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There are two main principle reasons that remembering is a key aspect of sharing within the context of Eucharist. First, there is the idea that remembering re-orients the life of the Church. Much as a compass points both to the north as well as the south by identifying, or remembering, the way north; so the life of the Church is oriented along the vector identified by remembering the events of our story. Events like the Last Supper, the Exodus as well as the meals Jesus shared with sinners all reveal through the act of remembering, the vector of God’s work and abundance. The second idea follows from the first. If we do not remember the past, we have nothing to look forward to. Placed and Oriented in the memory of the Church we are reminded of our place in history -act four- and that act five is still to come. By remembering, the Church is thus placed to publicly remember the past while concurrently speaking or showing how God is changing the world.
For Trinity, the practice of remembering calls us to consider our 175 years in light, not of our accumulating years, or of past attendance, but rather in light of the Passover and the Eucharist. Hence, in remembering our past, we are not only re-oriented to the gospel, we re-find the abundance of gifts that God has given us. In remembering we discover that the issues of church life are not about finding the funding for a second pastor but rather what gifts God has given us? Instead of asking how we can secure our building from the others we learn to ask how others can help us secure our faith in the abundance of God rather than fear?