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LORD'S SUPPER

After serving the cup, ask the congregation, "What did God just say?" God speaks to us through our senses if we will pay attention. Not only does the smell and the taste take us back to the upper room, it pulls us back to this place, to the church

Like it did with Abby, who is seven. She went to the refrigerator and grabbed a juice box. As she was about to shove the straw into the box, she noticed it was grape flavored. That made her hesitate. She took the juice box to her sister, handed it to her and said, "Here, taste this, and tell me if it tastes like church."

What does church taste like? For Abby, it tastes like the juice her church uses for the Lord's Supper. Not a bad connection for her to make. When we take the Lord's Supper, we are connecting with the body of Christ throughout all times. It connects us with the church of yesterday and tomorrow. It is one way we get a real taste of Church.

—Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Mark Tabb

1 Cor. 11:25 NIV "In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.-"