(RNS) — God can be present when people celebrate Communion online, says writer and author Diana Butler Bass, and not just when worshippers are in the same room. (RNS) — On a recent Sunday morning, ...

“The idea is to prepare oneself mentally and physically to receive Holy Communion,” Barr said. Many other churches celebrate an open Communion, in which any Christian can participate. Troy Friesen, ...

This time last year, I found myself standing in the empty living room of the tiny three-bedroom house I would soon call home. Devoid of any furnishings except a few discarded boxes of junk previous ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Christians around the world will celebrate unity through ‘World Communion Day’ Sunday, October 5. People of all faiths in the Topeka area are invited to a World Communion Day ...

Churches across the globe will mark World Communion Sunday with multi-cultural rituals, and in Crete, Christians will bring their worlds together for a service commemorating their "oneness in Christ." ...

Easter is on Sunday, but the week leading up to the Christian holiday includes several sacred celebrations. One of those practices is Maundy Thursday, which commemorates the biblical account of Jesus’ ...

Just like most eight-year-old girls in the country, being in second class meant the celebration of a very special occasion for Nell O’Grady. She wore a gorgeous new dress and was surrounded by friends ...

"Blest be the tie that binds" will be the hymn heard this Sunday when parishioners for Grace United Methodist and St. Stephen AME churches come together for World Communion Sunday. Although the ...

The baby-boomer father looked at his son in his smart navy blue suit, hands folded in prayer, as he proceeded up the church aisle with his second-grade class to receive First Holy Communion. In the ...

With pomp and ceremony on January 6, the Episcopal (Anglican) Church in the United States and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) formally inaugurated full communion between the two ...