Why do churches conduct the Lord's Table on Sunday Mornings

Whew.....going to attempt to get this train back on the track.

Our church has the Lord's Supper in the morning and in the evening, but not on a weekly basis. We vary the service so that it is always fresh and we keep it reverant. We also observe it in many different ways.

We've had a reinactment of the original meeting in the Upper Room with the men of the church portraying the 12 disciples and the congregation participating as Christ told them to take and eat and drink the cup.

We've had a service where it was filled with special music especially chosen for the different portions. A prayerful selection when people were asked to examine their hearts, The Blood Will Never Lose it's Power during the cup.

We've used loaves of bread and pieces of unleavened crackers, we've also had unleavened bread like the original disciples would have used, someone found that at a small market here. We do always use grape juice, not wine. (we're teetotalers at our church)

We do practice open communion with an admonishment from the pastor during the examination time about participation is for those who are saved but it's up to each one to decide.

The Lord's Supper should, in my opinion, be a spiritual and special time. It should be a meaningful reminder of what Christ did for one on the cross of Calvary and should never be taken lightly.

 

That is quite a claim. Can you back that up with scripture?

That is quite an accusation of their motivation. How do you know this?

It is legalistic to demand anyone attend a set number of services or a particular service.

 

We do the Lord's Supper in the morning service, since that is the only time we have a building we can meet at and worship together at a scheduled time. It is always a solemn service and not something that is attached to the end or beginning of regular service. We are open to all who are born again and feel that they can humble themselves before the Lord to partake.

I do not see in the scriptures where Jesus or any of the disciples asked anyone to leave or excluded any followers because they were not "certain people".

This was a remembrance for what our Lord had and will go through for our salvation. It is not part of salvation. All who are saved are welcome to participate with us. We do make it clear that there is not a local church membership requirement, as this remembrance is for all who are saved who happen to be in attendance that day.

 

But what if your favorite television show is at a different time than others favorite television show?

 

At our church, we observe the Lord's Supper once a quarter, but frequency is up to the individual church. It's usually on Sunday evening. It is not an addition to the evening service, it IS the evening service. There are no preliminary hymns, no offering, no sermon. Only the Lord's Supper.

Oh, the pastor will read appropriate scripture and make a few comments, but not as a sermon; merely to set up the observance.

 

I do not think he meant solemn as in mournful but as in the understanding the seriousness of the meaning implied.