Bill Butler

As much as I hate to admit, our church has become one of those which has relegated communion to only occasional celebration. Quarterly mostly but also New Year's first Sunday etc. It seems the celebration of communion is done as a necessary feature of worship, a burden on the ushers, rather than in the spirit of remembering what Jesus did for us. It almost seems as though people stay home on Communion Sundays. Oh so sad to say the least!

The opportunity to confess my sins and receive forgiveness through the acts of the Lord and my God. Communion marks a new clean beginning point when I accept and remember Jesus as my Lord.

I guess my understanding is more figurative than literal. In the breaking of the bread and sharing the wine I feel the presence of our Lord and have a visiion of Him actually preforming the acts. Figurative because He was using the elements figuratively I believe.