Jesus broke bread with all sorts of people throughout his life: with sinners, with the self-righteous, with hungry crowds, and, most often, with his disciples. The travelers on the Road to Emmaus recognized Jesus as they broke bread together at the end of their journey.
When the first Christians gathered on the Lord’s Day to share in a meal of Christ’s remembrance, they spoke of it as “the breaking of the bread.” The First Christians met weekly in their home church, literally a church in someone's home, to worship and to share a meal with one another.
They recognized the importance of the Last Supper and eventually paired the words of institution with their meals so that there were in communion eating a meal while remembering Jesus' last meal on earth as a human.
Disciples of Christ celebrates communion every Sunday and welcomes all believers who have been baptized and confessed their belief in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
When I visit another church on vacation that doesn't have communion during their worship service, I miss it as if I'd miss the most important meal of the week. When we gather weekly in communion, we are reinforcing our common bond as Christians while reminding ourselves who we are and why we worship together each Sunday.
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