[Magdalen] Full Communion with the USA Methodists?

[Charles Wohlers]

I was LEM today at Christ Church, Montpelier, and I, along with the rest of 
the altar party, all received grape juice. They've long had grape juice for 
those who desire it, although the vast majority choose wine. The parish I 
attend in MA (All Saints, Whitman) has also recently instituted grape juice 
for those who wish it.

The difficulty with grape juice, of course, is that one can't have a common 
cup as there's no alcohol to kill all the germs. So churches must use those 
little cups or require everyone to intinct. The Methodist church I've 
attended in MA does pita bread, grape juice, and intinction.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com


-----Original Message----- 
From: Jay Weigel
Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2017 4:18 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Full Communion with the USA Methodists?

The Lutheran church I attend has both wine and grape juice available, as
does another church I occasionally attend. (I have heard of  but never
experienced Episcopal churches that do this.) I notice that many young
children in both churches opt for, or are directed to, the grape juice.
Some adults also choose it, for their own reasons. If the Methodists could
be persuaded to offer both, perhaps the problem could be solved in that
manner.

On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 7/9/2017 1:42:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us writes:
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> See  http://anglicansonline.org/resources/essays/misc/broken_gift.html
> and  http://anglicansonline.org/resources/essays/misc/civility.html which
> was  written in  response.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> Thanks for these messages.
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> I am a little amused at the apparent problem of grape juice vs. grape
> wine.  I once had the duty of setting up for the quarterly communion
> service
> at my hometown Methodist church, and I must confess that I spiked
> the grape juice that was used in these liturgies.
>
> I didn't put enough wine into the mix to cause suspicion.  Maybe
> they could just do the same to solve the problem :-).
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> David S.
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