Welcomed by Communion
One of the nicest coincidences of the first month here in NOLA has been that for the first several weeks of my adventure, it seemed like everywhere I went, it was communion Sunday. The day before I went to national orientation, a fellow YAV and I visited St. Charles Presbyterian Church, and we got BOTH sacraments: a baby was being baptized, and we had communion. The next Sunday, we did communion to finish out our week at Stony Point. Then, my first Sunday back I visited Jefferson Presbyterian Church with all six of us, and we were greeted with more communion! And to top it all off, my first day of work with Lakeview Presbyterian, we served communion to the homeless as part of the Program of Hope. First Presbyterian of Beacon, NY where we were commissioned! Communion can be a very spiritual practice, one that reminds us of the sacrifice Jesus made. The act of communion involves literally welcoming all to the table. The combination of spirituality and community involved in the euch