: We have several announcements. I'm going to fly through. Praise and Worship says announcements are after. I was going by the program we go by on Sunday mornings. Okay. Who is this man over here in my ear? That's God. Visitator? Oh man. Okay. We need to do Praise and Worship. We are prepared. Amen. All right, this is a familiar Praise and Worship song and we want to sing it together.

Hallelujah in the sanctuary. Hallelujah. I know this one. Song says we lift our hands. Praise God for blessings. Amen. Here we go.

We lift our hands in the sanctuary. We lift our hands to give You the glory. We lift our hands to give You the praise, and we will praise You for the rest of our days. Yes, we will praise You for the rest of our days. We lift our hands in the sanctuary. We lift our hands to give You the glory. We lift our hands to give You the praise, and we will praise You for the rest of our days. Yes, we will praise You for the rest of our days. Hallelujah. We do lift our hands. We now lift our hands, we lift our hearts, we clap our hands.

We clap our hands in the sanctuary. We clap our hands to give You the glory. We clap our hands to give You the praise, and we will praise You for the rest of our days. Yes, we will praise You for the rest of our days. Next verse says we sing our song. Here we go. We sing our song in the sanctuary. We sing our song to give You the glory. We sing our song to give You the praise, and we will praise You for the rest of our days. Yes, we will praise You for the rest of our days.

Jesus, we give You the praise. Emmanuel, we lift up Your name. Heavenly Father, Coming Messiah, and we will praise You for the rest of our days. Yes, we will praise You for the rest of our days. Hallelujah in the sanctuary. Hallelujah, give You the glory. Hallelujah, we give You the praise, and we will praise You for the rest of our days. Yes, we will praise You for the rest of our days. Jesus, we give You the praise. Emmanuel, we lift up Your name. Heavenly Father, Coming Messiah, and we will praise You for the rest of our days. Yes, we will praise You for the rest of our days.

Yes, Lord. Yes, Lord. Yes, Lord for the rest of our days. Say yes. Yes. If you believe, say yes, Lord. Yes, Lord for the rest of our days. Say yes. Yes, Lord for the rest of our days. Say yes. Yes, Lord for the rest of our days. Yes. For the rest of our days. Yes, Lord for the rest of our days. Yes. Yes. Yes, Lord for the rest of our days. Yes. Yes, Lord. Yes, Lord for the rest of our days. Yes. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah for the rest of our days. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah for the rest of our days. Yes. Yes, Lord. Yes, Lord for the rest of our days. Yes. Yes, Lord. Yes, Lord for the rest of our days. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah for the rest of our days. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah for the rest of our days. Yes. Yes, Lord for the rest of our days. Yes. And we will praise You for the rest of our days. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

We have a reason to praise God for the rest of our days. Yes. Amen. Hallelujah in the sanctuary. Hallelujah, we give You the glory. Hallelujah, we give You the praise, and we will praise You for the rest of our days. When we think about the goodness of Jesus and all that He has done already for us in our lives, it gives us reason to give God praise for the rest of our days. Amen. Amen.

We have a few announcements for this morning. Our pastor wants us to know that Matters of the Heart, conducted by Darryl Burton, Reverend Dr. Darryl Burton, will resume on September the 7th. He will continue our discussion on defining your marriage. Listen to relevant content that's relatable to today's world on our YouTube channel. We have a YouTube channel out there in the midst of the YouTube channel.

Journey through the Word, which is Bible study, will resume on September the 9th at 8:00 p.m. Additionally on August 7th, corporate prayer will continue. The number is 605-313-5682 and the access code is 785343#. We're also reminded to mark our calendar for September 26th, our upcoming Community Health Day. Community Health Day. I'm sure there will be people there that will be able to take your blood pressure and give you some information with regard to your health that you may need in order to continue to stay healthy. Because why we want to stay healthy.

We're preparing now for our fall outreach clothing drive in October. The date will come shortly. This is a great time to assess what you wish to give away as many persons have need for fall clothing, which includes sweaters and jackets and socks. They also like sweat suits and undershirts, T-shirts and undershirts. Let us remember our sick and shut-in and those loved ones who have transitioned. Let us keep sister Val Baker's mom in prayer. I also want to keep the president of our district minister's spouses, she went down to Miami, Sherlyn Hardrick. She went to Miami on yesterday to have the memorial for her mother who passed. So let's keep the Hardrick family in our prayers as well, and anyone else that we know that is in need of prayer.

Happy birthday to those celebrating in the month of August. Anybody celebrating a birthday in the month of August? No. Is that Leo or somebody? Sharon. Sharon. Sharon is in August. Well, we want to keep Sharon in our prayers as well. Hi Sharon. We want to keep Sharon in our prayers as well, I'm talking to the camera. She had some minor surgery and we know that she is looking at us and we appreciate all that she is and has for Converted Heart. How she serves is a very dedicated servant for our faith community. Amen. So let's keep her in our prayers as she recovers from her surgery on Thursday. Amen. That concludes our announcements. Amen. Anything else? Okay.

So we have a sermonic selection. This is unusual to not have people come up and do stuff and you do everything by yourself. It's unusual. But we're going to sing this song. Yeah, I want to do God's got a blessing. Okay, God has a blessing with your name on it.

God's got a blessing. Yes, it's for me. God's got a blessing. It makes no difference what you're going through. You're going to make it, God's going to see it through. Hold your head up, put a smile on your face. This is just another test, it won't last always.

Get ready for your blessing, for your blessing. Get ready for your miracle, for your miracle. Get ready for your blessing, for your blessing. Get ready for your miracle, for your miracle. I know you're hurting, deep down inside. Let me encourage you, it's going to be alright. Troubles and trials come to make you strong. You keep on believing, you keep holding on.

Get ready for your blessing, for your blessing. Get ready for your miracle, for your miracle. Get ready for your blessing, for your blessing. Get ready for your miracle, for your miracle. God's got a blessing. God's got a blessing. Say God's got a blessing. God's got a blessing. God's got a blessing. Yeah. Say God's got a blessing. God's got a blessing. Say God's got a blessing. God's got a blessing. With my name on it. With my name on it. Say God's got a blessing. God's got a blessing. Yes, God's got a blessing. God's got a blessing. Say God's got a blessing. With my name on it. With my name on it. With my name on it. With my name on it. With my name on it. With my name on it.

Say God's got a blessing. God's got a blessing. Say God's got a blessing. God's got a blessing. Say God's got a blessing. With my name on it. With your name on it. With your name on it. With your name on it. How many of you know that God's got a blessing with your name on it? Your blessing is not my blessing and my blessing is not your blessing. Hallelujah. That's good news. God's got a blessing. Yeah. Say God's got a blessing. God's got a blessing. Say God's got a blessing. God's got a blessing. Say God's got a blessing. Yes. God's got a blessing. Say God's got a blessing. God's got a blessing. Say God's got a blessing. With my name on it. Say God's got a blessing. God's got a blessing. Say God's got a blessing. With my name on it. With my name on it. With my name on it. With my name on it.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah. God's got a blessing with your name on it. And your blessing is particularly special for you. Amen. Amen. That's good news. That's one thing that I like about serving the God that I serve. Amen. That God handles us as individually as we are individual. Yes. God's got a blessing with my name on it. God handles us and deals with us as individually as we are individual. That don't mean His rules and His commandments and what He expects is different. No, it's the same. But how He responds to our obedience or how He responds to our disobedience might be different. Amen. Amen. I love that about God. Hallelujah.

Sometimes people can't handle my blessing and I can't handle theirs. I can't handle their consequences and they can't handle mine. But God is. This is why we have individual relationships with God. Amen. Amen. Because we are individual. Amen. Let me pray real quick and then I'm going to jump right in.

Father, we thank You and we praise You. We ask that You meet everyone at their place of need. That You examine our hearts, that You regulate our minds, that You fix what is broken. God, that You repair what needs to be repaired. God, that You give us boldness, that You give us strength, that You heal our bodies. God, that You address people that are on our minds, loved ones and friends. God, that You give us peace, You give us joy, that You build us up in Your righteousness. And now God, I ask that You would examine my thoughts, examine my intention and my motivation, God, and line it up to Your will. Bless the word that is going forth today that it will not return void. It's in Jesus' name and for His sake I pray. Amen. Amen.

Alright, here we go. I think this is the first time you all will hear me preach. Hallelujah. I'm excited. I ask because we're talking about moving from clay to pottery. The name of this sermon is called Moving from Clay to Pottery. Moving from clay to pottery. We read the scripture from Jeremiah chapter 18, 1 through 10. When Jeremiah received this message from the Lord, the nation of Judah with its capital in Jerusalem had fallen deeply into idolatry. Although they were God's covenant people, they had turned away from Him, worshipped false gods, and failed to live as a people He had called them to be.

