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Eat, Drink, and Be Merry Thanksgiving in Community

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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.

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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.

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...together, as our common duty... An act of Inclusion/Identity An act of Community An act of Binding

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...of Thanksgiving means I give thanks. We proclaim Jesus life, death, and resurrection. We proclaim reconciliation. We participate in that reconciliation

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we eat and drink together, as our duty of thanksgiving