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[1997.08 --> 1998.02] And we're going to do communion |
[1998.02 --> 1999.38] a little bit differently today. |
[1999.70 --> 2001.98] And I would say it's more of a celebratory communion. |
[2002.28 --> 2003.64] In fact, it was a year ago today |
[2003.64 --> 2005.28] where we had this style of communion |
[2005.28 --> 2007.10] where someone came up to me afterwards |
[2007.10 --> 2007.92] and said, you know, |
[2008.36 --> 2011.08] I never realized that communion can be celebration. |
[2012.04 --> 2013.12] And to that I want to say, |
[2013.26 --> 2014.80] absolutely it can. |
[2015.42 --> 2017.00] Because it's in this meal |
[2017.00 --> 2019.26] where we recognize and remember |
[2019.26 --> 2021.68] that Jesus Christ defeated |
[2021.68 --> 2023.40] the power of Satan, |
[2023.98 --> 2025.42] the finality of death, |
[2025.62 --> 2027.74] and the luring temptation of sin. |
[2028.32 --> 2030.10] He gains victory over it. |
[2030.14 --> 2030.70] And in this meal, |
[2030.78 --> 2032.58] we celebrate that the grace of Jesus |
[2032.58 --> 2034.56] reaches all the way |
[2034.56 --> 2036.32] into our ordinary lives |
[2036.32 --> 2039.84] and pulls us into salvation in him. |
[2040.20 --> 2040.96] So today, |
[2041.36 --> 2043.36] we're going to celebrate communion. |
[2043.48 --> 2044.16] Does that sound good? |
[2044.16 --> 2047.74] On the night Jesus was betrayed, |
[2047.86 --> 2048.58] he took bread. |
[2049.16 --> 2050.04] And after he broke it, |
[2050.08 --> 2050.84] he gave thanks, |
[2051.00 --> 2052.10] saying to his disciples, |
[2052.62 --> 2054.84] this is my body. |
[2055.48 --> 2057.00] Do this in remembrance of me. |
[2058.14 --> 2058.94] In the same way, |
[2059.02 --> 2059.90] Jesus took the cup. |
[2061.02 --> 2062.02] And after he poured it, |
[2062.84 --> 2063.82] he said to his disciples, |
[2064.10 --> 2066.92] this is my blood shed for you. |
[2067.54 --> 2069.44] Do this in remembrance of me. |
[2069.44 --> 2071.68] And we echo the words |
[2071.68 --> 2073.28] of the Apostle Paul in Corinthians |
[2073.28 --> 2073.92] when he says, |
[2074.16 --> 2075.96] whenever we drink this cup |
[2075.96 --> 2077.24] and eat this bread, |
[2077.84 --> 2081.06] we proclaim the death of Jesus Christ |
[2081.06 --> 2083.82] until he comes again. |
[2084.46 --> 2085.76] And when he comes again, |
[2085.84 --> 2087.10] he's establishing a kingdom |
[2087.10 --> 2088.34] of beauty, |
[2089.20 --> 2090.14] of restoration, |
[2090.88 --> 2091.72] of healing, |
[2092.24 --> 2093.38] of putting away the tears |
[2093.38 --> 2094.84] and making all things new. |
[2095.08 --> 2096.86] We celebrate that coming kingdom |
[2096.86 --> 2097.74] in this meal. |
[2100.18 --> 2101.50] The way we're going to do communion |
[2101.50 --> 2102.04] this morning |
[2102.04 --> 2104.22] is what I call family style. |
[2104.42 --> 2105.86] Candy told me it was crazy communion |
[2105.86 --> 2106.88] because it's a bit chaotic |
[2106.88 --> 2107.94] and we embrace it. |
[2108.58 --> 2110.44] There's larger portions of bread, |
[2110.90 --> 2112.26] cups of juice for everybody. |
[2112.84 --> 2113.88] And the way you do it |
[2113.88 --> 2114.82] is you grab as much bread |
[2114.82 --> 2116.18] as you want for your family, |
[2116.54 --> 2117.48] for those around you, |
[2117.50 --> 2118.72] and you can eat it slowly |
[2118.72 --> 2119.94] and enjoy it. |
[2120.30 --> 2121.08] And what we're going to do |
[2121.08 --> 2121.98] during communion |
[2121.98 --> 2123.76] is invite people to share |
[2123.76 --> 2126.04] their words of gratitude to God. |
[2126.86 --> 2128.60] Perhaps you come to this service |
[2128.60 --> 2130.60] with a sense of thanking him |
[2130.60 --> 2132.22] for the way he's taking care |
[2132.22 --> 2132.80] of your health |
[2132.80 --> 2133.82] and your body this year. |
[2134.26 --> 2135.38] Or providing you |
[2135.38 --> 2136.38] with a new child |
[2136.38 --> 2137.38] or a new job |
[2137.38 --> 2138.82] or the way you've just seen |
[2138.82 --> 2139.36] his goodness. |
[2139.60 --> 2140.80] This is the time in the service |
[2140.80 --> 2141.60] where we're just going to say, |
[2141.70 --> 2142.48] come up to the mic, |
[2143.30 --> 2144.74] share those words of gratitude |
[2144.74 --> 2145.84] with the body of Christ |
[2145.84 --> 2147.68] and allow us to join in |
[2147.68 --> 2149.16] thanksgiving together |
[2149.16 --> 2150.44] for all the ways |
[2150.44 --> 2151.30] that God has shown |
[2151.30 --> 2152.44] his goodness to us. |
[2153.04 --> 2154.22] So you can come up, |
[2154.52 --> 2155.14] grab the bread, |
[2155.26 --> 2155.92] grab the juice, |
[2155.92 --> 2157.08] go back to your seats |
[2157.08 --> 2158.46] and enjoy it with your families |
[2158.46 --> 2159.56] or whoever you're with. |
[2160.08 --> 2160.96] During that time, |
[2161.04 --> 2161.74] we'll have the worship team |
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