Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Holy Communion Sunday
May 17, 2020 at 11:00am
Following our in-home Worship video, gather your communion elements (see below) and drive to church. You will be directed on where to park (every other space). Pastor will be on the side porch. You can get out of your car with your elements, and Pastor will say the words of institution, just like at worship. We will pray the Lord’s Prayer and receive Holy Communion. Then we will dismiss.
We will make every effort to maintain social distancing. If you want to stay in your car, that is fine, just hold up the elements at the time of institution. If there are more cars than places, we will repeat the service.
Everyone is welcome to participate.
Elements:
The elements are bread and wine, but there is a great deal of flexibility in what is acceptable. My over-reaching rule of thumb is that the bread should be simple and not delicious or stale to be distracting from the reverence of Holy Communion. It can be any kind of bread or cracker or wafer. The wine should be wine or grape juice, although the requirements are very flexible. Also, Holy Communion does not need to be shared with two elements. So, if you only want to have bread that is fine. Under the circumstance, limiting to one element might be a good suggestion.
After communion, the leftovers are to be disposed of reverently. I would suggest keeping the portions small to minimize the leftovers. If there is some bread and drink leftover, try to consume it all. If there is leftover bread, it can be used in a meal. It should not be disposed of in a trash can. Leftover wine can be poured to the ground if it is not going to be consumed. If consuming the wine, please drink responsibly!
