During the announcements of the Ash Wednesday Service, Fr. Looker revealed the topic of the Wednesday night Bible study throughout the season of Lent. Because of the Patriarch’s Conference on Church Growth last week, the first night of this Bible Study will be this Wednesday night, March 15th. During the Lenten services we will be discussing the Jewish root of the Eucharist using the book Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist by Brant Pitre. Fr. Looker has mentioned how excited he is to be able to address this topic saying,
“I’ve always wanted to preach on Maundy Thursday about the connection between the Passover and the Eucharist, but I never felt that there was sufficient time in one sermon to cover it fully. With this study, I believe we will be really able to dig into the topic and look at the Last Supper and the Eucharist like the Apostles might have in the first century.”
This is sure to be a fascinating study that will change the way we look at the Last Supper and our own worship services.
As part of our regular Wednesday night worship services, we will begin each evening with our regular Soup Supper from 6:00 to 6:45. The service itself begins at 7 o’clock and is a Eucharistic worship service. Church of the Messiah’s Youth Group meets during the Bible Study for their own teaching and fellowship. Childcare is provided during the service and we are mindful to end by 8:30 so that those with work and school the next day are able to get home and prepare for the next day.
Please join us this Wednesday night, beginning at 6 o’clock for our soup supper and 7 o’clock for our service and Bible Study. It will be an amazing time of opening up the Scriptures and seeing the Last Supper in a new way, just in time for Holy Week!