Open a bible, light a candle, and place a small loaf of bread at the center of your faith-sharing circle.
LEADER: Let us affirm and testify that our lives are not futile.
ALL: Let us live what we have learned in Christ.
LEADER: Let us put away any other ways of life — power shopping, social climbing, exploiting others, gating our lives to keep others out and their needs distant.
ALL: Let us live what we have learned in Christ.
LEADER: Renew the spirit of our minds.
ALL: In the likeness of Christ.
LEADER: Sustain us in true justice and holiness.
ALL: In the likeness of God.
LEADER: Help us acquire a taste for God’s word.
ALL: In the Spirit of God. Amen.