We celebrate Communion at both worship services on the first Sunday of each month. The elements are bread and grape juice, symbolizing the body and blood of Jesus. Everyone is welcome at the Lord's Table. You do not need to be a member of this church, or any church, to share in the Grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Children are welcome to receive Communion as soon as they are able to "take this bread and remember Jesus."
On the day we now call Easter, two of Jesus' disciples were on their way to Emmaus, just a few miles from Jerusalem. Along the way a stranger joined them and asked why they seemed so sad. "Are you the only one," they asked, "who doesn't know what has happened?" Then they told them about Jesus, "a prophet mighty in word and deed," who had been executed by the Romans, and how they had hoped he would be "the one to redeem Israel." The stranger talked with them about the meaning of the Scriptures as they walked, and when they reached Emmaus they asked him to stay and share supper with them. Because he was their guest, they invited him to say the blessing before breaking the bread. When he said the blessing and broke the bread, they recognized that the stranger was Jesus, and he vanished from their sight. (Luke 24:13-35) When we celebrate communion we are reenacting that story. We believe that when we bless the bread and break it, and share it in Jesus' memory, he is present among us.