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In church today

We have been bringing Luke in from the nursery to the church service during communion for the past few weeks. We get to take him up to the front during communion, and the pastor who is giving out the bread usually gives him a blessing.

Today he must have been hungry, since he was very interested in the bread. "The body of Christ, broken for you," said the pastor, and Luke said (very politely) "Want Christ please!" I maneuvered his hand away from the paten (the plate that holds the bread) so that the bread wasn't dumped on the floor---I know that Anglicans don't believe in transubstantiation but it wouldn't have been good to have the bread all over the gym floor. I got the wine (we dip the bread into the wine) and Luke reached back to the bread and explained himself again, "Want Christ!" I carried him back to our seat, and he was wriggling the whole time saying loudly, "Want Christ! Want Christ! Want Christ!"

I thought the whole church had heard, but apparently the music masked his cries, since even Michael didn't know what the fuss was about. If I were writing devotional literature, I'd write more about what we can learn from the two year old, but I think I won't.

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Lenise said…
LOL! Reminds me of Jay, one of the first Sundays he was in "grown-up church", which would put him near his 3rd birthday. The child has never been known to do or say anything quietly, and he must have been very excited to recognize something going on, because he basically yelled the Lord's Prayer out, a beat behind the rest of the congregation. We were close to the back of the (current) sanctuary, but the pastor had no trouble hearing him and commended his enthusiasm =]
September 4, 2009 at 11:04 PM
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