Frequency of Holy Communion

[Historicus]

It's been a while since we've seen this topic. I was wondering... How often does your Methodist/Nazarene/Wesleyan church celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Communion?

(Holy Days = Christmas Eve, Christmas, Holy Week, Easter, etc.)

* correction: my vote should be Monthly+Holy Days

 

[Maid Marie]

I think he plans on it being monthly with holy days but it doesn't always happen that way.

 

[GraceSeeker]

You know originally Methodists celebrated communion every time that they had a worship service in which an elder was present.

 

[JCFantasy23]

Once a month

 

[Mr Dave]

Church does it once a month, although I'm fortunate in that where I work (a University Chaplaincy) we celebrate an Anglican/Free-Church Eucharist weekly.

 

[Redheadedstepchild]

Monthly and Holy Days.... this year we also had 2 services on election day (one 1st thing in the morning and the other after the polls closed) and served communion at both.

 

[cavell]

You know originally Methodists celebrated communion every time that they had a worship service in which an elder was present.

(Graceseeker)

"This do in rememberance of me" 1 Cor. 11. 23-26. The 'holy communion' breaking of bread' whatever name chosen, the important point is we are making our connection with Jesus........ our Saviour.

Our connection, association with Jesus in this ordinance, set out for us in scripture, is paramount.....vital....... I would say.

I note the practise quoted by the Pastor here, and say Amen.

We are associating with Jesus in this commandment........a

 

[Historicus]

It's Monthly (+ Holy Days) at the new church I've been attending. We had communion this past Sunday for the feast of Christ the King.

Thanks everyone for your responses!

 

[Gods4Life4Ever]

Monthly on the 1st Sunday of the month.

 

[Coton Boy]

Once a month, normally on the last Sunday of the month.

 

[Tigger45]

Scripture teaches to do this when ever believers gather.

 

[eklisiarh]

Scripture teaches to do this when ever believers gather.

You are right! I have read a great book about how it came by that Christians stopped receiving communion regularly. Unfortunately it's in German (Christologie und Kommunion) so not all will be able to read it (https://www.aschendorff-buchverlag.de/detailview?no=13358) Basically changes in Christology in fourth century were responsible that people started being afraid of Christ and focused on asceticism instead of communion. Sounds very plausible to me because being afraid of Christ does not contribute to the frequent reception of the communion.

 

[Anto9us]

once a month plus special days

 

[dreadnought]

It's been a while since we've seen this topic. I was wondering... How often does your Methodist/Nazarene/Wesleyan church celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Communion?

(Holy Days = Christmas Eve, Christmas, Holy Week, Easter, etc.)

* correction: my vote should be Monthly+Holy Days

My church has Communion monthly, though I liked it in the church I grew up in where it was held quarterly.

 

[Anto9us]

What did yall use?

We had Welch's grape juice -- and little hard crackers -- which one time my sister took a WHOLE HANDFUL OF til my grandmother made her put 'em back.

Me, I just hustled down to the kitchen after service, where I poured dozens of the little plastic cups worth of unused grape juice into a big old glass -- as you can tell, my Eucharistic sessions were NOT highly theologically motivated as a child.

 

[dreadnought]

What did yall use?

We had Welch's grape juice -- and little hard crackers -- which one time my sister took a WHOLE HANDFUL OF til my grandmother made her put 'em back.

Me, I just hustled down to the kitchen after service, where I poured dozens of the little plastic cups worth of unused grape juice into a big old glass -- as you can tell, my Eucharistic sessions were NOT highly theologically motivated as a child.

I think lately we just use a freshly baked loaf of bread, and someone hands you a piece. And then there are those tiny little cups of grape juice.

 

[Anto9us]

It's multi-lingual/multi-lateral now at our church...

Yew kin take a pinch of fresh-baked loaf - OR a hard wafer - yew kin take a swig out of a common cup o grape juice or yew kin getcha a lil bitty plastic cupful

ya pays ya munny - ya takes ya choice

(and ya dont hafta pay nuthing)

 

[Dave-W]

I have never had communion where they used leavened bread.

 

[dreadnought]

I have never had communion where they used leavened bread.

I wouldn't recognize it.

 

[Dave-W]

I wouldn't recognize it.

.???

I thought you said you pinched off a piece of fresh baked bread? That sounds leavened.

We use matzah. Before, we used crackers or those tasteless wafers.