Holy Communion
Holy Communion is celebrated during all Worship Services on the
first and third weekends of the month.
NOTE: During COVID, we are practicing
continuous walk up communion during all
services.
At our Traditional Worship Services both the individual cups and
the common cup are used for the distribution. The individual cups
are offered on the pulpit side of the church and the common cup on
the lectern side. After dismissal from the pews by the ushers,
communicants are free to join whichever line (individual cups or
common cup) they prefer.
Continuous communion is also practiced at St. Paul. This means
that as soon as you have received both the "body" and the "blood"
you are encouraged to return to your pew. That leaves your spot
vacant for another communicant to immediately fill in. At our
Contemporary Worship Service individual cups are used for the
distribution. Continuous "walk by" communion on floor level (with 2
lines of communicants forming down the center aisles) is the norm.
After all have communed the Pastor speaks the words of
dismissal.