Agape Meals are our Central Activity
We are committed to orienting the rhythm of our lives upon the routine festivity of the Lord’s Supper. We desire to gather together frequently on the first day of the week to enjoy intimate communion with Jesus, and personal fellowship with one-another. We will celebrate the Breaking of the Bread and the drinking of the New Covenant Cup with both baptized adults and children during an actual, full meal just as Jesus did with His disciples, and they after Him with the first-century Congregation.
We understand all of this to be the primary reason why we gather together as a fellowship, and the truest, most authentic way of “proclaiming the Lord’s death until He comes” to one-another, and to the unbelieving world around us, and ultimately to God Himself as we await the final, grand feast in the marriage Supper of the Lamb.
(Luke 22.8-20 – Acts 2.41-42, 46-47; 20.7 – 1 Corinthians 10.15-17; 11.18a, 20, 33 – Luke 24.30-31, 35 – Proverbs 15.15 – Psalm 23.5a – Resources: A Meal with Jesus by Chester ; The Christian Passover: Agape Feast or Ritual Abuse? by Perks; "The Love Feast" essay by Jordan; Leisure: The Basis of Culture by Pieper)
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