Communion
The Sacrament of Holy Communion is served on the first Sunday of each month at all worship services at Church of the Saviour. The Sacraments may be offered at the Communion rail, by Intinction or served in the pews.
The United Methodist Church website at
http://www.umc.org includes this
description of Communion:
The table of Holy Communion is Christ's table, not the table
of The United Methodist Church or of the local congregation.
The table is open to anyone who seeks to respond to Christ's love
and seeks to lead a new life of peace and love, as the invitation
to the table says.
The United Methodist Book of Worship says, "All who intend to lead a Christian life, together with their children, are invited to receive the bread and cup. We have no tradition of refusing any who present themselves desiring to receive" (page 29). This statement means that in practice there are few, if any, circumstances in which a United Methodist pastor would refuse to serve the elements of Holy Communion to a person who comes forward to receive.
By Water and the Spirit affirms: "Because the table at which we gather belongs to the Lord, it should be open to all who respond to Christ's love, regardless of age or church membership. The Wesleyan tradition has always recognized that Holy Communion may be an occasion for the reception of converting, justifying, and sanctifying grace."
From The Book of Resolutions of The United Methodist Church - 2004. Copyright © 2004 by The United Methodist Publishing House. Used by permission.