Communion, Participation, Commemoration & Anticipation

Koinonia means commune, share, partake, and fellowship. When we have a fellowship meal we converse with each other. When we converse, we share ourselves with each other. We communicate to each other. And insofar as we communicate with each other, there is a very real sense in which I participate in your life and you in mine. And We partake in each other's lives and interests. Our participation in the Lord's Supper is a participation in His body and His blood. The ordinance was instituted for communing in closest and most intimate way possible spiritually with Christ and with each other.