communion table

Example Sentences

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The church she attends flies a rainbow flag on its communion table.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2016

Though the service is designed to accommodate wriggly children, there is always a “magical moment,” said Ms. McCaslin, when the youngest congregants crowd around the communion table, sometimes bumping their bellies against it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2015

At Jamestown I learned that the communion table stood in the chancel, and it was therefore the holiest spot in the church, and only the most important people in the community were buried beneath it.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2015

And there’s a traditional wooden communion table not so different from those in thousands of churches around the world, featuring Jesus’s familiar words from the Last Supper: “This do in remembrance of me.”

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2013

It’s their Sunday to staff the communion table, which means they gotta go get the crackers and grape juice.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas