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SACRAMENTS

SACRAMENTS. COMMUNION IN CHRISTIAN TRADITION, THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE. Image Source: http://winterwheatantiques.com/children-folk.htm. It’s Communion Sunday. Do you know where your parishioners are?. First Thoughts? Favorite prayers, hymns, ways of receiving? Meaning, purpose?

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SACRAMENTS

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  1. SACRAMENTS COMMUNION IN CHRISTIAN TRADITION, THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE Image Source: http://winterwheatantiques.com/children-folk.htm

  2. It’s Communion Sunday. Do you know where your parishioners are? • First Thoughts? • Favorite prayers, hymns, • ways of receiving? • Meaning, purpose? • Expectations, hopes, concerns? • Any reaction to new practices? Image Source: http://www.reverendfun.com/?date=20040623. Used by permission: http://www.reverendfun.com/needy/

  3. Sacrament as Sign • A SIGN: direct, singular meaning • Includes, but is not limited to, ritual sacraments • Points to where God can be found in the world • Affirms that God’s presence is always A sacrament is a Sign of the presence of God in the world. Image Source: http://www.alanknox.net/2012/10/breaking-bread-means-sharing-a-meal-together/

  4. Sacrament as Symbol • SYMBOL: indirect, multi-layered, metaphorical • Symbols become sacramental when they give us knowledge and experience of God in the world • Examples: • From the ordinary: bread, wine, table, water, choosing (laying on of hands) • To the extraordinary: word of God, body of Christ, heavenly banquet, neighbor, people of God Image Source (clockwise from top): http://fbc-tempe.org; http://extension.unh.edu/Counties/Merrimack/FdNutri.htm; http://thesimplewomansdaybook.com/the-finished-work-of-jesus-christ-on-the-cross/; http://www.shawnphelps.com/?p=517; http://www.artbible.info/art/large/156.html; http://www.flickr.com/photos/opp4wealth/with/5013631294/#photo_5013631294; http://soulmerlin.com/almanack/?cat=18; http://www.wellsprings.org.uk/rublevs_icon/trinity.htm; http://www.murderasacalltolove.com/news--events.html

  5. Sacrament as ritual • A RITUAL: a practice that is performed in the same manner on a regular basis, often as part of a communal identity • Liturgy – from the Greek, liturgia (lit., the work of the people) = Christian worship • Liturgical sacraments are the Christian rituals that initiate and bind its members into a cohesive community of shared meaning and practice Image Source: http://www.greening.info/2012/09/all-things-that-are-outside.html

  6. Sacrament as tradition • ROMAN CATHOLIC • 7 liturgical sacraments • Peter Lombard (12th c.) Book of Sentences • Vatican II terminology: • Eucharist • Baptism • Confirmation • Penance & Reconciliation • Matrimony • Holy Orders • Anointing of the Sick • PROTESTANT • 2 liturgical sacraments • Reformers (16th c.) • Eucharist (communion, the Lord’s Supper) • Baptism • Only two groups have no sacraments • The Quakers • The Salvation Army • EASTERN ORTHODOX • Called “Mysteries” • No numerical limit on what can be identified as a “Mystery” Image Source: http://www.planetgast.net/symbols/furnishings/furnishings.html

  7. Resources for Further Study and Reflection • "Living into the Mystery" (video): a compilation of the stories of the experience and meaning of Holy Communion from United Methodist laity, seminarians, and clergy from diverse settings across the United States, online @ http://www.gbod.org/site/apps/nlnet/ content3.aspx?c=nhLRJ2PMKsG&b=5703111&ct=12154627&notoc=1 • “Examining Worship, Deepening Discipleship,” by Taylor Burton-Edwards @ http://www.gbod.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=nhLRJ2PMKsG&b=5819089&ct=3838407&notoc=1&printmode=1 • United Methodist General Board of Discipleship, Resources for Worship @ http://www.gbod.org/site/c.nhLRJ2PMKsG/b.3784805/k.D1A1/Worship.htm • The Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts @ http://www.umfellowship.org/

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