There were some confused looks among us during Wednesday's usher orientation. We had just been given the procedure for assisting with communion slated to happen during Thursday morning's worship service.
The scene painted in our minds was one of baskets of bread weaving in and out of rows; some vegetarian, some vegan, and some gluten free. It was our order to maintain order among this disjointed serpentine assembly line of bread choices.
While attempting to play out in my mind how this was going to work, I quickly realized it simply want going to. Someone remarked, "...we've never done this before." I don't think anyone really needed to state the obvious.
As it turned out, Thursday morning's worship service was so lightly attended that we could have nearly given personal communion. I had one person in my section and he contained his laughter behind a smirk when I asked if he would like some bread.
However, there were other sections with more people in them and I am sure there were more people to take communion than I realize. I am sure those people were appreciative of our attempt to do what "we have never done." This made it worthwhile.
I became a UU so I could comfortably believe and worship the way I wish. I sometimes forget that others did too. I sometimes forget that other UU churches work differently than mine.
But, I do wonder what happened to all that extra bread.
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