eucharistic
worship
on
the night before he was murdered jesus christ gave a meal for his friends.
he commanded them to continue to celebrate this meal after his death.
he said that every time they did this, he would be present with them.
that night he took bread, gave thanks to god for it, broke it and gave it
to them, saying, “this is my body”; then he took a cup of wine, offered
thanks, gave it to his friends and said “this is my blood”.
ever since then christians have celebrated this meal - the
‘eucharist’ - so that through christ’s presence in bread and wine they
would recall his life, death and resurrection, and be strengthened to serve him
in this world and in the life to come.
every
six@nick’s will be a eucharist (also called the mass or holy communion)
because that is how jesus told us to encounter and love him. In symbol and
movement, music and word, bread and wine, we will pursue and be pursued by that
beauty “so ancient and so new” that nurtures and sustains us in being every
moment of our lives.