Communion Instructions 1980
Instructions on how to do a communion service. This is the year Dr. Wierwille wants the Holy Communion of the Lord’s Supper Service to be made available in the Twigs [Fellowships]. The following are suggestions by Dr. Wierwille on how to effectively present this so that all the leaves [Believers] and leaders will be blessed abundantly by this wonderful occasion and service. “I would like to have every Twig [Fellowship] leader or coordinator to get his people together as a little family, and then to have Holy Communion with them. And he is to share his life with his family. Now I’d like to see every Twig [Fellowship] Coordinator to put this into practice. So think it all through and let’s see what a blessing it will be to our people.” Dr. V.P. Wierwille Sometime between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday get your family together and share with them the great love that Christ had in his heart when he died for them, and the love that you now have in your heart for your family which is represented by what we do in the Holy Communion Service. Read The Word’s Way, Part IV (pp. 185-273) about the day Jesus Christ died, as well as the cross and the broken body. Have your family read this too. Leaders, master Chapter 13, “Did Jesus Keep the Passover?” (pp. 201-218). There are many different ways to go with the meeting, but be sure to have everything set up and thought through before anyone arrives the night of the service. Tell your people to be on time that night; you don’t want any distractions or interruptions once started. And be sure to start on time. During the service, you may want read pp. 201-218 with your people as part of the sharing – BUT if you do, be sure you can read with “real knowledgeable enthusiasm and understanding.” But these are things you have to decide on how best to lead your people. You will want to work the Word much on the subject beforehand. Then think the service through and do the best you can for your people. Things you will need: Setup a small cof
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need: Setup a small coffee table, lamp table, or card table. Place a nice white cloth over the table. (It must be neat and should be white.) Get two candles for the table, preferably red. Make the atmosphere soft and easy, tender and loving. Be sure it isn’t a long drawn out meeting (like two hours). But give yourself time to do it and get it accomplished. Do not allow a lot of running around afterwards, loud noises, shouting and visiting, but let them quietly go home. Let the Communion dwell in your heart and theirs; get alone with God and meditate on it that night after the Service. Have a chalice, a large loving cup. Fill it about ¾ with red wine. Put it on the table and cover it with a white cloth or napkin. Get a small loaf of bread and place it in front of the wine. Cover it in the same way as the wine. Place a horn of plenty somewhere on the table. You sit behind the table. Total: