Thoughts On Communion
Rev. Jeff Wood, First Presbyterian Church of Sebastian
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In the garage the other day I picked up a bag that had our tent in it. I have feelings and thoughts when I pick up a tent. You see, I spent a lot of days during my college summers doing camping. I first went through the Outward Bound type of experience myself and then I led others on the same. We seemed to have nothing but rain and for that we had just a sheet of plastic for a tent. I felt like I was wet and exposed to mosquitoes for three plus weeks at a time. So now when I pick up a real tent, not a plastic sheet but one that keeps the water and bugs out, I remember those days hardcore camping days with its exposures and I am very, very thankful for this tent with its zipper doors, waterproof fly, windproof seams, and all that provides protection.
Let me suggest that this is a way handling the bread and cup of communion in Christian churches can work. We see and touch them and remember our spiritual exposure. Now we have protection and a better way and that’s what the bread and wine remind us of.
Rev. Jeff Wood, First Presbyterian Sebastian, 1405 Lousiana Ave, 32958 (772-589-5656)
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