tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20471270.post5642262097426874087..comments2023-05-13T12:42:00.360+01:00Comments on PamBG's Blog: Scary SacramentPamBGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11324370506889227234noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20471270.post-53690711184520900022007-09-15T06:38:00.000+01:002007-09-15T06:38:00.000+01:00When I was in seminary, I had a friend who was als...When I was in seminary, I had a friend who was also a student pastor. He was in the midst of preparing for the Advent/Christmas season and he told me that when he was talking to his congregation about the Christmas Eve service, they said no they didn't want any of that and told him to just leave some bread and wine (grape juice) out on Christmas Eve and they could come and go throughout the day as they wished. He told them he didn't do that. I mentioned this story to my worship prof and she seemed unsurprised saying something to the effect that it's actually more common than you think, but no minister from one of her classes should ever support that style! (This was from the American branch of Methodism.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20471270.post-60776058293390598422007-09-14T23:43:00.000+01:002007-09-14T23:43:00.000+01:00Mark: I've only experienced a 'come and get it' e...Mark: I've only experienced a 'come and get it' eucharist once; that was actually a UMC minister on a three month exchange to my then-circuit in North London. <BR/><BR/>Fundamentalist Lutherans (my background) do NOT mess around with Holy Communion as they believe in consubstantiation and the entire liturgy is (or at least it was in my youth) to be said with no additions and no omissions.<BR/><BR/>Even in the 'Oak Hill Connection' Anglican Church I attended, Communion was done in very good order and very respectfully.PamBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11324370506889227234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20471270.post-50232483926315346582007-09-14T20:56:00.000+01:002007-09-14T20:56:00.000+01:00I've not quite encountered anything that bad in Me...I've not quite encountered anything that bad in Methodism, but I've been at services advertised as the Lord's Supper were strange things have happened. The worst was when the Eucharistic prayers were nothing more than "come and get it", which to me seems totally outside Methodist practice. As you know :), I love the liturgy, but I will worship in a variety of settings. However, if we loose the Words of Institution I get very uncomfortable about the whole thing (and will usually not receive - unless to do that would create a scene and hence damage others' worship) and that has happened to me on more than one occasion in Methodist worship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com