At The Table With Our Lord
     World Communion Sunday is a very special day. Christians around the world will join together at the Lord’s table to partake of the sacrament. What a great day that will be!
     Nearly 70 years ago, on November 1, 1936, World Wide Communion Day was born.  In the winter of 1935, a group of ministers met to study the spiritual needs and possibilities of the church during the dark days of the Great Depression.  In the Lord's Supper they saw a great opportunity to unite Christians in dedication to Christ.
     In 1937, the World Wide Communion Sunday was changed to the first Sunday in October, where it has remained.  The world "wide" has since been dropped from the name, giving us the present observance of World Communion Sunday.
     Consider what an amazing table the Lord’s table is! In a sense it stretches around the whole earth. catholic Christians, Coptic Christians, Orthodox Christians, Reformed Christians, Lutheran Christians, Baptist Christians, Anglican Christians, Methodist Christians, Evangelical Christians, Christians who worship in churches bearing names we may never have heard of, will gather in their place of worship and do what Christ asked her friends to do: remember him!
     “This do,” he said, “in remembrance of me.” Then he broke bread as a reminder of his sacrificed body and lifted up the cup holding the wine representing his blood. The sacrament is a vivid symbol of Christ’s sacrifice and loving concern for each of us. How could we ever forget him?
     Remember, also, we gather in Christ’s family around that table of grace that we are brothers and sisters in Christ with Christians around the world.
     “In Christ there is no east or west, in him no south or north, but one great fellowship of love, throughout the whole wide world.” Thank you, Lord.