Why Communion Every Week

If you’ve been around the past few Sundays, you may have noticed something new: we’ve been ending our services differently. Instead of our usual monthly communion and a of couple closing songs, we’ve moved to a weekly rhythm of communion and response.
 
Now, this might feel new for us, but it’s not new to the church. In fact, throughout most of church history, taking communion every week was the norm. So, in a strange way, we’re not being innovative, we’re recovering a deeply ancient tradition. Historically speaking, we’ve been the weird ones for not doing communion weekly.
 
So why the change? Why now? One reason is rooted in what we’re learning in Galatians 6, especially verse 2:
 
“Carry one another’s burdens; in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”
 
This verse is one of the New Testament’s famous “one anothers.” These are 40+ commands that only make sense in the context of the church. They’re not about attending a service; they’re about belonging to a family. And that’s the heart of communion.
 
The Lord’s Supper isn’t only a personal moment between you and God; it’s a family meal. It reminds us that we don’t just follow Jesus individually, but together. Weekly communion helps train our hearts to remember church is not content to consume but a community to carry and be carried by.
 
So, for the month of June, the elders wanted to give us a chance to embrace that sacred tradition more deeply and regularly. So we could remember that worship is not passive, but participatory. That the gospel doesn’t just give us forgiveness, it also gives us family.
 
This Sunday, we’ll see how life in the Spirit is lived out in real relationships. Not out of guilt. Not out of religious pressure. But out of love. Love that’s present and helps lift burdens. I can’t wait to worship with you tomorrow!