We believe that all are welcome who wish to share this meal remembering Jesus Christ. Parents decide when their children are ready to share in the communion meal. We alternate between two styles of serving the communion meal:
Intinction means taking a piece of bread and dipping it into a shared cup. Members walk by rows to the front of the sanctuary. The server will say a blessing as you eat the communion bread. In order to serve those for whom walking is a challenge, servers are glad to come to you in the pew; please let an usher or the person next to you know if you would like a server to come to you. The chalice holds grape juice; the tray holds gluten and gluten-free breads.
Individual Cups
When we want to allow people to serve one another, we pass trays of bread and drink in the pews. The pale drinks in the center are wine; the dark drinks in the outer rings are grape juice. On the bread tray, you'll find both gluten and gluten-free bread. After each person has been served, the pastor will signal that all should eat or drink together.
United Church of Christ on Communion
Our members have been baptised by immersion in a local pond and by a handful of water from our baptismal font. Some are baptised as infants, their spiritual development entrusted for the time being to their parents and the church. Others are baptised when they confirm their faith as teens or as adults. If you would like to be baptised, your first step is to talk with the pastor so that together you can prepare the ritual which makes sense in your faith journey.
United Church of Christ on Baptism
