the Eucharist,must be part of your church service

[Tibby]

Bricks and glass don’t make a church. And you don't have to be the only Deacon running things.

[Lionroar0]

hey butcha well i woud agree with tibby. I not sure if this can be done or not. If the Church has a portalbe tabernacle or maybe your caongration can buy one to house The Eucharist and then have a Priest Consecrate w hole bunch of them and keep them in the Tabernacle. Then maybe having a prayer service that would follow the way that the mass is done execpt of course for the consecration of the Host. You could have Mass in a gym or you could ask one of the protestant churches if they would allow you to have mass at their church.

[Tibby]

Yeah. You can go Early-Church style and do it in a home.

[Willowbirch]

It's that bread and whine thing!

I do whine sometimes!   Credenda Agenda had an excellent article on communion, and the continuing pursuit of purity and power in our worship. Ever since I read it, I feel somehow "cheated" whenever we drink grape juice instead of wine. We're still "doing it in remembrance", but we're drinking wimpy grape juice instead of the Real Thing. It feels as though we are substituting something plain for something Holy. (I'm probably just being proud...or something.)

So sad to hear of your church troubles, Butcha. As Ollie might say, its just a building, not the church itself; but its still hard to deal with.

[Tibby]

You feel cheated own, wait till you read about the common cup use in the Early Church. THEN try to go back to the plastic shot glass.

Bring it up to your pastor. Ask him. Some churches now offer Wine and Grape juice. Tell him wine that small has never been an issue for former drunks. There are no cases of relapse due to communion wine in record anywhere, or in anyone personal experience, and it is legal for those underage with parental consent and because it is for a religious purpose.