Guide for Homebound Communion

The deacons will work with the Home Visitation Committee to schedule Homebound Communion once or twice a year.

Once an assignment use these guidelines:

• Call your assigned homebound member to set up a date for Communion.
• After the date has been set call or e-mail Debby in the church office to reserve a Communion kit.
• Debby will prepare the elements and have the kit ready for you to pick up.
• After you have made your homebound visit discard any remaining elements, clean the kit and return the kit to Debby.
• Below is a script that may be helpful.

Hello, our names are _________________. We’ve come to share the Lord’s Supper with you. The congregation observed the Lord’s Supper this morning. They sent us as deacons to share it with you as an extension of our worship service. (Extend the physical touch of a gentle handshake.)

*The reading before passing the Bread: 1 Corinthians 11:23-24

The giving of the Bread  (Pass the tray so all are served.)

The prayer of thanksgiving for the Bread

          A thanksgiving for the gifts of creation and for this bread, symbol of Christ’s body broken for us.              Also a prayer that Christ come near as we partake.

The taking of the Bread

            Say: “Do this in remembrance of me.”

The reading before the Cup: 1 Corinthians 11:25

The sharing of the Cup (Offer a cup so all are served.)

The prayer of thanksgiving for the Cup

            Thanksgiving for the gifts of redemption, the church, and the new covenant of forgiveness.

The taking of the Cup

            “Do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

Closing prayer:

            “Dear God, we thank you for (use name of person) and pray  your blessing on them. We pray that your love, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with them forever and ever.  Amen.”

Good-byes:

            Thank them for letting you come by and ask if the church can minister to them in any other way.               Extend the touch of a hand-shake or hug, whichever seems appropriate.