{"id":1432,"date":"2020-04-11T01:05:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T01:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cnob.org\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2020-06-02T14:58:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T14:58:02","slug":"a-communion-service-for-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnob.org\/?p=1432","title":{"rendered":"A Communion Service for Home Use"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Easter Communion, April 12th 2020\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g4DhDjrEkdU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Marjorie Thompson, in <em>Family: The Forming Center<\/em>, says that &#8220;rituals are embodied ways of celebrating God&#8217;s presence in the midst of ordinary life.&#8221; Life doesn&#8217;t feel very ordinary these days, and the idea of celebrating communion in our homes instead in our church home with our church family feels just little bit strange. We wonder if we should hold off celebrating communion until we can gather in our churches once again. I wonder if these unusual days invite us to come to the table now more than ever before. We need to remember that God is with us and will not abandon us. Through the ordinary stuff of bread and wine we need to taste and see that the Lord is good.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so we offer to you a communion service for celebration in your homes. It comes out of a request that John-Peter and I film a short,  intergenerational communion service for Morningside-High Park Presbyterian Church for Easter Sunday morning. We filmed it in our home with Alex Fensham and Holly Boyne, also members at MHP, who live in an  apartment in our home. So please, feel free to use it at anytime throughout our time away from our church homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Easter blessings, John-Peter and Tori <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marjorie Thompson, in Family: The Forming Center, says that &#8220;rituals are embodied ways of celebrating God&#8217;s presence in the midst of ordinary life.&#8221; Life doesn&#8217;t feel very ordinary these days, and the idea of celebrating communion in our homes instead in our church home with our church family feels just little bit strange. 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