If this has been covered in another threat, I appologize....

This idea came to be from another thread when they were talking about candels...

Communion - do you use grape juice - water - wine or a mixture of both.....

So I am playing the piano for two Church services this coming Sunday.

It is a communion Sunday.  The Church is fine with me taking communion as this is my parents' Church and I was baptised there.

In the United Church, the council or board, I believe, decides what elements should be used for Communion. Most opt for grape juice for a variety of reasons.

Children are encouraged to participate in Communion. It was a long fought fight and in most United Churches, children are now included.

BUT............should your church decide to use wine , would churches still be as welcoming of children to Communion.

This is a wondering question.

Let's have a discussion about this. It stem's from Pinga and Northwind (in another thread) commenting that if you are in another faith church, temple or mosque, we re the guests and should honour their traditions. e.g communion.

It also brings to mind, First Nations Traditions ( smudging etc. with out an Elder present.)

What are your thoughts?

I was reading an obituary in the paper of a Sister (Nun). It said the woman was held up and commended for her life's work. -  "prayer life";   "Eucharistic Devotion" and "Missionary Spirit "

So it obviously matters to Catholics how many times they receive communion . I am guessing.

Does it matter for the rest of us? - non-Catholics.

I have never undedrstood why Communion is only offered 5 times a year instead of on a weeky basis in the UCC.  I know this has something to do with the Reformation and Protesticisn but I never fully understood it.  Maybe someoned could explain.  I grew up in the UCC and still feel my root are there.  It s less hierachial and less doggmatic.

Do you decorate your communion table?

What does it hold most of the time, do you ever decorate it?

what was the most moving decoration you ever saw?

Do you have resources or books for ideas for decorating communion tables?

In case you want to imagine it....

If you are sitting in our pews, you look towards a wall of pipes.

Sitting in a raised loft in front of those pipes is the choir.