Comments on: Quick Question http://onlywonder.com/2008/08/05/quick-question/ Reflections on faith and life by Jay Voorhees Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:33:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Amanda http://onlywonder.com/2008/08/05/quick-question/#comment-820 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:49:23 +0000 http://onlywonder.wordpress.com/?p=648#comment-820 Jay,
I don’t have a new name for you…we call them our Shut In members but have one way they can stay connected. The first Sunday of every month, after we receive Communion at morning worship, we take elements from the altar, load the Youth in the church van and deliver them to these members (after we stop for lunch of course!). The youth take a few moments to read a liturgy, serve the sacraments and pray. Over time, the youth and these members become especially close. I know from many conversations that these elder members look forward to our visits and relationships are formed that would normally never happen. I can’t tell you how often I’ve been touched over the years watching God’s hand at work.

amanda

]]> By: David http://onlywonder.com/2008/08/05/quick-question/#comment-819 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:10:20 +0000 http://onlywonder.wordpress.com/?p=648#comment-819 We often refer to these folks out west as the “mostly-at-home” crowd.

]]> By: Andrew Conard http://onlywonder.com/2008/08/05/quick-question/#comment-818 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:32:16 +0000 http://onlywonder.wordpress.com/?p=648#comment-818 Jay – Great question. We refer to the ministry to that group as “Silver Link” which does not necessarily refer to the persons, but instead to the ministry. Perhaps distributed members?

]]> By: Matt http://onlywonder.com/2008/08/05/quick-question/#comment-817 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:05:11 +0000 http://onlywonder.wordpress.com/?p=648#comment-817 This question makes me think about This Holy Mystery and the discussion of “extending the table.” Perhaps you could play on that with your description: extended communicants, expanded table, or something similar?

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