UPCOMING COMMUNION DATES:
- December 24 at 5pm // Christmas Eve Service
- January 27, 2019 during all Sunday services
- February 24, 2019 during all Sunday services
We have decided as a church to celebrate communion on the last Sunday of the month. We will serve it during special holiday services as well.
Communion is important because it’s a command to remember. Jesus wants us to remember every time we taste bread and wine, and even when we sit at the tables in our own homes, that He is the one who provides all we need. He gives us the physical food that we need to survive and the spiritual nourishment we need to keep taking next steps with Him.
- It’s not about the bread and wine; it’s about the body and blood of Jesus.
- It’s not about the ritual or the method; it’s about listening to Jesus and doing what He says.
- Communion is not an obligation, but a celebration.
- Communion celebrates the Gospel: Jesus was broken for us so that we can be fixed by Him.
- Celebrating communion marks the story of Jesus, how He gave Himself completely to give us a better life, a new start, and a fresh relationship with God (1 Peter 3:18). It’s not about a ritual to revere, but a person to worship. Jesus is less concerned about the method of celebrating communion and more concerned that we celebrate it.
- As often as we remember Jesus, we should celebrate Jesus.
1 Corinthians 11:24-27 (NIV)
And when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.