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My Hill to Die On - Communion (Patreon)

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Many church lack weekly communion. Kaitlyn thinks this is bad, and might signal misplaced priorities.

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Sean Silveira

But Kaitlyn what about gluten free? We do weekly communion but go to serve it to folks at their seats and take the elements together as a congregation, which really slows down that element but that is a good thing.

Hans Vought

Skye's point about preacher's egos is valid. I would add that most low church Protestants do not believe or expect to meet Christ in Communion.

Gena Erin Copeland

I grew up in Southern Baptist churches all my childhood, most of them pastored by my father, and communion was done sparingly. Now as an adult I go to a non-denominational church (that's a whole other conversation) and we do communion every week. While I am more mature in my walk as a 36 year old than as a child, I must admit, I much prefer communion every week. It does not feel ritualistic because I am very focused on meeting Christ each and every time. Long story short: I will die on this hill with Kaitlyn!

Jonny

Great conversation. I'm with Kaitlyn in principle if sadly not in practice. My previous very small church before we closed celebrated communion every week in our final year or so together and it was wonderful. I've now found a new church which is much bigger and more charismatic but they celebrate communion on Sunday gatherings very rarely (i believe for the logistical reasons mentioned). Personally I'd be happy to shorten other practices (worship, sermon) to allow the time for communion to take place but at present that doesnt appear to be a priority. I think the idea is that communion will take place during our small group settings however in practice im not sure this happens (mine has never done it). This is not something I'd leave the church over or make a big fuss over either but I do miss it and have contemplated occasionally visiting a local anglican church to share it with other believers more regularly.

Rebecca Dunn

In Seventh-Day Adventist churches we always have foot washing when we have communion which really makes the whole thing take a lot more time. Usually SDA churches have communion 4 times a year. Also- there would never be wine because teetotallers 😜

Tim Maybray

I wanted to do communion every week, but always said we just can’t figure it out. And then we started serving coffee and donuts every week. That’s when I very clearly heard God say “you figured out coffee and donuts, but haven’t figured out communion?” From then on we have offered communion every week. And it is a beautiful thing. Churches that do not are missing something. Oh, and we no longer do donuts!

Don Payne

I agree. The church I attend has communion every week. It makes a difference in our Sunday service.

Allison Falin

We have communion weekly with freshly baked gf bread. It’s a special time for the entire church.

Pam Grueber

I was away from church for a very long time. Then I found one a few years ago. I believe in communion every week also. It makes me think of how things were in the beginning.

Monica Crafts

Same. Same to every word out of your mouth Kaitlyn Standing on/dying on that hill with you. Also that's too big for a church Also i’ve never been to a church where I agree with all the way things are done. Also, yes, there is a non-formative act of worship that we do as a community.

James W.

Kaitlyn rules!! Frequent communion was the practice of the early church. Everything was centered around Eucharist! Sermons were short and did not replace communion as the focal point.

Sarah Lowe

I have a few follow-up questions about communion. First of all, after I found out about the practice of "fencing the table" and barring people from communion as a means of church discipline, it made it harder for me to feel comfortable with communion as a regular practice--at least in churches where I know this plays a role. The church that the rest of my family attends always introduces communion by reminding everyone that it's "primarily for our members, but if you're a member in good standing with another church that you're visiting from, you're welcome to take it with us." I don't feel welcome to participate in communion when visiting that church, and that verbiage leaves me feeling uncomfortable each time (especially knowing what I do about church hurt and misguided applications of church discipline). Currently, I attend a mainline church (which most of my family would consider apostate for reasons other than their communion practices) that serves communion each week and practices an "open table" where all are served even if they haven't made a profession of Christian faith. I'm curious what Kaitlyn would think about that approach. (Pretty sure she wouldn't be OK with it, and it definitely goes against the practice of every evangelical church that I've been a part of, where it's stressed that communion is for Christians only.)

Joel Kidwell

In 2022, I my Bishop appointed me to a church that had weekly Communion already in place. I was reluctant. I’m reluctant no longer. Our worship crescendos to the part where I get to say, “The Lord be with you!” And wow - God is good! I’ve never been bored or felt in a habitual rut with it. And every time I ask whether we should continue with it, I get a “Well duh, of course!” response. So, Kaitlyn, 💯

Chris McHorney

Interesting ideas that I’ve never thought about before. My entire life I have attended churches where we had communion monthly. These were non-denominational non-liturgical churches, where the elements are passed out or you pick them up out of a bucket at my current church. So it’s not something where we go forward to get our elements like in Catholic churches that I visited. So I’m not sure why in the non-denominational world it’s done monthly something to think about.

