Holy Communion traditions vary in Virginia

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Communion traditions vary

Today is the first Sunday in October, and some Virginia churches will serve Holy Communion to the congregations. Traditions vary regarding how often The Lord's Supper is taken.

In many Virginia Baptist churches, this ordinance takes place every first Sunday of a month. Some houses of worship uphold this tradition during Holy Week just before Easter on Wednesday or Thursday. Some Pentecostal congregations in the Commonwealth serve Communion quarterly.

In the 1984 film "Places in the Heart, starring Sally Field and Danny Glover, communion was given in the church on Easter Sunday, and as each person reached for the grape juice and crackers, they said, "Peace of God."Some people have the Holy Ordinance in their homes based on I Corinthians 11:25.

After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.