This Sunday is "Church Ordinance Sunday"!

[Tarheel Baptist]

Not officially, but we are baptizing in our morning services and observing the Lord's Table at a special 5:00 PM service. Looking forward to it.

How often and when does your church observe the 'ordinances' ?

 

[rsc2a]

Not officially, but we are baptizing in our morning services and observing the Lord's Table at a special 5:00 PM service. Looking forward to it.

How often and when does your church observe the 'ordinances' ?

Communion
Every week. Previous church, once a month.

Baptism
Once a month. Previous church, twice a year.

 

[ddgently]

Communion: Every week

Baptism: As needed

 

[JustABigKid]

Communion: Once a year
Baptistm: As needed

 

[Izdaari]

Communion - once a week
Baptism - as needed

But we call them sacraments. We're Episcopalian.

 

[Tarheel Baptist]

Communion - once a week
Baptism - as needed

But we call them sacraments. We're Episcopalian.

Sacrament/ordinance...it may be semantics.
I don't believe God does anything in the ordinances...they celebrate/remember/honor what He has already done!

 

[Tarheel Baptist]

We Baptize when we have 'candidates'...we have 27 being baptized Sunday, PTL!
We observe the Lords Table 5-6 times per year.

 

[Izdaari]

Communion - once a week
Baptism - as needed

But we call them sacraments. We're Episcopalian.

Sacrament/ordinance...it may be semantics.
I don't believe God does anything in the ordinances...they celebrate/remember/honor what He has already done!

There we have a real (not just semantic) difference. I believe in Real Presence (though spiritual rather than physical, and I don't think clergy causes or invokes it). I'm not at all sure about baptism, what does or doesn't happen -- but it is sufficient for me that Christ commanded it. And of course, since we're such a motley crew, other Anglicans/Episcopalians may have different opinions on both.