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Originally Posted by missourimary
The descriptioss I've read about Communion as part of a fellowship meal are beautiful.
As non-Jewish Christians I think we often miss a lot of the meaning of Communion as it began, as part of the Passover meal. At Passover, if a house was too small for a lamb, they were to share it with their nearest neighbor. (Ex12:4) At Communion, each was to wait on the others, not leaving one hungry and another full. Any male, even foreigners and aliens, who had been circumcised could eat of it, just as those who have been baptized may.
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Yes, I think the original intention for having the Lord's Supper, was to share a meal, and then to partake together in the memory of the Lord and what happened at Calvary. Having it in an intimate, small fellowship setting would lend itself to a more meaningful, and personal remembrance and celebration of the Lord. I would think having the Lord's Supper with a large crowd such as at CC1's church could be meaningful, but perhaps not as meaningful and personal as it could be in a smaller home fellowship setting.