Communion

Once a month during our Sunday service, we observe Communion. Communion is also sometimes called the Lord’s Supper or the Eucharist. It is where we, as a congregation of people who follow Jesus, each take a small piece of bread, and a small cup of juice as a symbolic act of receiving the body and blood of Jesus into our body. The grape juice and the bread are a reminder that Jesus gave up his life and took on all our sin and brokeness so that we can be forgiven and be adopted into the family of God. Taking communion is a choice that each person makes for themselves. It is an act of faith. As we come before God, it's like we are saying yes again to God, offering our bodies to be used by God for good. It's like we are asking God for more of the life of Jesus, and the Holy Spirit to come and live in us. If you are not ready to take a step of faith such as this, don't worry. There is no pressure. We do ask that you wait until you are ready, as we are cautioned in the Bible to reflect on the posture and readiness of our hearts before coming before God and receiving His sacrifice as a covering for our tresspasses. 

For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, ²⁴ and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for^[f] you. Do this in remembrance of me.”^[g] 25 In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” ²⁶ For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 

1 Corinthians 11:23-26