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Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.  Matt. 7:7

"Taking Communion To Shut-Ins"

The Lord's church has always followed the pattern found in the New Testament concerning the worship service on the first day of the week. That pattern indicates acceptable worship includes singing, praying, giving of our means, partaking the 
Lord's Supper, and preaching or teaching via the Scriptures. That's commendable 
and normally accepted throughout our brotherhood.

Those members who are ill or shut-in cannot attend the worship service. Thus 
they are not accountable for that which they can not do. However, they often 
request or we offer to take the Lord's Supper to them whether it be at home, in a nursing facility, or in the hospital. This appears reasonable and a good work. 
But why not engage in other expressions (acts) of worship? When we only take the Lord's Supper, it may indicate that we look upon this expression of worship as "sacrament" similar to the Catholics. A short devotional which includes other 
acts of worship, would be both scriptural I and edifying. Let's be careful that
we do not develop a practice that becomes so traditionalized that improvement c
an never be recognized. I'm not advocating we stop taking the Lord's Supper to the shut-ins but I am suggesting we can do more if their condition and 
surroundings permit such activity

 

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