Candlelight Communion

I was blessed to experience communion in a whole new way! Pastor Michael has a tradition here at Whitehouse First Assembly that makes communion a beautiful family experience. Our service started with some acoustic worship. Pastor Michael had all of the kids come onto the platform for him to read them the Christmas story from the Bible. After candy canes were shared, pastor shared a short message and then it was time for communion. All the staff couples had a station at the altar with communion emblems and we invited families to come. We served each family individually; sharing the scripture, a word of encouragement, prayed over them and then asked the spiritual leader of each home to pray a blessing over their family. It was so powerful! There were lots of hugs and tears of thankfulness. We each served communion about 10 times. In all my years of pastoring, I have never had the opportunity to serve communion in "Big Church" and I loved being able to be a part of it! What an awesome tradition and something I will look forward to every year!