tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061650.post113874342116962824..comments2023-10-10T10:43:44.424-04:00Comments on cheaper than therapy: communion ettiquetteDJ Wordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597363296679699935noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061650.post-1138823509927808772006-02-01T14:51:00.000-05:002006-02-01T14:51:00.000-05:00Alex, that's cool, and I know quite a few Baptist ...Alex, that's cool, and I know quite a few Baptist churches do that. I think that's one of the cool things coming out of Baptists connecting with the Ancient-Future and Emergent worlds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061650.post-1138821867283827732006-02-01T14:24:00.000-05:002006-02-01T14:24:00.000-05:00For what its worth, the baptist church we are memb...For what its worth, the baptist church we are members of has communion like you describe every week.Alex Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10808815666069966200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061650.post-1138763449647222852006-01-31T22:10:00.000-05:002006-01-31T22:10:00.000-05:00I'm a former Baptist minister, now in training as ...I'm a former Baptist minister, now in training as an Anglican priest (my last pastor calls me "Banglican"). I still love my Baptist people, but it would be hard for me to go back to (a) not celebrating communion ever week; and/or (b) the strange, tortured observances I suffered as a Baptist.<BR/><BR/>It's powerful to hear someone say to me boldly, "the body of Christ, the bread of heaven" or "the blood of Christ, the cup of salvation." Getting to say those words now as a deacon-soon-to-be-priest is quite humbling and awe-inspiring.<BR/><BR/>Come, Rick, the Prayer Book is calling you...<BR/><BR/>(BTW, I'm yet another of Rick's former roommates!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061650.post-1138759350501455192006-01-31T21:02:00.000-05:002006-01-31T21:02:00.000-05:00when i was serving up in canada we used to "rip an...when i was serving up in canada we used to "rip and dip" which was a crude way of talking about it. but the practice was that it was about repentence and joy and community and many many more things. we would all sit in a circle and then aproach the sacriment and be served (real bread and a big cup) and then turn and serve the next person.<BR/><BR/>that was a good example i thinkMike Murrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953216797987615864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061650.post-1138753983609731742006-01-31T19:33:00.000-05:002006-01-31T19:33:00.000-05:00what about the pre-receival ettiquite, when you mu...what about the pre-receival ettiquite, when you must bow your head to simulate prayer, but you also must keep one eye out in case it becomes your row's turn. <BR/><BR/>And I've never been clear on the standing in the isle while singing is occuring ettiquette, is it showing off and/or obnoxious to join in? Or is it snobbish and/or disrespectful not to?<BR/><BR/>And how about balcony ettiquette? That always trips people up. <BR/><BR/>At this church I used to go to everyone stood in the corner facing away from the congregation after receiving the elements, and the guy I went with always was bothered because it looks like the group of people got in trouble and is serving some punishment.<BR/><BR/>it's really sort of silly isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com