12
Aug 2018
Join us Sunday, August 12th for our annual Communion Brunch. At Sardis, we believe the sharing of Communion is the most tangible act of hospitality. Ours is a table where everyone is welcome: Protestant, Catholic, Baptist, Recovering Baptist; Confident, Doubting, Happy, Sad, Young, Old, Somewhere in between…No matter! You are welcome at God’s table. And you are welcome each and every time we gather. Once a year, we make the meal the entire focus of our Sunday worship. We gather a little early (10:30 a.m.), and we share a potluck brunch. As......
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07
Aug 2018
We’ve been programmed to remember the Last Supper as the First Communion. And it was in a formal sense. But in reality, that kind of meal was nothing new. Jesus offered Communion everywhere he went. Jesus saw every gathering as a potential table. And he understood humanity’s need for constant refueling. I think what separated Jesus from others, was his concern for marginalized persons — Where were their tables? Where were their sources of community? Where was their source of refreshment for the heart, for the soul, for the body, for the......
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