Have you ever had a “bad communion experience in church?” I sure did, when I was told that my employer was no longer able to pay me and I needed to seek a position elsewhere. I was broken. This was also my source of medical insurance and housing provisions. Being a long time Christian of faith, I attended a Saturday night worship service at a local church. They were to serve Holy Communion that evening. I asked the clergyman if I could take communion. Once I told him my denomination, he told me he would rather I not take communion in their congregation because he was not sure I really believed the way they did about the body and blood of Jesus Christ. I was crushed! First, I was suddenly out of a job. I thought the first place to seek refuge was the church or as I was taught, “God’s house.…
Belonging at the Table
John 6:51-58
John 6:51-58
Sermon
by David Coffin
by David Coffin
CSS Publishing Company, Inc., Real time ministry: cycle B sermons for Pentecost through proper 17 based on the gospel texts, by David Coffin