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“Communion – the Lord’s Supper, the Eucharist – is a powerful experience. It is a meal that touches the soul …
“We’re invited to be dinner guests of God …
“We’re invited to a meal made from God’s ancient recipes of redemption and release …
“We’re invited to a meal that exposes our hearts …
“We’re invited to a meal that feeds our deepest hunger …”
– Lee Eclov
At Northland, we believe that Christ ordained certain holy rituals for the church to observe and through which His Spirit uniquely acts. These rituals are common to Christian faith communities around the world and are symbolic of spiritual events. They are baptism and the Lord’s Supper, also known as Communion or the Holy Eucharist.
We celebrate the Lord’s Supper because Christ commanded us to remember His sacrifice. It serves as a reminder of the day when we will celebrate the feast with Him in heaven. Communion is typically observed the first Sunday of each month and at other spiritually significant times.
There are many ways to observe the Lord’s Supper, and at Northland, there is variety in the Communion experience. The Northland worship planning team chooses the method that best fits the theme of the week’s worship service. Often we use the intinction method, where participants go to the elements, and take bread and dip it into the cup of their choosing. It is a wonderful application of faith for participants to have to get up and move, to exert energy and be intentional to get what God has for them. However, the more common method of passing the trays of bread and juice provides an equally meaningful picture of the fact that God came to us, and indeed He always comes to us, meeting us wherever we are.
The Lord’s Table is open to anyone who believes in Christ and is living in fellowship with Him.
The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 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.” … For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
– 1 Corinthians 11:23-24, 26
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