Dear Discussion Board participants,

I'm doing research on the communion practices of various churches and denominations and the background of the variations in the ritual/ceremony/observance of each. I would like to hear from everyone, especially pastors.

If you're so inclined, please answer the following questions:

-- Frequency? (Once a week, once per month)?

-- The kind of bread and wine used?
-- Small unleavened cracker/wafer?
-- Single loaf of leavened bread, distributed to congregation?
-- Grape juice?
-- Diluted wine?
-- Undiluted wine?
-- Other?

-- Reading of 1Cor. 11 or some other text?
-- Commentary or elaboration on the bread and wine?
-- Time of quiet reflection and/or prayer?
-- Other?

Special attire?
-- White gloves?
-- Special robes?
-- Other?

Finally, what, if any, of the above are viewed as the mandatory requirements of your communion observance?

All the best,
James Hilston