Collect
Jesus, you promise that when two or three of us
are gathered in your name, you will be there;
we praise you for Edith,
who left behind all that she loved
to found a community to serve in your name;
you have blessed her sisters greatly,
bless them now, we pray, and into the time ahead.
Amen.
New Testament Reading - Loss and gain

7But all these things that I once thought very worthwhile — now I’ve thrown them all away so that I can put my trust and hope in Christ alone. 8Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the priceless gain of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have put aside all else, counting it worth less than nothing, in order that I can have Christ, 9and become one with him, no longer counting on being saved by being good enough or by obeying God’s laws, but by trusting Christ to save me; for God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith — counting on Christ alone. 10Now I have given up everything else — I have found it to be the only way to really know Christ and to experience the mighty power that brought him back to life again, and to find out what it means to suffer and to die with him. 11So whatever it takes, I will be one who lives in the fresh newness of life of those who are alive from the dead.
. . . . . Philippians 3:7-11Thanksgiving
Thank Him for 3 things that happened today (Good or Not!)
Prayer
Our Father,
save us from the time of trial,
and deliver us from evil.
God, we go into this night
confident that the dawn will break tomorrow;
grant that when we come to die,
we may go gladly and in hope,
confident in the resurrection.
Amen
The Blessing
May the risen Christ grant us the joy of eternal life.
Amen
Let us bless the Lord. Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thanks be to God. Alleluia! Alleluia!