Inter-faith Communion

I forgot to tell about having communion. There must have been people from every denomination at the conference, from Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran and Mennonite to Pentecostal and Vineyard and everything in between. In such a mixed group, having communion together takes on a special meaning. We ARE one body. Despite our differences, we share the same Saviour, worship the same Father and have been granted the same Holy Spirit to move in our lives. We are one. And so we shared communion. We happened to have several Anglican priests in our midst and so they led the service in the Anglican style--complete with instructions each step of the way on how to use the books they brought with parts of the service laid out. It was interesting. There were concessions to the mixed group. For instance, both wine and grape juice were offered. The very unique part of the service, I thought, was that the Catholics were included. Their tradition allows them to take communion only from a Catholic priest but we happened to have such a person in our midst. So, while all the protestants lined up down the centre aisle, the Catholics went down the side aisle for their communion. It was nice we could do it all together but on the other hand, I thought it rather sad that we couldn't all drink from the same cup offered by the same priest.