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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

“Transportation” “The Importance of
Communion”

Please call the designated driver the evening before the service you Communion is a practice that is meant to be observed over and over throughout the life
wish to attend and as a courtesy to the family households, of a Christian. It is a holy time of worship when we corporately come together as one

PLEASE!!! NO CALLS AFTER 9:00 P.M. body to remember and celebrate what Christ did for us. It’s a time of reverence
(showing honor and respect) unto the Lord.
VAN DRIVERS Why do we observe Communion?
We observe Communion because the Lord told us to. We are to obey His commands:
8:00 a.m. Worship Service And when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you;
do this in remembrance of me." 1 Corinthians 11:24 (NIV)

1st Sunday Derrick Robertson 565-8668 In observing Communion we are remembering Christ and all that He has done for us
in his life, death and resurrection: And when he had given thanks, he broke it and said,
2nd Sunday Valerie Robertson 565-8668 "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me."
1 Corinthians 11:24 (NIV)
3rd Sunday Darryl Hudson 435-2284
When observing Communion we take time to examine ourselves: A man ought to
examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.
4th Sunday Darryl Hudson 435-2284
1 Corinthians 11:28 (NIV)

5th Sunday Farrell Carmouche 584-8364 In observing Communion we are proclaiming His death until He comes. It is, then, a
statement of faith: For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim
11:00 a.m. Worship Service the Lord's death until he comes. 1 Corinthians 11:26 (NIV)

1st Sunday Andre Pike 752-8414 When we observe Communion we show our participation in the body of Christ. His
life becomes our life and we become members of each other: Is not the cup of
2nd Sunday Derrick Robertson 565-8668 thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not
the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one
3rd Sunday Derrick Robertson 565-8668 loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.
1 Corinthians 10:16-17 (NIV)
4th Sunday Ruthie Johnson 439-2020
Three main Christian views regarding the bread and the wine during the practice
5th Sunday Derrick Robertson 565-8668 of Communion:
 The bread and the wine become the actual body and blood of Christ. The Catholic
term for this is Transubstantiation.
 The bread and the wine are unchanged elements, but Christ's presence by faith is
made spiritually real in and through them.
 The bread and the wine are unchanged elements, used as symbols, representing
Christ's body and blood, in remembrance of his enduring sacrifice.