Holy Communion
The signature tenet of the Lutheran tradition, saved by grace through faith, is heartily affirmed in our congregation. Salvation as God’s gift is made visible through the Lord’s Supper and Holy Baptism. The congregation has a profound sense of God acting in these two Sacraments. In the Supper, both the individual congregant and the congregation as a whole meet Jesus. As members eat the bread and drink the wine, they partake in the body and blood of Jesus. In that eating and drinking, they receive, as Luther says, “forgiveness of sins, life and salvation.”
All baptized Christians who acknowledge Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and look to him as the provider of this meal are welcome at the Lord’s Table. After all this is the Lord’s Table not the pastor’s table nor the lay leadership’s table but the Lord’s table. The pastors and the laity who serve at the table are merely wait staff at Jesus’ banquet.
All baptized Christians who acknowledge Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and look to him as the provider of this meal are welcome at the Lord’s Table. After all this is the Lord’s Table not the pastor’s table nor the lay leadership’s table but the Lord’s table. The pastors and the laity who serve at the table are merely wait staff at Jesus’ banquet.