Posted on 05/13/2020 7:31:33 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
It must be served in a way that each denomination believes is biblical. So, it’s a matter for each denomination to decide.
They are competing with Democrats and Doctors who have God complexes.
At my Methodist church, we do it ourselves. We watch the service over Youtube and I take communion using bread and Israeli wine-such as Barkan pinot noir.
So, true.
Many ignore how many varieties of religion there are in the USA.
Each of them are free.
There are prepackaged, individual communion plastic communion cups that are double-sealed at the top. Between the sealed layers is a communion wafer. They have been available for many years. Some churches have them available for pickup as you enter the sanctuary, and then sometime during the service people will partake of the communion. The nice thing about this is that nothing has to be touched by anyone other than the person who grabs the cup/wafer.
Our Church (FSSP) is distributing Communion in the traditional manner, on the tongue, communicants kneeling. Only difference is more space between communicants at the altar rail.
“The Age of Corona”
Good grief.
It is denominstional. They sell those wafer/juice all-in-one cups. We had just purchased some as the Covid was ramping up.
Does not work for all churches as some use wine. There is no reason people could not pick up a cup pack on the way in to the sanctuary.
It can be a BYOB thing in the future.
It depends on whether they understand “communion” to be the true Absolution found in Christ’s Sacrifice or if it is just a church pot-luck with a few pretty words and a “jesus” or 2 thrown in.
Oh, and some schmaltzy, repetitive songs made up by the local kiddies in their “garage band”.
Tick season is upon us: it’s Corona and Lyme now.
I attend an Eastern Orthodox church and they have the body and blood in the same cup served with a spoon. The usual practice is for everyone to receive from the same spoon; but now those who receive grab a small paper towel, receive communion, wipe their lips and dispose of the paper towel in a receptacle close by. The priest or deacon alternates using spoons that are in a container of alcohol.
Yep.
Amen
Many apparently don’t realize communion is not about Jesus...It’s about US...It doesn’t even have to be bread and wine/juice...It could be a fork full of spaghetti and a sip of iced tea...Communion is the opportunity for self reflection to cleanse OUR heart and for US to remember Jesus’ death on the Cross and all it stands for...
Just like the Corinthians did after Paul left them, right?
;-)
That’s a really good idea. Had never heard of it before.
I remember when an older lady in our church made her own grape juice, and she’d provide it for Communion Sundays. It was gross and pulpy, and I still won’t eat/drink anything with a grape flavor. I do drink it out of our little cups at Communion, but that’s the only time.
Long before the Corona virus I bristled at the use of a common cup for communion wine. I suppose tongs could be used to hand the communion wafers to the individuals. I have also seen some churches use disposable cups for the communion wine.
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