Keith Jones on Communion, Anabaptist-Style
On the web site for The Anabaptist Network in the UK and Ireland there appears an article by Keith Jones, rector of IBTS, on the Anabaptist-style practice of communion at Sarka Valley Community Church. Here one finds, I believe, a Free Church convictional catholicity - that is, devotion to both the great Tradition of the Church universal as well as the key principles and practices of a particular spiritual tradition within that Church.
Then the Pledge of Love is shared, either using the Hubmaier text, or some
other, or some contemporary form of the Pax. The table is set with a simple
single loaf made by one of the members. The wine comes from the vineyards around
Mikulov, Moravia, where once Hubmaier’s Anabaptist community enjoyed a peaceful
existence. The simple pottery chalice made in Bohemia reminding us of the
Anabaptist skills in Haban pottery, such a feature of central Europe and
entirely appropriate in the land of the Hussite proto-reformation, which
restored the cup to the people.
The classic prayer of thanksgiving rehearses in narrative style,
suiting the contemporary gathering church accent on narrative theology, the
mighty acts of God in creation and then in the life, death and resurrection of
Jesus. Again, this reflects the Anabaptist desire to see Scripture and faith
through the Gospel narrative of the life of Christ, focusing on the Sermon on
the Mount. A sharp contrast to the liturgies and prayers of the Catholic and
Magisterial Protestant traditions, which focus almost exclusively on the death
of Jesus. Then the bread is fractured and sisters and brothers pass the bread
round the circle breaking off a piece as they offer it to the next person. Some
keep the bread and dip it in the chalice (intinction). Others eat as they
receive, then drink the rich Moravian Frankovka wine.
When all have served each other, the cup and bread are placed back on
the table. Short prayers of thanksgiving are offered. Perhaps a hymn, or song,
or Taizé chant are sung. Then the community is dismissed in mission. Many
attending this celebration from beyond this particular gathering community have
found the simplicity and spirituality of the occasion highly moving. The
architectural setting is simple, though seasonal banners, the tablecloth and
napkins changing colour depending on the Christian year, add a holistic
dimension helping to emphasis that worship is to engage all the senses.
Labels: Baptist Catholicity, Baptists, Liturgy, Theology
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