Ryan Mueller
>>176033724

At my church (High-Church ACNA), we all go to the rail and, by default, we receive a piece of bread or (during Advent & Lent, unleavened bread which is basically a larger version of the wafer used in many EV churches) but they also have small containers set on the altar with gluten free wafers. People who need it simply ask the priest or deacon for it as they go around (of course, since my church is only a couple hundred and not 17,000, the priests and deacon also know who needs gluten free already).

Micha Grossenbacher

Love it! This made me think of a question I'd like to ask about a different, but related topic: If I was baptised "in Jesus' name", not "in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit", should I be baptised again? Pretty much all Evangelicals I speak to are pretty relaxed about this, some of my Catholic friends on the other hand are very uncomfortable with it and some would even consider me not baptised. I am currently looking into the Anglican and the Old Catholic Church and this is an area I am uncertain about.

Monica

1000% agree

Eric

Communion is a sacrament given to us by Christ. Why wouldn't you receive it at every service?

Yakmanda

100% agree with all of that Kaitlyn!

Josh Wilkins

I neither agree nor disagree, but I think this question necessitates a longer conversation on what exactly is communion. That's where I always get stuck. I have yet to see any church where communion looks remotely like a Passover meal, which is what they were doing when Jesus seems to have established this. That was also a yearly thing rather than a weekly thing, but maybe that's what "breaking bread" is talking about in Acts, which was more frequent than yearly for sure. I don't know. I would love a whole episode of getting schooled on this if there is not one already ( I'm a relatively recent Holy Post plus subscriber)

Grant

Thank you, Caitlyn. Why? As a student at Princeton Seminary in the early 1970s, I was troubled with why I was being taught to teach people to believe the right things in order to be saved. There must be something more. A door opened through my course on the history of the development of Christian doctrine taught by a former member of the United Church of Christ who had converted to the Orthodox Church in America while a doctoral student at Harvard Divinity School. Twice during the term he took a few of us to St. Vladimir’s Russian Orthodox Seminary just outside NYC. There I met two of the great Russian Orthodox theologians at the time: Alexander Schmemann and John Meyendorf. As a result, I began to wonder if theology was meant just to teach right belief or was it to help Christians grow ever closer to God spiritually to become living incarnations of the love of God. Before I left Princeton, I started attending Episcopal Churches and receiving communion. In the communion service the liturgy of the word, with confession and absolution, prepare you to come forward at the invitation of Christ to feast with him as He offers you his life so you can go out and offer your life for the sake of the world. Before I left Princeton, I knew I was changing denominations. I have never regretted that change, nor have I ever stopped being grateful for all that the Presbyterian Church gave me. Word and sacrament, theology as a spiritual exercise, and faith as a call to action, to give yourself for the sake of others just as Jesus gave his life for us.

Aaron SirLemming

Honestly, I think a lot of churches are just sort of confused about exactly what communion is and why we do it. And to be fair it's not the easiest thing to understand. Myself included. And thus it is not prioritized. I think HP has had several great discussions in the past about the different theological stances around communion, but I still feel like there's more to be learned about exactly how it transformed from The Last Supper into the ritual that happens at church. There's a lot I don't understand about how that happened and whether or not it actually makes sense to do it that way, and whether we could be missing the point entirely. And to the point about seeker sensitivity, I think it's only natural that if you have this tradition that's sort of art arms' length and you're not quite sure why you do it and you have to exclude non-Christians from it, you would want to do it less often if you're trying to attract new people.

Kelly Anne

Ok, so I’m curious about why not intinction? We have a common cup, and some drink while others dip.

Bruce Gaylord

Another reason many churches de-emphasize Communion is that it's 'too Catholic'.

Gary & Gail Sehorn

Yes, yes, yes! We are struggling to find a church near us that is theologically orthodox that does participate in weekly communion.

Rindamarie

Growing up Catholic, I expected to have communion every Sunday and holy days of obligation. It forced us to be reflective before taking communion/heading to church. We were encouraged to have a clean heart before partaking. I always took it very seriously. I was surprised that outside the Catholic church that it was not done every week, and how performative it felt when done. Also, we were encouraged to do it at home (alone) in one church with crackers and juice. To Phil's point about large churches: I've been in a mega church, and they took up a collection of 15K+ people each week. I think they can figure out weekly communion.

Diane Fischer

As a Lutheran, I agree. That’s what we do! Communion is critical to the service!

