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  1. pelargir

    Should women be distributing communion?

    We're recent converts from Southern Baptist to Lutheran, having become members at an LCMS church this year. My understanding from the LCMS web site is that women are discouraged from helping with the distribution of communion. However, at our church there are always women (usually DCEs, but...
  2. pelargir

    How to take the chalice during Holy Communion?

    During Holy Communion, our church offers both individual disposable cups and a chalice. How does one indicate they want the chalice? The servers offer an individual cup by default, saying "the blood of Christ," and it seems rude to say "no thanks." Is there a commonly understood "polite" way of...
  3. pelargir

    Bow when crossing the altar outside the rails?

    My wife and I were brought up as Baptists, but for various reasons began attending a Lutheran church (LCMS) earlier this year and have felt very much at home. (One of the reasons being our old Baptist church forgoing communion for an entire year and a half due to the rona.) We're planning on...
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