The Town of Odyssey

Because of the differing backgrounds and spiritual beliefs here, I'm curious of how often my fellow ToOers take communion? Is it something your church does all the time, sometimes, or never? At the church my family is a part of, we have it approximately every 3 months ("occasionally"). I wish it was more often, though.

What about you?

My church does it every week

Once a month. I like the way we do it.

Every week. In the New Testament, one of the main reasons Christians gathered together was to break bread, right up there with prayer and the apostles' teaching. No reason we should not do the same today!

The church does it once a month, and I'm OK with that. I've been to a church that does it weekly.

My church has it once a month.

My congregation does it once a month.

Once every couple months or so.

Once a year during Easter time.

I never do it. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......................



So yeah. I've done it before, but haven't done it in quite a while, currently.

My church currently does it once a month but, my dad is trying to convince the elder board to switch it to every week.

Iron and Light wrote:I never do it. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......................



So yeah. I've done it before, but haven't done it in quite a while, currently.

Do tell.

Once a month.

Has anyone ever had gluten-free bread? It's awful.

Well the bread is I've had is disgusting because it has no yeast but then again your not supposed to be thinking about the taste.

Jesus: "And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you..."
John: "Jesus, this bread is atrocious!"
Jesus: "Taste is not what matters. ...this do in remembrance of me."

You have to read between the lines sometimes.

Yay! I know. I do wish my church would have Communion more often.

I think we do it 4 times a year. (Quarterly)

Laura Ingalls wrote:Every week. In the New Testament, one of the main reasons Christians gathered together was to break bread, right up there with prayer and the apostles' teaching. No reason we should not do the same today!

That depends on how you interpret "breaking bread". In 1st century times, that was often simply a phrase used to refer to eating a meal. On the other hand, when Jesus said "as often as you do this, do it in remembrance of me", the "do this" was a reference to Passover.

That being said, my church does it once a month. lol I don't really know why, but it's not a bad thing however you do it.

Irwin wrote:Once a month.

Has anyone ever had gluten-free bread? It's awful.

My church does it once a month too! (Or maybe 2 times a month... but at least once a month.)

I have had gluten-free bread. It can be bad, but if you use a variety of different non-gluten flours when you make it it tastes much better. I've had some bread that almost tastes like normal bread.
My church has gluten-free rice crackers during communion if you are gluten intolerant.

My church does it once a month.......I also know the Catholic church does it once a week.

The Catholic church does it weekly because of their religion. With the confessionals weekly, they must take communion to further reconcile themselves to God. (my dad's side of the family was Catholic, so I pick on it a bit. )

We do it... Monthly? Every six weeks? Usually. We haven't had it in a while cause the youth (we do our own so we don't disrupt by walking back into the sanctuary) have been here and there, and there've been guest speakers, etc. But normally every six weeks, I think.