“Constant Communion“, by Rev. Mike Holly
Today in worship, we celebrate with our young people and their families as they come to profess their faith and make a covenant with all of us that they will live out their faith by continuing to learn and continuing to serve others. You see, Confirmation is that time where young people reaffirm the vows from their baptism. So, their journey began as they were baptized and others made a covenant with them to help them get to this point.
But now, because they have spent their years growing and practicing the faith among us, they are ready to claim their place among us. They have spent countless Sundays in classes learning more about their faith in order for them to make an informed and intentional decision on their own.
Today we give thanks to God that He continues to move in and through the Church — in and through the lives of our volunteers and staff — and especially in and through the lives of our young people. Over the next few years we will be putting a strong emphasis on ministries with our young people and today is a reminder that they are not the Church of tomorrow. They are the Church of today along with us!
~Mike Holly
The Word
For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
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