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Communion

We believe as Christ taught and participated with His Disciples at the Last Supper, we are commanded to have communion with one another until He returns in order to remember His death.

We encourage our Home Fellowship Groups to have Communion at least once a month, or more if you would like. This creates a bond among believers. You could take turns facilitating with others in the group. What a great time of fellowship and worship this can be!

How to Conduct Communion 

Leaders will be able to pick up communion cups each week at the Home Fellowship Group Resource Booth. Please be considerate of others and only take what you need for the communion time. You may use saltine crackers, torn bread, or oyster crackers.

Always pray and give everyone a few minutes to reflect and to ask for forgiveness for any unconfessed sin. Pray silently before partaking in communion.Pass the bread or crackers first then read 1 Corinthians 11:23-24 Then have everyone eat the bread. You might pray or have someone pray at this point.Then pass the juice and read 1 Corinthians 11:25-26. Then have everyone drink their juice. You can pray at this point also.

You can read one or all of the following scriptures before partaking of the bread and juice.

Matthew 26:26-30
Acts 2:42-47
1 Corinthians 11:23-26

If you have any questions please feel free to call the office for more information.720-895-9035 or stop by the Home Fellowship / Growth Connection Booth in the Foyer on the weekend and talk to a member of the HFG Support Team.

Encouraging Conversation and Interaction - Activity

Where in the World? 

From Discipleship Journal Magazine
Author: Bob Rose

When our new small group began, I wanted to facilitate easy and spontaneous interaction. I brought an old map of the world and laid it out in the center of the room. I then gave each person a different-colored felt marker, and one by one we marked the geographical pathways of our lives.

Beginning with where we were born, we each traced our journey to the present. Conversation emerged naturally as we plotted and described where we had lived. People were surprised and delighted to find that paths had unknowingly crossed in the past. Questions came easily as group members asked why someone moved so often, or wondered about the feelings certain moves invoked.

We then plotted on the map where our grandparents came from. While a few were not sure, we found some had immigrated from other countries. This launched a discussion about origins and experiences growing up in a recent-immigrant family. All in all, tracing our journeys provided interesting information that would otherwise have been difficult to volunteer.

Our prayers that evening focused on thanking God for the richness and diversity of our pasts and our desire to learn from and with each other in the group.

Bob Rose

Used by permission of Discipleship Journal
DJ Plus: Where in the World?
Issue 134, March/April 2003
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