Blessings to you, loved ones.  I sure am looking forward to being with you this Sunday!  I’m so blessed that everyone wants to be together and to share in our Fifth Sunday Fellowship.  This one’s going to be extra special.  We’re going to begin with a communion ceremony.  You’ve often heard me say that our time of eating together is more like what the early church would have done, but because we don’t attach the same level of importance to it as they did, we engage the ritual as a way of honoring Jesus and doing what He instructed us to do.  Some churches have taken this all the way, having a traditional Passover meal.  We’re just having chili dogs, but we’ll begin the meal with a time of reflection and taking the elements together.

In this week’s message, I’ll review what we’re doing and why we are doing it.  I’ll talk about what was happening on that night when Jesus celebrated the last Passover with his disciples before He Himself would become the sacrifice. I’ll talk about how the early church remembered it, and why it remains significant today.

And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”  And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood. (Luke 22:19-20, NASB 1995)

Last Sunday we had a couple of families exposed to covid-19, so we decided to revert to Zoom for our service.  I’m sorry to have to report that there’s no recording for that service.  I set up Zoom some time back with the default setting being to record meetings, or so I thought.  If I did, it didn’t stick.  If we ever have to do that again, I’ll know better, and I’ll also know that someone else needs to be designated as a moderator so that the meeting can run more smoothly and no one gets left out.  I do apologize to those affected.

Keep praying for each other and encouraging each other.  I say “keep” because I know you do.  We are building a strong foundation from which God will build a new and glorious work.

See you there!

Love y’all,

Larry