Holy Communion
We celebrate the sacrament of Holy Communion (Eucharist, Last Supper, Lord's Supper) the third Sunday of each month at our 10:30 a.m. service, every othert Sunday at 11:45 a.m. in the chapel on the seocnd floorr, and during other special services. Normally we distribute communion by the ancient practice, called intinction, whereby we receive a piece of bread torn off from the loaf and dip it into a chalice of juice before eating.
Our Articles of Religion say the body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten in the Supper after a heavenly and spiritual manner and that we receive it by faith. John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, believed that Holy Communion is, what he called, "the grand channel" by which we receive God's grace. By that he meant that Holy Communion is the most probable event in which we encounter Jesus Christ today.