[Faith-talk] Communion

[Joseph Hudson]

Hi Linda, the church that I go to, doesn't it the same way. Except they only do it on the first Sunday of the month. And at our church, we have two options, we can neither sit down in the pew, and they can bring it to us, or we can go to the podium and get the communion. Which I think is really cool.
> On Jun 29, 2017, at 12:50 PM, Linda Mentink via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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