[Faith-talk] Communion

[Linda Mentink]

Good afternoon All,

As far as I know, the Bible doesn't say how often we should 
partake of the body and blood of Christ.  It says that, as often 
as we do it, we should do it in remembrance of Christ.  In the 
church here, we do it at the end of our Sunday evening services, 
unless that service is a wedding.  This may be partly because 
it's called the Lord's Supper, and supper is the evening meal.  
We remain seated, and the trays are passed down the pews by the 
members, with the deacons at the ends to take the trays to the 
next pew.  The bread is passed, our pastor reads in the Bible 
where Jesus and His disciples partake of the body, and then he 
asks one of the deacons to pray.  Then we eat it together.  The 
same is done for the drinking of the blood, but we use grape 
juice.  Because we remain seated, no special arrangements have to 
be made for the elderly and the blind, and it goes rather quickly 
and quietly.  Our organist plays during the passing of the 
elements, and stops when speaking is heard.  I like that because 
I am often distracted by listening to the music while someone 
prays.  We have silence during prayers, also, making it easier to 
focus on the prayers.

Blessings,

Linda