Sharon Hiatt

I really struggle with any sacraments. In my experience, it has very little meaning to people. People take communion automatically and it has no bearing on their spiritual experience. It gives them a fake sense of security...take communion and I am a Christian. But they seem to have no sense of self examination that is supposed to be involved. The same issue applies to baptism. It all seems to be for show, like the Pharisees (don't I look spiritual?) I have been in churches for 67 years and it never seems to make a difference in most people's lives.

Mary Masthe1st

After Covid I only eat the bread. I wish we could use individual cups so we don’t miss it.

Bret Hammond

Our practice is to have communion every week. The goal is always that the table is the centerpiece of the worship with the sermon, prayers, and praise leading to and reflecting from what happens at the table.

Mary McPherson

I grew up in a church that did weekly communion. Perhaps just that church didn’t make this solemn enough. I felt it a habit more than a sacred celebration. I am now in a mainline liturgical church that celebrates communion monthly and on other occasions, sometimes twice per month. . It is a very focused service and celebration of the sacrifice. I love this service. It’s gluten free bread, a dip and two stations and we go forward to receive. It’s a celebration that I love and cherish. Thank you Katelyn for your thoughts.

Ben Kucenski

The sacrament is not "communion," it is part of communion. The church has deliberately ignored what Paul was actually talking about. He wasn't talking about personal sins. He was talking about people not sharing food and gathering in cliques. If you eat and drink the body of Christ while in your heart you are classist or racist or sexist or bigoted, you are eating and drinking damnation on yourself because you have cut yourself off from the body of Christ. Jesus regularly dined with sinners. Jesus and his disciples were having the Passover Feast. Not just bread and wine. Communion should be a full meal with everyone gathered together in actual communion. Sharing everything. That doesn't mean sharing cups. It means sharing food and drink. I catered a meal for my church and we invited a lot of people including the homeless. We had Olive Garden. And as part of it, we had sparkling cider and breadsticks. Afterwards, I pointed out, this was communion. This is what God wants us doing. It should be every week. It should be a meal that the poor and homeless can count on.

Rebecca Page

My earlier years were spent primarily in evangelical churches, later decades mostly more liturgical. I LOVE BOTH. My take, plus reference toward a few other commenters: •Despite my love for a good meaty sermon, my focus in church is more than ever on Communion, with the focus on Jesus, plus the scripture readings read aloud to the congregation. •I’ve heard Skye & others make the point that the sermon, especially from more gifted preachers/teachers, has become a core sacrament & also that more & more the most elevated pastors basically deliver a decent TED talk week to week. That expectation is a burden, isn’t necessarily biblical, and shifts glory to where it should not be. I don’t know what the solution should be though. •Partially in regard to whether weekly Communion is too much to maintain its “specialness”: Regardless of whether it’s obvious to others, most of us have times when we are in the valley or on the mountaintop or somewhere in between. You don’t know who is experiencing empty ritual & who is experiencing great meaning or even revelation, who is distracted from lack of sleep, who is in a long-term valley, who is performing sincerity, who is genuinely worshipful in their heart & mind, who has hit rock bottom just in time for a fresh touch from the Holy Spirit. God bless those who are showing up even though they’re going through the motions!!! Some of them will be back on the mountain & will be there in time to support the ones heading toward the valley. THIS IS ANOTHER BENEFIT OF GATHERING TOGETHER! •I cherish the seemingly mundane protocol & ritual of weekly Communion. At no other time during church am I so aware of worship on an utterly individual & private level at the same time I’m experiencing participation in community. It fosters humility in me on both levels. •Another great hill-to-die-on discussion from the HP crew! I enjoyed listening to you guys.

Shirley Cull

YES…..Kaitlyn I agree!! Communion every week, yes.

Jim Stauffer
>>176064976

I started attending the local Catholic Church in our tiny community after being in a very fulfilling three-person house church for years. (The only two options within 150 km - and one of the three passed away) I find the weekly communion mass with “the body of Christ”deeply meaningful. And I know some former evangelical missionaries and some Mennonite family members who would be deeply scandalized by this.

Joy Diaz

Normally, I totally agree with HP folks or at least dont take issue with their POV, but I gotta say, this one confuses me. As others point out Christ implemented what we now call communion in the context of Passover. Which of course is a yearly celebration. His instruction to 'as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, do so in remembrance of me' seems pretty clear that whenever passover is celebrated, He is now to be celebrated as the passover lamb. Since most christians dont celebrate Passover, ive always been confused by our obsession with a miniaturized, personallized version of it. I've partaken in nearly all of the ways over the years (juice, wine, drink, dip, cracker, bread, gluten free, etc.) And I find that it's just something else to do. A Christian box to check. I recently watched on YouTube an explainer video done by folks from The Chosen and Grafted (a Messianic Jewish ministry). I found their explaination of the Passover meal and traditions emensly helpful in moving towards communion having more meaning for me, but I still dont think it needs to be done every week. Do we need to be reminded of Christ's death every week? Idk

Da ve

How many churches in the wheaton area are gonna start doing communion every week in the hope that Kaitlyn becomes a member.

