Communion Training Tools We Use at Our Church | Brian Brophy

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When I was around twelve, I got swept up into a “Men’s Leadership” class at my suburban Detroit congregation. The class intended to prepare a new generation of young men to be able to lead in the worship assembly.

The problem was that we never learned how actually to lead anything.

We learned how to dress when called upon to serve. We learned what place on the front row to sit in, when to stand, and how many communion trays to take for our position. We learned to make sure our shirts were tucked in and our pants zipped before stepping up to lead a prayer. We learned how to hold doors and pass out bulletins as ushers.

We learned all the physical duties associated with leading, but nothing about how to lead. Consequently, when the call came asking me to lead a communion devotional a few years later…I was terrified and unprepared.

Today, as a church leader in the post-COVID era, not much of the pomp and circumstance I was taught remains. There is no need for a processional of servers when each person can just grab a “rip n’ sip” communion packet on their way to their seat. The atmosphere at our church is familial, comfortable, and relaxed.

Even so, we face the same old problem: people being asked to lead the congregation into a deep and meaningful celebration together at God’s table who have had no real training on how to do that. So, we decided to do what “worked so well” years ago when I was a kid. We had a class!

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