God sent Jeremiah to the potter's house to deliver a message that His people would never forget. There Jeremiah watched the potter shape clay on a wheel. As the potter worked, the vessel became marred in his hands. Yet, instead of throwing the clay away, the potter patiently reshaped it into another vessel that seemed best to him. Then God spoke these words. Can I not do with you as the potter does? Like clay in the hands of the potter, you are in My hand.

The message was unmistakable. God is the potter, we are the clay. We're not going to stop right there though. God as the potter has the authority to build up and tear down nations according to His righteous purpose. Jeremiah's message was a warning that if Judah continued rebellion, judgment would come. But it was also an invitation. If the people repent and return to God, He would relent from the disaster He had announced. Even in judgment, God reveals His mercy.

But there's another expression of God's grace that's easy to overlook. What is the grace? It is found in God's description or describing Himself as the potter. Grace is found in God's describing of Himself as the potter. God could have introduced Himself as the judge, emphasizing His power to condemn. Instead, He chose the image of a craftsman lovingly shaping the clay. That tells us something about God's heart. The potter's desire is not simply to punish, but to restore. When the vessel became marred, the potter did not discard the clay, he reshaped it. That is grace.

This image has always spoken to me personally because I have spent a lot of time at a potter's wheel. I would never call myself a master potter, as you can see. Some of this is, I was trying to make these all look the same, but they did not all look the same. Some of them are little, some of them are fat, some of them are heavy at the top, some of them are heavy at the bottom. This one is pretty good, but look, it got broken and I had to glue it back together. So I would never call myself a master potter. But I began working in clay in elementary school and continued through college. I learned enough to appreciate the patience, skill, and attention required to transform an ordinary lump of clay into a beautiful vessel.

One of the first things I learned is that the potter's hands never stop working on the clay. One hand supports while the other shapes. Sometimes the pressure is gentle, sometimes it is firm. Every touch has a purpose. The pressure is never intended to destroy the clay, but to transform it. And this is how God is. God works in the same way. His hands are hands of love, grace, wisdom, and authority. Even when we experience conviction, discipline, or hardship, we are not outside of His care. The potter is shaping us into the people He created us to be.

Another lesson I learned is that the potter controls the wheel. The clay does not decide when the wheel starts, how fast it spins, or when it slows down. The potter controls every movement because he knows exactly what he's creating. If the wheel spins too fast, the clay can lose its shape or even fly off the wheel. If it turns too slow, the vessel can become uneven and unstable. An experienced potter knows exactly how much speed is needed at every stage of the process. Life often feels like a spinning wheel beyond our control. We experience unexpected joys, painful losses, unanswered prayers, and difficult seasons. Yet nothing in our life spins beyond the control of the potter. He knows when to speed up the process and when to slow it down. Every season has a purpose because the potter always has the finished vessel in mind.

I also learned that the potter's work begins long before the clay even reaches the wheel. The clay must first be found, dug from the earth, cleansed, mixed, and kneaded. It is hard work. Then water is added because dry clay cannot be shaped. Water softens the clay, making it responsive to the potter's hand. What a picture of God's work in our lives. God found us when we were lost. He called us out of the dust, patiently removing what does not belong, preparing us for His purposes, and giving us a new life through His spirit. Left to ourselves, our hearts become hard. Only God can soften us so that we can become responsive to the shaping.

Even after all of that preparation, the clay is still not perfect. Every potter expects to find hidden imperfections: air pockets, rough places, and weaknesses. Yet the potter does not throw the clay away because it has defects. He continues working on it. That is encouraging because we all have imperfections. We all carry wounds, failures, regret, and sin. But our flaws do not disqualify us from God's purposes. The fact that we have defects does not mean we are beyond His grace. God continues to shape imperfect people into vessels that He can use for His glory. The potter does not wait for the perfect clay, He perfects the clay He has chosen.

This is the story of scripture. God used Moses despite his doubts, He transformed David despite his failures, He recommissioned Peter after Peter denied Him, He transformed Paul from a persecutor into an apostle. Throughout the Bible, God delights in taking broken people and making them into useful vessels. As we move from clay to pottery, our goal is not to become impressive pieces on display. Our goal is to become a vessel that will honor the potter. The beauty of the vessel is never meant to draw attention to itself, but to the skill, love, and wisdom of the one who made it.

