So what's really going on in this Service?

Sunday after Sunday, Christians join in services where we take, bless, and share bread and wine.  Some call it "the Mass,"  some call it "Communion," and with many others, we call it "the Eucharist," from the Greek word for thanksgiving, because the prayer of blessing begins with a huge thanksgiving for all that God is and for all that God has done.

This week (August 5th) we will do an instructed Eucharist, skipping the sermon and inserting "here's what we're up to at this point" stage notes into the service.
 and we see it as one of two fundamental Christian sacraments.  

Two of our wisest women were talking about the Eucharist:

"Something takes place... both the bread and wine are changed in some way that they bear a Presence... that they become holy, not just wafers and wine."

"Every day I invite God into my house, and on Sundays I go to God's house and share the bread and wine with him."

I remember Rachel Hosmer talking about the Eucharist:  "at the Sanctus, the part where we say that we join with angels and archangels and all the company of heaven, it's as if the roof of the church opens and we are with all of them, and with our loved ones, praising God."


Sunday:    10AM:   Instructed Eucharist, Children's Chapel, followed by Coffee Hour
Tuesday:    1 PM:   Needlecrafters
                 7:30PM: Vestry meets