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"The pastor started by reading the appropriate verses in the New Testament that describe the events of the last supper. Everyone had brought a small wash basin and towel with them and we split up into two groups, male and female. The males went to one section of the building and the females to another. We filled our basin s with (warm) water and then split into pairs and washed each others feet, a practice that Christ instructs all his disciples to perform on each other:"

Don't you understand the signifigance of the washing of the feet at the Last Supper dealt with the Spiritual aspect of our lives.

Listen to the words of Christ when He is performing this act:

John 13:6-10
6 He came to Simon Peter; and Peter said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"
7 Jesus answered him, "What I am doing you do not know now, but afterward you will understand."
8 Peter said to him, "You shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no part in me."
9 Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!"
10 Jesus said to him, "He who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but he is clean all over; and you are clean, but not every one of you."

Clearly, Christ is speaking of their spiritual cleanliness. He said they are all clean, but one, and that one was Judas. The dirty feet represented the dirt and stain of the world on their Spiritual lives. As Christians, as we go out into the world, we get dirty with the sin and garbage of the world and we need to be washed by our fellow brothers and sisters. Christ is showing us through this humble act of washing His disciples feet, how we as Christians should uplift and wash the spiritual feet of our brethern when they have the stink and dirt of the world on them. There have been countless times where I have had the dirt of the world on me and I felt down or yucky and a brother or sister has lifted me up through song, through a good word, or through worship and my spirits were lifted. If you only see this act as a literal washing of the feet, you fail to grasp the true signifigance of it.

JM

. There have been countless times where I have had the dirt of the world on me and I felt down or yucky and a brother or sister has lifted me up through song, through a good word, or through worship and my spirits were lifted. If you only see this act as a literal washing of the feet, you fail to grasp the true signifigance of it.

You're right, I should have expanded on the spiritual significance of the ceremony. Our pastor last night expounded on it quite a bit and my reading on the ceremony touched quite heavily and I'm sorry for ommiting it from my description of events last night. Ditton with the bread and wine.

That being said, there is something to be said also for the physically performing the acts that Jesus commanded. If he wished us to only learn spiritual lessons, he would have only taught by spiritual example. My belief is that since we are still in fleshly bodies, we still need fleshly and spiritual teachings.