Worship - Communion

COMMUNION

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take it; this is my body."  Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, and they all drank from it.  (Mark 14.22-23)

Holy Communion, Breaking of the Bread, the Lord’s Supper or Table, the Divine Liturgy, the Eucharist, the Last Supper, the Mass—whatever name you use, it is a way of celebrating the presence of God—Christ re-presented.

If baptism represents our birth into faith, communion represents the spiritual nourishment that we need in our new life of faith.

Jesus described the cup as, “…the new covenant made at the price of my blood, which is shed for you.”  The apostle Paul also described the Last Supper as a meal of symbolism.  He used such words as “participation,” “remembering,” “being blessed,” unity in the, “body of Christ.”

Worship is “words” and “acts” and so the continued reading of scripture, the preaching of the Word, prayers, and the “breaking of bread” are all a part of the total experience of communion

In communion there are outward and visible signs (the bread and cup) of an inward and spiritual grace (God’s love as grace) signifying to all the offering and accepting of a relationship between God and humanity.

Communion at The Church in Aurora is open to all and is typically celebrated the first Sunday of each month.