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Thanks to nqb for alerting us to yet another new horizon of open communion: \u00a0not just communing other Christians, not just communing non-Christians, but communing people who are not even setting foot in a church:<\/p>\n

Wednesday morning pastors from the Community United Church of Christ offered communion to any one who wanted to receive it on the corner of 6th and Daniel streets.<\/p>\n

The church, which is located on 805 South Sixth Street, plans to set up every Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for the rest of the Christian season of Lent, which goes until Easter.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe decided we needed to bring the open table out to the people,\u201d explained Rev. Leah Robberts-Mosser, who is the pastor of Community United Church of Christ (Community UCC).<\/p>\n

The church said some churches restrict who can get communion.\u00a0 Rev. Robberts-Mosser said they wanted everyone to have the opportunity to do so, and that\u2019s why they took it out to the streets.<\/p>\n

via Champaign Church Offering Communion On Street Corner \u2013 IllinoisHomePage.net<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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