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by cabaalis 1339 days ago
These are very convenient but I felt a little sad the first time my church used them. It is over the line of commercializing the act, like people selling lambs for sacrifice at the temple.

I suppose my church chose it because they wanted to have communion with thousands of people. That's another issue entirely.

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> I suppose my church chose it because they wanted to have communion with thousands of people.

I suspect the driving force behind them (especially the last couple of years) is the issue of communicable disease with a shared cup, not convenience/scale. Churches that do shared cup tend to have to suspend it during intense flu seasons, and the COVID pandemic forced extended suspension of the practice in most churches.

It reminds me of MRE packaging.