Doing it once a month makes it feel like it's not a core part of worship. Your baseline church experience is no communion.
Cramming it in right at the end, when the pastor just got through another long-butt sermon, and you're hungry and just kind of ready to go, never puts me in the right space to appreciate it
Plastic waste, shitty wafer, little preschool sip of grape juice after an overly long invocation.
It feels like a mildly annoying surprise, like "oh, I guess church is going to be ten more minutes today, well that's okay I guess, I do love the Lord and all..."
I once belonged to a church that did it every week, with real bread and wine. It felt like a highlight instead of a dragged out afterthought. I always looked forward to it.
If you insist on doing it once a month with lil packaged slop rations, at least do it near the beginning, when it could feel like welcoming/celebrating. Like we're gathering for a holy meal. Don't dump it at the end like "and here's another thing!"
I am aware that I'm a brain rotted r-slur with a blown-out attention span, but I know for a fact that I'm not the only person who ever zones out in church. Don't make your parishioners bored during what is meant to be the central sacrament of Christian worship.
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I'm at a particularly low church even for non-denom ones and I like we do it every week but I do agree the COVID cups are kind of meh.
I went to a bigger non-demon church over the summer while traveling and it was cool that they used a communal cup with real wine and real bread.
perhaps I should bring it up to my pastor.
I'm sure @Corinthian will go after hearing this but I recall a person tossing a COVID cup when another person was out of reach once and I enough that I still remember it.
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lol I actually just posted on @Luna_C_Pibbles's wall following up on this since it was the other day now.
Viewing the Sacrament so casually does make me a bit, yeah. I try not to be obnoxious or get into daily debates with our handful of actual Protestants on here but even traditional Reformed should know better than that.
John 6:22-71 1 Corinthians 11:27-30
Find another passage where disciples leave Jesus over a misunderstanding if you think the Sacrament is merely a metaphor.
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I was thinking you'd because it would be a good example of how having a low view of the sacrament also leads you to commit disrespectful actions.
My Church is from the Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, you wouldn't like it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_churches_and_churches_of_Christ
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John 6:22-71
1 Corinthians 11:27-30
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For reference the whole church is enthusiastic the message should center the cruxifixction and communion is central to that.
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Have you ever tried attending a liturgically based Church service? You could dip your toes in the water with Lutherans/Anglicans/Methodists if you find Papists or Orthodox a step too far initially. The Liturgy of the Eucharist is supposed to be both the focus and also go at the end.
I went with a friend to a low church service once and it's definitely a totally different vibe. The norm for 2000 years for most Christians has always been to pray in unison, read some passages of Scripture, have a lil homily and then participate in the Sacrament.
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I don't necessarily mind it being at the end, I'd just want it to be done consistently and in a way that makes it feel like the central part of worship.
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Need ma Church wine
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At my church we did it today, like last week, like the week before. So you're fighting a strawman LOL
Saying that your pastor is bad, is not the flex you think it is
Did you consider providing a wholesome matzoh and some good wine? At your own personal expense?
If you can't figure out a regular schedule, once again, that's not really a flex on anyone
So this whole thing is you, saying your church and you are both sub-standard (and it's even YOUR standard)
do better, brother
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Many Protestant churches do not do it weekly. I went to a Presbyterian Church in America church that did it that way, which is the one I mentioned liking.
Other than that I've been to PCUSA and independent/non-denominational churches. Those all did communion once a month (typically on the first Sunday) and it always felt sort of grafted on to me.
I like my pastor and I like my church. I wrote this post because I realized I was having a randomly negative response to communion today. I can do my best to watch out for that attitude and get in the right mental space, but I also think Protestant churches should more consistently build worship around communion.
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Removed. Ben garrison's "humor" seldom reaches escape velocity. This agendapost didn't even get its wick dry.
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