[Magdalen] Religion Without God?

[Jon Egger]

After the able have had communion, we go out to give it to those who
request it being brought to them.  Russ and I give each other communion
after everyone else has received it.  I like the idea of bringing the less
abled communion when the able are being given it.

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Grace & peace,
jon


On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 5:44 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> At my longtime church we had a second station at the front of the nave for
> those who were less-able, or not able, to negotiate the stairs up to the
> chancel.  What a place for stairs that church was! About 9 different levels
> hither and yon.  An elevator was built to service the three basic levels
> and a serious ramp.  It was all very complicated.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
> On 12/29/2014 5:59 PM, Jim Guthrie wrote:
>
>> From: Jon Egger
>>
>>  What Russ+ does is bring communion to the pew for the regulars who have
>>> step problems.  Any new people, in a chair or with a cane...I ask them if
>>> we may bring communion to them.  It's always comforting to such visitors
>>> to
>>> know they don't have to deal with our steps.
>>>
>>
>> First, sometime during the administration, or last as in the differently
>> abled are an afterthought?
>>
>> If there's an assistant or Deacon, it might be appropriate to bring the
>> communion down while others are doing the steps.
>>
>> An even better idea is to remove the first 2-3 rows of pews and set up a
>> table altar with no steps and no ramp necessary. Rare is the TEC parish
>> where every seat is needed and filled every Sunday.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jim Guthrie
>> .
>>
>>
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