Today, the potter's hands are still at work. The question is not whether He is shaping us, the question is whether we are willing to remain in His hands. "Yet You, O Lord, are our Father; we are the clay, You are the potter. We are all the work of Your hand." That is from Isaiah 64, verse 8. That's about the potter, but let me tell you something about the clay. There's another expression of God's grace in this passage that might be easy to miss. It is found not only in God calling Himself the potter, but also calling us the clay. Nothing in scripture is accidental. Every image God chooses teaches us something about Himself and something about us. Jeremiah gives us God's message to Judah, but throughout the Bible the image of clay continues to unfold. We had a friend, his name was Otis Gabriel, and he used to teach Bible study. And he would say the Old Testament is the New Testament concealed, and the New Testament is the Old Testament revealed. What began in Jeremiah reaches its fulfillment in Christ.

Now look, I hope you had a chance to look at some of this pottery up here, but if you don't, come up after service and take a look at it. Perhaps you picked it up, felt its texture, looked at the bottom, and noticed that no pieces are exactly alike, even though I was trying to make them alike but they didn't come out alike. The same is true with clay. Job reminds us, "Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead. I also am formed out of the clay." There are many kinds of clay. Potters speak of primary clay and secondary clay. Some clay is coarse, some clay is smooth, some clay is dark and some clay is light, some clay is heavy and some clay is fine, and some is naturally more workable than others. Yet every piece of clay has value in a potter's hand. That's a beautiful picture of humanity.

God created each of us differently. We have different personalities, different gifts, different strengths, different weaknesses, different experiences, and even different callings. Some people seem polished, others feel a little rough around the edges. Some carry visible scars, some carry hidden wounds. But the potter never evaluates the clay the way the world does. He looks beyond what the clay is and sees what it can become. Every vessel is created with a purpose. Some vessels hold water, some hold grain, some become lamps, others become beautiful pieces displayed for everyone to see. The value is never found in the clay itself, the value is found in the hands of the potter.

Once the vessel is formed, it must be fired. Without fire, it remains fragile and easily broken. The fire strengthens the vessel so that it can fulfill the purpose for which it was made. That reminds me of what Paul writes in Romans 5:3-5. We rejoice even in our sufferings because suffering produces perseverance, and perseverance produces character, and character produces hope. God never wastes the fire. He uses it to strengthen His people. One of the purposes of firing is to make the vessel vitreous. Say vitreous. That's my new word, vitreous. Vitreous means to enable it to hold water. What an incredible picture. God does not simply make us stronger, He prepares us to be filled. He prepares us to be filled.

In the New Testament, believers are repeatedly described as vessels. When Jesus spoke of Saul, he said, "He is a chosen vessel unto me." Paul became a vessel through which God carried the gospel to the nations. The same is true for you and I. God is not shaping us merely to look beautiful, although we do, He is shaping us so that He can fill us and use us. As I learned more and more about pottery, another thought struck me. After the vessel is fired, many pieces receive a glaze. Now, I don't know if they were glazing back over here when Jeremiah went to the potter's house, but me as a potter, I put glaze on. And this is how we proceed. It may not be in the Bible, but God gives us liberty to use our imaginations when He uses illustrations. Amen. Amen. So here we go.

After the vessel is fired, many pieces receive glaze. The glaze brings beauty, but it also provides protection by sealing the surfaces of the vessel. As I thought about that process, I was reminded of what Christ has done for us. The glaze is not a biblical symbol, but it beautifully illustrates the work of Jesus. The blood covers our sins. His glaze protects us. His righteousness covers what we could never cover ourselves. What the glaze does for pottery reminds me of what Christ has done for every believer. Finally, the glazed vessel returns to the kiln for an even hotter fire. Can you say hotter fire? Hotter fire. A hotter fire. You thought that just the first firing strengthened the vessel completely, but after the glaze hits it, it has to go into a hotter fire. Yeah. The hotter heat permanently seals everything together. And in much the same way, God continues His work in us. Every season of testing, every season of testing deepens our faith. Every trial strengthens our character. Every act of surrender makes us more like Christ.

Then comes God's purpose. The vessel is filled. Jesus said in Luke 11:13, "How much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him?" The potter forms the vessel, the fire strengthens it, Christ covers it, and then God fills it with His Holy Spirit. This is the journey from clay to pottery. Amen. Amen.

