You do not have to be a practicing member of the Church of England to attend the Eucharist. If you do not normally receive communion, you are invited to come forward and receive a blessing. If you receive communion in your own church, you are welcome to receive communion here.
Said Eucharist does not include a sermon or music.ĭuring the service, the congregation will be invited to share in the bread and wine. Ever since, Christians have gathered together in the same way to celebrate the mystery of our faith.Ĭhristians have many names for this celebration – the Eucharist, the Lord’s Supper, the Mass, Holy Communion – but whatever we choose call it, it remains at the centre of all our worship. At this supper, he told them to share bread and wine to remember him. In the story of Jesus’ life, he had supper with his friends on the night before he died on the cross.
This is a time of preparation characterised by penitence, fasting and prayer in which the Christian church prepares for the celebration of Christ's death and resurrection in Holy Week and at Easter. Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent.
