Episode 3: Holy Communion

United Methodist Ministry Academy Podcast

This episode covers the United Methodist theological understanding of the sacrament of Holy Communion and the ways that it is usually practiced in The United Methodist Church.

0:00 Introduction
1:0 0 The theology of Holy Communion
9:08 The practice of Communion
22:10 Closing

References:

Gayle Carlton Felton, This Holy Mystery: A United Methodist Understanding of Holy Communion (Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 2006).

Charles Wesley, "O the Depth of Love Divine," https://hymnary.org/text/o_the_depth_of_love_divine_the_unfathoma.

John Wesley, "The Duty of Constant Communion" http://wesley.nnu.edu/john-wesley/the-sermons-of-john-wesley-1872-edition/sermon-101-the-duty-of-constant-communion/.

The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church. Para 346 on Ministers of Other Denominations (MODs).

Versions of the Great Thanksgiving:

• UMH (United Methodist Hymanl) p. 9. Service of Word and Table I.
• UMH p. 13. Service of Word and Table II.
• UMH p. 15. Service of Word and Table III. Allows the pastor to fill in material based on the occasion.
• UMH p. 27. Service of Word and Table IV. Uses antique language.
• Mil Voces para Celebrar, p. 11. Culto con el Sacramento de la Santa Comunión I.
• Mil Voces para Celebrar, p. 15. El Sacramento de la Santa Comunión II.
• BOW (Book of Worship) p. 36. Service of Word and Table I.
• BOW p. 46. Service of Word and Table IV. Uses antique language.
• BOW p. 51. Service of Word and Table V. With persons who are sick or homebound.
• BOW p. 54. Great Thanksgiving for Advent.
• BOW p. 56. Great Thanksgiving for Christmas.
• BOW p. 58. Great Thanksgiving for Epiphany, Baptism of the Lord.
• BOW p. 60. Great Thanksgiving for early in Lent.
• BOW p. 62. Great Thanksgiving for later in Lent.
• BOW p. 64. Great Thanksgiving for Maundy Thursday.
• BOW p. 66. Great Thanksgiving for Easter.
• BOW p. 68. Great Thanksgiving for Pentecost.
• BOW p. 70. Great Thanksgiving for Ordinary Time.
• BOW p. 72. Great Thanksgiving for World Communion Sunday.
• BOW p. 74. Great Thanksgiving for All Saints and Memorials.
• BOW p. 76. Great Thanksgiving for Thanksgiving.
• BOW p. 78. An alternate Great Thanksgiving.
• BOW p. 80. A brief Great Thanksgiving.
• Michael J. O'Donnell, Lift Up Your Hearts, 3 vols., OSL Publications. Great Thanksgivings for every day of the Revised Common Lectionary.

Musical Settings:

• UMH p. 17. Musical Setting A. Elise Eslinger.
• UMH p. 18. Musical Setting B. James A. Kriewald. Repeat-after-me.
• UMH p. 20. Musical Setting C. Franz Schubert.
• UMH p. 23. Musical Setting D. Carlton R. Young. Minor key; good for Lent.
• UMH p. 24. Musical Setting E. William Mathias.
• FWS 2257. A more contemporary setting.
  

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