1. O UR RESPONSE TO OUR GREAT G OD : “W ORSHIP CENTRED ON CHRIST AND HIS CROSS” Sunday 30 th September 2012 Tuesday, 12 May 2015 1 A bingdon Community Church

2. 1 Cor 1:2, 4 “For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified... My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power” 2 Tuesday, 12 May 2015 A bingdon Community Church All our worship must 1)Honour Christ 2)Acknowledge the Cross

3. T HE L ORD ’ S S UPPER (H OLY COMMUNION, E UCHARIST, B REAKING B READ...) Acts 2:42, 46 “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer... 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favour of all the people. Acts 20:7 “On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke... until midnight.” 1 Cor 11:17-34 (and 10:14-22) 3 Tuesday, 12 May 2015 A bingdon Community Church

4. T HE L ORD ’ S S UPPER, 1 C OR 11:17-34 4 Tuesday, 12 May 2015 A bingdon Community Church Why? (It’s meaning) Where & When? What is involved? Who can take it? Let’s do it!

5. W HY THE L ORD ’ S S UPPER ? 5 Tuesday, 12 May 2015 A bingdon Community Church Looking UP... Thanksgiving 11:23-24a Looking BACK... Remembrance 11:24b-25 Looking OUT... Proclaiming 11:26 Looking FORWARD... Until He comes 11:26 Looking IN... Participation 10:15-16,21-22; 11:27-34 Looking AROUND... His Body here 11:29; 10:17

6. THE L ORD ’ S S UPPER – W HERE & W HEN ? 6 Tuesday, 12 May 2015 A bingdon Community Church

7. W HAT ’ S INVOLVED IN THE L ORD ’ S S UPPER ? 7 Tuesday, 12 May 2015 A bingdon Community Church Thanksgiving Explanation & Remembrance Biblical content Space for contemplation Celebration Reverence Sober reflection / repentance Interaction with others

8. THE L ORD ’ S S UPPER – W HO IS IT FOR ? 8 Tuesday, 12 May 2015 A bingdon Community Church

9. THE L ORD ’ S S UPPER – ACCESSING THE POWER OF THE CROSS ? 9 Tuesday, 12 May 2015 A bingdon Community Church Over Sin Over Doubt Over Bondage Over Sickness Over Fear, Worry & Despair 1 Cor 10:16 “Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?” 1 Cor 11:26 “For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.”