So moving from clay to pottery is not a little piece of crystal stair. Amen. We have to know, but it's good to know that God will never leave us or forsake us. Amen. Amen. I want to give opportunity, I keep talking again. I want to give opportunity invitation for Christian discipleship. The difference. Christian discipleship. We want to give opportunity for Christian discipleship. Not just joining Converted Heart, we want you to give your life, your heart, your mind to Christ. We want you to give it such that you can put your total faith in Jesus. Your trust. The Bible says put your trust in no man. Your complete and total trust. Not even yourself. Put your trust in God. Your complete, total trust. There's a lot going on with what people are saying about this Bible and all of that deconstruction and all of that, but God is God and Jesus is Jesus and the Holy Spirit is Holy Spirit.

If you don't read no other books, read the red print. The red print is what you need. Look at how Jesus walked the earth. Look how He treated His neighbor. Look how He treated His disciples. Look how He healed, look how He refreshed. Look at the things that upset Him. This is our example. So if you want to be a disciple of Jesus Christ, put in your faith in God. We have a website that you can go to and the code is, Savannah, what are people supposed to text? Text the word join to 240-269-5193. Text the word join. Everyone here, we kind of know where your situation is with regard to your discipleship. Amen. But if you feel the need to recommit to Christ, you know, we do that when we get married sometimes, we renew our vows. It's something like that. If you want to say again what you intend with relationship to your relationship with Christ, you can come forward. We will gladly receive you. Amen. Amen.

We are preparing for communion. Amen. We are preparing for communion. We'd like for you to go ahead and get your juice or water, your crackers or bread. Thank you. For our communion. While Reverend Dr. Burton is passing out our elements, this is the invitation. The invitation to communion says ye that do truly and earnestly repent of your sins and are in love and charity with your neighbor and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God and walking from henceforth in His holy ways, draw near with faith and take this holy sacrament to your comfort, and make your humble confession to Almighty God. And we've done that.

The general confession reads as such: Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge of all men, we acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, which we from time to time most grievously have committed, by thought, word, and deed, against Thy divine majesty, provoking most justly Thy wrath and indignation against us. We do earnestly repent and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings. The remembrance of them is grievous unto us. Have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us, most merciful Father, for Thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, forgive us all that is past and grant that we may hereafter serve and please Thee in newness of life, to the honor and glory of Thy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The collect. Okay, not the collect. Okay. The elder reads: We do not presume to come to this Thy table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in Thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under Thy table, but Thou art the same Lord whose property is always to have mercy. Grant us therefore, gracious Lord, so as to eat the flesh of Thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink His blood, that our sinful souls and bodies may be made clean by His death and washed through His most precious blood, and that we may evermore dwell in Him and He in us. Amen.

Please bow for the prayer of consecration. Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who of Thy tender mercy didst give Thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption, who made thereby by His oblation of Himself once offered a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction of the sins of the whole world, and did institute and in His holy gospel command us to continue a perpetual memory of that His precious death until His coming again. Hear us, O merciful Father, we most humbly beseech Thee and grant that we receiving these Thy creatures of bread and wine according to Thy Son Jesus Christ's holy institution, remembrance of His death and passion, may be partakers of His most blessed body and blood. Who in the same night that He was betrayed took bread, and when He had given thanks, He brake it and gave it to His disciples saying, "Take, eat, this is My body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of Me." Likewise after supper He took the cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them saying, "Drink ye all of this, for this is My blood of the New Testament which is shed for you and for many for the remission of sins. Do this as oft as ye shall drink it in remembrance of Me." Amen.

Take your communion. Grab the little wafer. The body of our Lord Jesus Christ was given for thee, preserve thy soul and thy body unto everlasting life. Take, eat in remembrance of Christ, how He died for you, and feed on it in your heart with thanksgiving. Open up your little cup of juice or water. Now take the blood and let us drink it together. The blood of our Lord Jesus Christ which was shed for thee to preserve thy soul and body unto everlasting life. Take and be thankful. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah.

I pray that this service has been a blessing, that something that was said or something that was done you can take back and share with your friends and neighbors. Amen. That you would remember that you are the clay that's being shaped by the hand of God. Amen. Amen.

The Lord bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace. Amen. Amen. Amen. The Lord bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.

The Lord bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace. Amen. As we leave this place, I pray that the Lord would fill you with His spirit, that His spirit would lead, guide, and direct you, that you would be pliable to the potter, knowing and believing that He's making you into a vessel for His purpose. It's in Jesus' name and for His sake I pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.