Recently,my son was looking at volunteering in a youth ministry program and asked for a quick refresher on the language and vision thing.

Of course, I first and foremost called his attention to Renewing the Vision.  But,if you’ve been reading the blog for a while, you knew I didn’t stop just there. I talked about the value to communicate “communion” to the next generation.

Now, previously, I have shared that the experience of communion is a little like this scene in Rent and have shown this clip.

I have also shared that the experience of communion is like this scene from the musical episode of Scrubs and shared this scene.

But, I have a new favorite, and it comes from Deacon Greg’s blog:

The Red Sox were reently hosting Disability Awareness Night – to honor and salute fans who might have some kind of handicap. The organizers selected a young man named Peter Rometti, who has autism, to sing the National Anthem. Well, it was clear from the first few notes that this was not Pavarotti. But he was enthusiastic, and gave his all. A few lines into it, he started to stutter. Then he started to laugh. And the crowd, listening, laughed, too. But they laughed with him, not at him. They clapped and cheered him on. And Peter pulled himself together and continued the song.

But then, the miracle of something communion happened. It started small. A couple of voices could be heard from the stands. They were singing with him. And very quickly those couple of voices became a couple dozen. And then a couple hundred. And then a couple thousand. Soon, the entire stadium was singing with him, and for him – 36-thousand people accompanying him, helping him, carrying him with their voices. He made it to the end – “the land of the free and the home of the brave!” — and the crowd burst into cheers and applause. And Peter Rometti, the young man with autism, just beamed.

That sortof community spirit mixed in with space for the Spirit, bonded in collaboating with the Creator and joining in Jesus’ salvific mission – - COMMUNION