At CCC we have communion as part of our worship service about twice a month. You don’t have to be a member of CCC to participate. We view this as the Lord’s Table, not the table of our church. Participation is available to everyone who trusts in Jesus Christ as his or her Lord and Savior. You can receive communion during out worship as a way to affirm your faith in Jesus Christ and worship Him. At the same time, we want people to feel very free to not take the bread and the cup. Every week there are people at CCC who are spiritually exploring and who have not begun a relationship with Christ. If this describes you please do not feel any pressure to take the bread and the cup. We are honored you are with us and we hope you will sense God’s love here. Again, communion is a way for people to affirm their faith in Christ and if this is not where you are in your life, it would be better to not participate than to take communion in an inauthentic way. Receiving communion is always optional for each person.
We invite people to use this time around the Lord’s Table for worship, confession, prayer, reflection, and reading the scriptures. In communion we remember and celebrate the achievement of Jesus Christ on the cross where he died for ours sins. (I Peter 3:18) On the cross Jesus said, “It is finished” (John 19:30). The victory of God on the cross is at the center of our life and faith. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the center point upon which world history turns. In communion we remember and celebrate God’s grace and forgiveness. Parents are encouraged to talk about communion with their children and then decide when they feel their child is ready to participate. You are invited to talk with any of our staff or leaders if you have questions about communion.
“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.” I Peter 2:24
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. Romans 5:1-2
“Christianity is about something that happened. Something that happened to Jesus of Nazareth. Something that happened through Jesus of Nazareth… Christianity is all about the belief that the living God, in fulfillment of his promises and as the climax of the story of Israel, has accomplished all this – the finding, the saving, the giving of new life – in Jesus.”
“The death of Jesus of Nazareth as the king of the Jews, the bearer of Israelis destiny, the fulfillment of God’s promises to his people of old, is either the most stupid, senseless waste and misunderstanding the world has ever seen, or it is the fulcrum around which the world history turns. Christianity is based on the belief that it was and is the later.”
(From N.T. Wright’s book: “Simply Christian” P. 91-92 & 111 & 140)