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What is the most important thing that happens on a Sunday morning?

Why do followers of Jesus call this meal so many different things?

• Communion

• The Breaking of Bread

• The Eucharist

• The Agape Feast 

• The Lord’s Supper 

• The Mass

Luke 22:7-30

7 Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. 8 Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” 9 “Where do you want us to prepare for it?” they asked.

10 He replied, “As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, 11 and say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ 12 He will show you a large room upstairs, all furnished. Make preparations there.” 13 They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.

14 When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. 15 And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16 For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.” 17 After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among you. 18 For I tell you I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

19 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”‍ ‍20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. 

Luke 22:19

19 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”

The hardest thing about the sacraments is they invite us to look at time in a different way…The term “memorial” does not mean merely bringing something to mind or remembering. It refers in some way to bringing that past story and divine action of the past into the present such that the present audience becomes part of the story and receives the benefit from such actualization.

~ N.T. Wright: The Meal Jesus Gave Us

4 Ways Communion Forms Us

1. Communion Re-centers Our Lives Around Jesus

   • For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.  1 Corinthians 11:26

2. Communion Forms Us Into One People

   • Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body.  1 Corinthians 10:17

3. Communion Shapes Hearts of Repentance and Dependence

4. Communion Gives Us Hope

   • "I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until the Kingdom of God comes."

"On the day called Sunday all who live in cities or in the country gather together in one place... Then bread and wine and water are brought...and the president offers prayers and thanksgivings...and the people assent, saying Amen."

Justin Martyr (c. A.D. 155)

"Behold what you are; become what you receive."

Augustine (354–430)

"Christ says: 'Take, eat; this is my body.' There you have both the command and the promise."

Martin Luther

Restoration KIDS is created for kids aged infant to 5th grade. Check in your kids in the Family Room when you arrive, and then join all together for music worship in the Gathering Room. After worship, KIDS Team staff will lead children to their classes. Any questions? Email admin@restorationcolorado.org about our KIDS program.

Restoration STUDENTS is created for older kids in 6th grade - 12th grade. Students join us for the Gathering on Sunday mornings. Youth Group is every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. For more info and questions, email our Youth Pastor, jadon@restorationcolorado.org.