Combined Worship & Love Feast

Sunday, October 1, 2017
10:15 am



Sunday, October 1 is World Communion Sunday. Lancaster Church of the Brethren will celebrate with one combined worship service at 10:15 in our Sanctuary. The service will reflect our rich diversity as the body of Christ in the Lancaster Church of the Brethren, as well as recognize our place in the Body that is reflected around the entire world. What a wonderful way to remember that we are part of something so much bigger than ourselves and that God’s love and work goes out beyond our wildest dreams.

Worship will continue with our Fall Love Feast. In the Church of the Brethren, Love Feast is one of the most sacred and meaningful times of worship. The tone of this Love Feast will be one of celebration and community building. As with all Love Feasts, the service will include: examination and preparation, an agape fellowship meal, feet washing, communion, prayer, and singing. We will sit together as families, allowing for children to participate in the fellowship of our body. A simple meal will be provided by the deacons. We will have stations for feet washing so that a variety of needs may be met, including the ability for couples and families to wash feet together (opening the door for teaching with children) and for same-gendered feet washing. We will also offer handwashing.

If you would like to wash feet but are unable to kneel to do so, please contact Judi Hess (392-0549), so that we can help you participate in this important ritual.

If you are a parent of small children, as worship transitions from the sanctuary to the FLC, you will be able to pick up your children and immediately move into the next phase of worship as a family, which will be the meal. After the feet washing portion, children 3 and up may go to a special educational worship time all on their own. Childcare will be available for children under 3. Our hope is to be finished in time to get your whole family home in time for naptime!

If you have never attended a Love Feast or if it has been a long time since you have, please hear our sincerest invitation to you and your family to join us. If you would like more information on why we celebrate in this unique way or just about the format (ex. How do you actually wash someone’s feet or hands? Can you show me?), please do not hesitate to contact one of the pastors or a deacon. We are happy to help you make this truly meaningful.

We cannot wait to join with you – and the global Body of Christ on this special day!