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I have read some articles on why communion should be celebrated on Easter instead of Good Friday, but I can't find them here anymore.  Can anyone direct me to that article(s)?  Thanks.

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I did a few searches here, on the crcna.org site (which also searches The Banner archives) as well as on ReformedWorship.org and couldn't find any articles about this.

But maybe some other visitors can weigh in with their own thoughts on it...

You may want to do some google searches. It largely depends on how you view communion. If it's to remember and re-enact, so to speak, it belongs in a Maundy Thursday service. If it's a celebration, it belongs in an Easter service. In most mainline churches, especially those who celebrate communion weekly, Good Friday is the only service of the year in which communion is not celebrated. In many cases the communion elements are even removed from the worship space, and/or covered in black cloth. The thought behind this is that Good Friday is the day Jesus suffered the torments of hell.  I've noticed that in Reformed Worship there are Good Friday services with communion as well as services without.

Thank you Wendy for your response.  This year we will have communion on Good Friday... next year Easter!!  We will continue the discussion in our worship team. Diane Plug

 

We have incorporated communion into both Maundy Thursday/Good Friday (depending on the year we alternate) and Easter. The Maundy Thursday celebration is focused more on the last supper remembering, and the Easter celebration is just that--celebration. When we use it in the services a couple of days apart, we also vary how we partake. Often we use matzo instead of bread on Maundy Thursday. One of the services we will remain seated and pass the elements, the other we will walk forward to receive them. I don't think there is a wrong time to celebrate, just be mindful of the theme and mood of the service. 

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