"While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, 'Take and eat; this is my body.' Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, 'Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.' "
Matthew 26:26–28 (NIV)
Christians refer to Holy Communion variously as the Breaking of Bread, the Divine Meal, the Eucharist, the Holy Meal, koinonia, the Lord's Feast, and the Lord's Supper.
The Presbyterian denomination prefers the term Holy Communion and considers it to be the second of two sacraments (rites) that Christ ordained to be a means of divine grace or symbol of a spiritual reality. The first sacrament is baptism. Thus, Presbyterians follow early church traditions, acknowledging three primal elements of life—water, bread, and wine—as the fundamental symbols of offering life to God. Being washed with the water of baptism, we receive new life in Christ. And, in eating the bread and drinking wine from the cup offered by God, our memory of His promises are made present by the Holy Spirit.
Graham Memorial Presbyterian Church offers the sacrament of Holy Communion at all three worship services, on the second Sunday of every month except October. During this month, we offer communion on the first Sunday to observe World Communion Sunday.
Participation in communion does not require church
membership—all who trust in Jesus as Lord and Savior are welcome to partake. Our Board of Deacons prepares the Holy Communion table for service, and our Worship and Sacrament Committee trains church deacons and / or elders to distribute individual servings of grape juice and bread, including a gluten-free variety, among the congregation.
We partake of the bread together, symbolizing that we are one body in Christ. And we partake of the cup individually, symbolizing that we are grafted into the body of Christ one at a time.
| FREQUENCY | second Su monthly except October 9:00am 10:30am |
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| INVITATION | open to the community |
| PURPOSE | spiritual nourishment a reminder to seek reconciliation between self and neighbors |
| SERVICE | individual servings of grape juice and bread |
| LOCATION | the sanctuary 975 C Avenue, Coronado, CA Download a Campus Map |
| CONTACT | Board of Deacons to request Holy Communion service to the home-bound or hospital-bound |