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Ministering to youth and young families around the world
About Me
- Jimmy Mitchell
- I am a Youth Minister in Benton, AR. I have two sweet girls-Elizabeth, my wife of 6 years this past May and Jenniva, my 2 year old little dumplin'. We are back in the great state of Arkansas working with the Northside church.
3 comments:
I agree. I hear "mature" believers saying things like "I need it to be quite so I can concentrate." Really, how many suppers are conducted like that?
Hello Jimmy. I have always been uneasy with our normal way of doing the Lord's Supper like a funeral. We remember the dead. . . and I know that it says that in 1 Corinthians 11, but there has got to be more to this meal than we realize or make of it.
Chad
I worked at a Bible Camp for a while and during staff training I would do communion during supper after an afternoon of silence and solitude for the staff. Supper was the first time they were able to talk.
I've also done it at a church where people come up to a table and sit and partake together. (We did it once during a Good Friday service after a reenactment of Christ and His disciples in those final hours & we served everyone. It was quite emotional for some.)
There are times for reverence in communion as we remember what Christ did for us. But there are also times where that should lead us to celebration. Eucharist, as it is called in many traditions, is Greek for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving tends to be a celebration as far as I've ever seen.
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