Da ve
>>176084033

Not saying that this is never the case and for a time I believed similarly, but I find it very dangerous for my heart when I start judging other people's hearts.

Robb Goodell
>>176127686

I think there's an implicit implication, both in the last supper, and later in Paul's account/admonishment, to do this often - which the early church clearly took to imply at least weekly.

David B.

My own Episcopal church (I'm what's called "Anglo-Catholic" in my own views) has communion weekly and sometimes more often than that, depending on the church and the season of the year. We believe in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, rather than just symbolism.

Clay Stites

Why isn't communion an actual meaning and gathering as it seemed to be in the early church?

Karen

Very appreciative of the manner the Holy Post engages with the topic of Communion. For most of my life, I was part of churches that “served” Communion once a month, usually the first Sunday of the month. More recently we have been attending a church where Communion is included every Sunday. I would lean toward the latter and Kaitlyn’s strong view of every Sunday. My question is, “why only Sunday?” What if communion became part of our small communities and there was more of a focus on that? Or do you think it has to always be with the entire community? What if our groups centered around Jesus and communion together reminded us of this whenever we met together? My most poignant Communion experience has been in the context of my small community.

Beth Prather

The 17 k is t a reason. In my state of Ky.. our largest churches are Southland Christian and SE Christian. Both mega and multiple campuses.. But one is around 14 k and SE is like idk.. main campus over 17 k

Beth Prather

All mega churches aren't as bad as you all say. These two for sure are moving for Jesus ! But they also have smaller campuses. Online and groups

Beth Prather

I was raised S Baptist and they always taught it should be a very special service. Only service and sing. Very special except their timing was when we got out Sunday School book..lol But now we are in the Christian church weekly and through the years there, I do believe they have a much deeper reason for it and it is needed. They over all make it a deeper commitment.. I miss some and dont feel guilty but it is part of a service for a huge deep reason. Dying to Christ again. Daily and commuting too.

Beth Prather

Im 58 and since covid the to go cups and bread together takes something away from me. But I get it and I dont offer to wash cups either. It just seems weird in the to go.

Beth Prather

You have to slow down because ,I STILL CANT GEt THE BREAD OFF EASY.. Im 58 too

Beth Prather

Im sorry Lord Im not complaining, it's this bunch made me!! LOL

Toddias Maximus

I'd really like to hear Kaitlyn's perspective on why communion should be done with wine and not grape juice. I have people in my congregation who have struggled with alcohol addiction, and some of them have said that they would struggle if there was wine during communion. Do I think they should be ok with one sip of wine a week? Yes I do, I think some of the concerns are overblown. But regardless I would never want to put a stumbling block in the midst of the Lord's supper

katie vz

the church I am a part of has communion every Sunday and the pastors weekly say that they/we need the constant reminder that God is with us and the body and blood of Jesus was given for each of us and all of us.

MichEal Rafter

I agree in every week and have heard reason from pastors that say its not as special if every week. And then I would say, don’t have preach every week then, or take offering every week!

Stewart Loggins

I prefer every month because every week makes it too routine, not as special.

Vicki Brooks

I agree! Our church has it every week. It’s a way to communion with Christ and with our community in Christ. The mega churches could do it if they wanted to bad enough. We don’t do a common cup, though.

Sandra Perry

I go to a large church and we have communion offered every Sunday. It’s set out during what we call “ministry time.” Anyone can come and partake of the elements. It’s not a common cup. We take communion as a corporate body a couple of times a year for special services.

Fidelina Tan
>>176280257

Yes, but it's about what we define as church. You are a believer of christ, I presume, but we would never say we are from the same church. Similarly, I find it hard to say members of my mega-church that I do not know their name of as part of my faith community (church). Maybe it's more fair to say that the mega-church acts like a denomination with each campus or group acting like a church, a community that knows and grows each other.

Steve

Fully agree with Kaitlyn. Catholic churches do it every week and I love it, and I'm not Catholic.

Jordan Davis

I grew up Disciples of Christ -- now serve as a PC(USA) pastor. My ordination committees got SO tired of hearing me get on my communion soap box. I fully agree with you, Kaitlyn! And so does Calvin :)

David Hoffman

I completely agree with Kaitlyn.