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Crœsos
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So I came across this, because if it can exist you'll find it on the internet.
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Individually Packaged Bread & Juice Communion Set
Each communion cup features traditional unleavened communion bread and 100% Grape Juice together in one cup to allow for a 1-Pass method during the service.
Unique, Ergonomic Cup Design:
- Easier to hold, position, and open for all from young to old
- Flat side of cup allows for better grip and control of cup during seal removal
- Large bread compartment allows for easy removal
- Our cup is 100% recyclable
Doesn't this seem a little . . . cheap? I mean it's one thing to get your cheese, crackers, and lunch meat in separate, pre-packaged compartments, but is this kind of pre-packaged convenience really necessary with the body and blood of Christ? Who, exactly, is this product for? Impatient pastors? Churchgoers on the go who don't have time for a "home cooked" eucharist? Who is the target consumer of this product?
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venbede
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# 16669
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How can communion (with other believers) be individual?
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Fr Weber
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# 13472
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Just the thing when you need a little Snackrament.
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Leorning Cniht
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Originally posted by Crœsos:
Individually Packaged Bread & Juice Communion Set
Is it wrong that I saw the picture, and immediately thought of the Muller fruit corners where you fold over the corner to dump the fruity bit into the yoghurt?
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Augustine the Aleut
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# 1472
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Originally posted by venbede:
How can communion (with other believers) be individual?
In those denominations which use individual cups, they generally have a practice of consuming the wine/ grape byproduct at the same moment, which is how they demonstrate their communion with each other. There are a number of manufacturers which prepare these individual-dose packages.
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Siegfried
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Originally posted by venbede:
How can communion (with other believers) be individual?
Do a search for the phrase "wee cuppies" on these boards and you will see this question has been asked many times previously.
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Jengie jon
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Perhaps the simples answer is when you eat with family or friends do you need to all eat off the same plate and drink from the same glass to share a meal? Isn't it more important that you all eat at the same time?
Jengie
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Enoch
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# 14322
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Originally posted by leo:
Put them into vending machines - have each machine consecrated by a priest and then bypass the clergy shortage by self-service communion.
If a bishop had laid hands on the machine once, then there would be no need to have a priest to refill the machine each time it ran out. The machine would be able to consecrate by itself.
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Lamb Chopped
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I was bemused to learn that our Vietnamese parishioners prefer the individual cups over the chalice, so I've started preparing them again. Whatever. But I refuse to use something that looks like pre-portioned coffee creamer. If we must use wee cuppies, by gum I'm going to pour the suckers out myself just before communion and wash up afterward. Next thing you know it'll be drive through! ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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Er, this is what I've been up to (book).
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Prester John
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Originally posted by Jengie Jon:
Perhaps the simples answer is when you eat with family or friends do you need to all eat off the same plate and drink from the same glass to share a meal? Isn't it more important that you all eat at the same time?
Agreed with this. While I find the package aesthetically displeasing I don't have any theological objections per se. My problem is when it's just someone, their fishing rod or nine iron and the Lord's Drive-thru Supper.
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The Phantom Flan Flinger
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Originally posted by Enoch:
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Originally posted by leo:
Put them into vending machines - have each machine consecrated by a priest and then bypass the clergy shortage by self-service communion.
If a bishop had laid hands on the machine once, then there would be no need to have a priest to refill the machine each time it ran out. The machine would be able to consecrate by itself.
A bit like Trotters Ready Blessed Communion Wine ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Anselmina
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Originally posted by Fr Weber:
Just the thing when you need a little Snackrament.
Fabulous!
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The Silent Acolyte
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If I have to use a wee cuppie, let it be this.
The Medicine of Immortality and All That.
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The Silent Acolyte
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Hmmm. I'm thinking not. Were I to go squandering material resources on a debased symbol, I'd choose the biodegradable waxed paper.
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Chorister
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Originally posted by leo:
Put them into vending machines - have each machine consecrated by a priest and then bypass the clergy shortage by self-service communion.
That's how I first came across the whole idea. The vending machine was Japanese, surprise, surprise.
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HughWillRidmee
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Crap spouted by Lamb Chopped:
.... Next thing you know it'll be drive through!
Too late
......much too late
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Sober Preacher's Kid
Presbymethegationalist
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Hostly Geneva Gown ON
Lessee, mention of Wee Cuppies, 1 point. Sale of church ordinances, -10 points. The Sledgehammer of Righteousness twitches. And this thread does not benefit from the doubt.
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