GEN-X RISING: Can we really celebrate Holy Communion online?
http://www.umportal.org/article.asp?id=4414 By Andrew C. Thompson UMR Columnist Do you have to be present in worship to receive Holy Communion? That question seems to have an obvious answer: Of course! How could anyone partake in the Lord’s Supper without actually worshipping in the same room where the bread and cup are broken and blessed? But there is a new movement afoot in the church that advocates for Internet-based Holy Communion. Lisa Miller describes a number of different churches and pastors who are providing Web-based Eucharistic services in a Nov. 3 Newsweek article, “Click in Remembrance of Me.” She tells the story of a couple who receive Communion in the comfort of their living room by eating a scrap of bagel and a sip of Crystal Light, all while watching a streaming video of worship happening elsewhere via the Internet. One of these Web-based offerings, “A United Methodist Celebration of Holy Communion on the Web,” is at www.holycommu