Lord's Supper Resources

Check out the following resources as you look for ways to engage members in conversation about the Lord’s Supper and how Synod 2011’s decision affects the practice of communion in congregations that choose to open the table to children.

• Children at the Lord's Table: Toward a Guiding Principle for Biblically Faithful Celebrations of the Lord's Supper (report to Synod 2011)
• Children at the Lord's Table: Toward a Guiding Principle for Biblically Faithful Celebrations of the Lord's Supper (report summary)
• Church Order Changes adopted by Synod 2011
• A Practice of Christian Unity (a five-session small group study for congregrations seeking to deepen their understanding and strengthen their practice of communion)

Background

Below we’ve included links to the relevant reports that detail discussion and action taken by CRC synods over the years as they’ve deliberated the matter of children’s participation in the sacrament of communion. We’ve also included documents from other church bodies/denominations that address the issue of children’s participation in communion.

• Synodical Decisions of 1995
• Overture 16 to Synod 2006
• Synod Decisions 2006
• Task Force Report to Synod 2007
• Summary of Comments from the Church Survey 2006/2007
• Synodical Decisions of 2007
• Synodical Decisions of 2007 with the Mandate for the Faith Formation Committee
• Seven Universal Themes Prepares by the Reformed Ecumenical Council
• Other Reformed Denominations

Webinar

• To view the webinar, Children at the Lord's Table, presented on April 25, 2012, check out this link: http://network.crcna.org/webinar/children-and-lords-supper. The webinar focuses on the decision of Synod to welcome children to the Table and offers ideas for introducing and implementing this change.

Resources for Further Reading

• CRC Resources
• Bibliography

Resources from Around the CRC

• (to come)