What 'form' do you use? Do you do intinction, where you dunk a piece of bread that you tear off of the loaf into the cup of juice? or do you use the little wafer things? Do you use juice or wine? does it make a difference?
Do you pass it out and then hold it so that you can all partake at the same time? or do you come to the altar and take it individually?
And the biggest question of all - does Jesus really CARE how we do it or even how often? As long as we DO it, is that good enough?
My Bishop used grape juice but had, at one time, used wine. I thought his interpretation sounded correct and we've used grape juice... however, I think his spirit was incredible when he said, "I've taken it both ways. I've been blessed both ways. Now it's just a matter of following my beliefs and not wondering if someone can be blessed doing it the other way."
As for the bread? My wife makes our own unleavened bread. Just seems more 'personal' that way and is much more acceptable than those cardboard wafers.
Our First Wednesday service is an Encounter service, where we just have intense times of praise & worship, usually gifts of the Spirit flowing, deep prayer for healing, Holy Ghost, etc. We don't have preaching/teaching that night. At the end, we always have communion. Sometimes it's very solemn; sometimes very joyful.
We have what we call a "Soaking Service" every Sunday AM at 8:00. It's 45 minutes of just quiet meditative worship with music playing. Some people are prostrate on the floor; some are in seats; some walking and praying. The communion trays are at the front and people can just go up individually instead of corporately and partake. Some participate; some don't. It's an awesome time in the presence of the Lord.
There have been times when there was division in the church and I could not preach or pray it out. There is something about communion service that makes folks examine themselves. I don't do this every little problem maybe twice in 13 years but ti has worked each time.
I'm amazed at how identical our replies would have been... incredible, actually. Those are the very kinds of things that make it valuable.
I would think doing it too often would take away the sacredness of it to me.
My Bishop used grape juice but had, at one time, used wine. I thought his interpretation sounded correct and we've used grape juice... however, I think his spirit was incredible when he said, "I've taken it both ways. I've been blessed both ways. Now it's just a matter of following my beliefs and not wondering if someone can be blessed doing it the other way."
As for the bread? My wife makes our own unleavened bread. Just seems more 'personal' that way and is much more acceptable than those cardboard wafers.
You are from Indiana and you are a juicier??????????????????????? Heaven help.
Our First Wednesday service is an Encounter service, where we just have intense times of praise & worship, usually gifts of the Spirit flowing, deep prayer for healing, Holy Ghost, etc. We don't have preaching/teaching that night. At the end, we always have communion. Sometimes it's very solemn; sometimes very joyful.
We have what we call a "Soaking Service" every Sunday AM at 8:00. It's 45 minutes of just quiet meditative worship with music playing. Some people are prostrate on the floor; some are in seats; some walking and praying. The communion trays are at the front and people can just go up individually instead of corporately and partake. Some participate; some don't. It's an awesome time in the presence of the Lord.
You are from Indiana and you are a juicier??????????????????????? Heaven help.
Bro. Epley, you use wine, right? I have always been leery of using wine because we have a lot of ex-alcoholics who don't need to taste it again in any form. Is that ever a problem?
Bro. Epley, you use wine, right? I have always been leery of using wine because we have a lot of ex-alcoholics who don't need to taste it again in any form. Is that ever a problem?
It never has in any of my experience... but I'm interested to see Bro. Epley's response.
Bro. Epley, you use wine, right? I have always been leery of using wine because we have a lot of ex-alcoholics who don't need to taste it again in any form. Is that ever a problem?
There twice the amount of alcohol in Nyquil and communion wine. I have served communion to many ex-alcoholic and none of them ever went on an alcoholic binge after a communion service. I believe the new birth delivers them from alcohol.
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