Guidelines for Leading Communion

Guidelines for Leading Communion

Guidelines for leading communion.

Before Communion

• Unable to fulfil a duty? Give the service coordinator sufficient notice.
• Inform the service coordinator that you are present when you arrive.
• Be seated in such a way as to minimise distraction.
• Be prepared to come up immediately when the communion slide goes up.
• Position the lectern in the centre of the church and not to the side.
• Always use the mic. Do not test the mic by blowing into it.
• Communion should take 7-10 minutes.

The Communion Message

• The message should take 3-5 minutes.
• Read and expound from one text only.
• Call for a short time of silence after the message.

Inform the Congregation

• Communion is open to all who have placed their faith in Jesus and are in good standing with their local church.
• Anyone who hasn't placed their faith in Jesus is to “let the elements pass by”.
• Parents are to exercise authority over believing children and teens.
• Other children and teens must speak to an elder before taking communion.
• The congregation is to wait when they receive the elements so that we can partake together.

Distribution of the Communion Elements

• Call up the stewards to distribute the elements.
• Pray before eating the bread. Wait.
• Pray before drinking the cup. Wait.
• Close in a short prayer.

Helpful Texts

• Genesis 22:7-8, Psalm 22:15-19, Psalm 40:6-8, Isaiah 53:4-9
• Mark 14:22-26, Luke 22:7-20, 1 Corinthians 10:15-22, 1 Corinthians 11:17-22, 1 Corinthians 11:27-34, John 6:53-56, Romans 3:22-26, Romans 5:9, 1 Corinthians 5:7, Ephesians 1:7-8, Ephesians 2:13, Ephesians 5:2, Colossians 1:19-20, Hebrews 9:11-22, 25-28, Hebrews 10:5-10, Hebrews 10:19-22, Hebrews 12:22-24, Hebrews 13:11-15