Transcript
- Slide 1
- Eat, Drink, and Be Merry Thanksgiving in Community
- Slide 2
- Defining Terms Communion: Latin word meaning duty or work shared by all Eucharist: Greek word meaning I give thanks/thanksgiving Lords Supper: Term of tradition and remembrance, speaks of the meal nature of communion Eating and drinking together, as our common duty (work) of thanksgiving.
- Slide 3
- Eating and Drinking We always celebrate Communion in the same way: we EAT (and drink)! Jesus took the ordinary (bread and wine) and made them extra-ordinary. A connection between our bodies and spiritual actions.
- Slide 4
- ...together, as our common duty... An act of Inclusion/Identity An act of Community An act of Binding
- Slide 5
- ...of Thanksgiving means I give thanks. We proclaim Jesus life, death, and resurrection. We proclaim reconciliation. We participate in that reconciliation
- Slide 6
- we eat and drink together, as our duty of thanksgiving