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A “How To” Guide to Celebrating Communion (part 3)

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The Lord's Supper

While countless gallons of ink have been spilt on the biblical-theological issues related to the Eucharist, I’ve found that less work has been done on the “how to” aspect of celebrating Communion. So I started a series laying out a variety of models and issues connected to the Lord’s Supper, beginning with an introduction and the “Open Communion” position. I followed that up with the “Communion Served” approach. This week I want to briefly consider the implications of the relationship between the Eucharist and the charismata…
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A “How To” Guide to Celebrating Communion (part 2)

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Serve CommunionAs I interact a lot with pastors and church planters and often am asked how to “do” certain ecclesial activities (things done among the Church), I’ve noticed over the past few years that many questions I’ve been asked are how the Lord’s Supper should be celebrated in a Vineyard church. Since I don’t believe there is only one way to celebrate the Eucharist, I thought it would be helpful to put together a number of posts for pastors and church planters to consider for when they prepare for Communion.

Last week I started this “how to” guide on celebrating Communion by introducing what I refer to as “Open Communion.” This week I want to briefly look at what I call “Communion Served.”
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A “How To” Guide to Celebrating Communion (part 1)

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As anyone who has been in the Vineyard for a bit of time can tell you, there’s no such as the Vineyard way of doing a lot of things. Our movement is diverse enough that you’ll find a lot of great ways to do things, from a lot of great women and men spread across the Vineyard. Because of this, there are probably a lot of different ways in which Vineyard churches celebrate the Eucharist. Yet I’m often asked questions about what should be done, how it should be done, where should it take place during the worship gathering, and why it should be done certain ways. This is my attempt to provide you a resource to help you as your celebrate Communion.
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