The Wednesday night group is our smallest. And, it is unique in that it is made up of people we work with who are also people who are still deeply entrenched in the traditional, seeker-sensitive, parish priest-centered Christendom church. They come to us for fellowship and mentoring.
Last night it was just Evie and me and a woman I work with.
The gathering was beneficial for everyone, I believe. We had a very interesting meal and a lengthy and intense celebration of the Lord's Supper.
In this gathering, like all of our gatherings, the gathering focuses on the Lord's Supper much more than the Word.
And, the centrality of the Lord's Supper--of the Gospel--is a source of fascination to even the best-intentioned people entrenched in traditional, contemporary churchism.
Last night the question was, "You guys meet with three different groups of every week [not actually true, not every week], and you take the bread and the cup every time. In my church, we do it once in a while for a short time. How do you do this and not get tired of it?"
A good question, really.
It's hard to explain but all of us know that the more thoroughly we immerse ourselves into Him and His incarnation and atonement the more thoroughly we want to go on that journey.
It's not boring. It's thrilling and humbling.
Tonight we meet with the Thursday group and we won't be able to do the whole routine. So, when we contacted the rest of the group, it occurs to me now, that the one thing we made certain of is that we take the Lord's Supper.
That need was, as Jane Austen said, was "universally acknowledged."
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