Tidings from Thomas
The season of Lent is just around the corner. This important part to the Christian year is a season of penitence during which we prepare for the annual celebration of Jesus’ resurrection. Lent and Easter will look a little different this year due to COVID-19 precautions, but we will still have both virtual and in-person ways to observe the season.
Each year Advent and Christmas role around to bring us some of our most cherished traditions. As surely as we put up Chrismon trees and light Advent wreaths, we look forward to the special worship opportunities Advent brings. Even in the continuing challenges of being church in a pandemic, we continue to anticipate and celebrate the good news of Christ’s birth. Our circumstances are unprecedentedly different, but we continue to celebrate this good news through worship.
Out of an abundance of caution, Central has not celebrated Communion since March. All that will end on October 4th. October 4th is World Communion Sunday, an annual observance on which Christians across the globe traditionally celebrate Communion. This Sunday we celebrate our essential connectedness to all Christians as the one body of Christ, the church, by celebrating the church’s shared meal. I cannot think of a better time for Central to return Communion to our worshipping life.
