Could you please clarify your post???

1. I'm not all clear how this is a violation of 1 Cor. 4:1.

2. I'm also not clear what the layperson did wrong in the quote you provided? Could you please explain this more for me.

I will clarify where I am coming from on this issue. At my church it seems like "anything goes" sometimes and this includes communion. We even have one of our high school girls come up (on quite a regular basis) to lead communion for the congreation on Sunday mornings. From listening to her I don't think she has the maturity level to do this (not to mention should a woman be doing this up front on Sunday - that's another problem). Also there's another man who leads it that sometimes gives a "mini-sermon" before all take communion. It just seems to not have the seriousness that it should - that's what I discern.