Inclusive Communion in Lutheran Worship

We will celebrate Holy Communion as part of this worship service, and as a

Lutheran, we believe that this table right there is not my table or Trinity's

table. It is God's table, and that means absolutely everyone is welcome to that

table. You do not have to believe what we believe. You do not have to be Lutheran.

You don't even have to be Christian. You can come up and receive if you so desire.

If you would not like to receive communion but still would like to come

forward, you could cross your hands like this, and I will give you a blessing.

Together we remember on the night in which he was betrayed, which is to say

when he was arrested while the powers and principalities of empire, supremacy,

and dominance raged. Jesus, our beautiful Savior, a brown-skinned radical, a healer,

a community organizer, a protester, gathered people in, welcomed their fears

and longings, and invited them, all of them, into love and belonging. And so

together we pray as Jesus taught us. Our Holy Parent, who art in heaven, hallowed

be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.