Your Communion Guide
Below we will walk you step by step on how to lead communion within your home.
Start by informing everyone, as you wrap up dinner, that you will be taking a time of communion. Make sure that everyone has a piece of bread and some juice so they can participate as you walk through each part.
1) Read Scripture.
1 Corinthians 11:23-26 (ESV)
"For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for[b] you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
2) Take a small break from the scriptures and tell everyone that they can eat the bread and then pray.
You could pray something like,
"Jesus we eat this bread and as we do we are thankful. Thankful that you gave yourself for us. You were broken for our brokenness and now we are whole.
- Amen!"
3) Then continue to read the scriptures:
25 In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes."
4) As you finish reading the scriptures tell everyone that they can drink the juice and then pray.
You could pray something like,
"Jesus, as we drink this juice we remember how much it cost for our lives to be saved. Your sacrifice is perfect. We have confidence that your blood paid our every debt and we are free.
- Amen!"
As you wrap up communion, speak encouragement over those with you. Remind them that communion is not simply an act of eating and drinking but remembering. And as we remember we gain strength and encouragement in our life with Him.
1) Read Scripture.
1 Corinthians 11:23-26 (ESV)
"For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for[b] you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
2) Take a small break from the scriptures and tell everyone that they can eat the bread and then pray.
You could pray something like,
"Jesus we eat this bread and as we do we are thankful. Thankful that you gave yourself for us. You were broken for our brokenness and now we are whole.
- Amen!"
3) Then continue to read the scriptures:
25 In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes."
4) As you finish reading the scriptures tell everyone that they can drink the juice and then pray.
You could pray something like,
"Jesus, as we drink this juice we remember how much it cost for our lives to be saved. Your sacrifice is perfect. We have confidence that your blood paid our every debt and we are free.
- Amen!"
As you wrap up communion, speak encouragement over those with you. Remind them that communion is not simply an act of eating and drinking but remembering. And as we remember we gain strength and encouragement in our life with Him.