Family business at the family table

Submitted by The Rev. David Roquemore, pastor at the Camp Hill Presbyterian Church in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania

The idea of offering pastoral prayers at the Table was taught to me twenty years ago by the late Rev. Wesley Baker. He called it "doing the family business at the family table." Over the years I have found he is right. Especially in those congregations that do not serve the Lord's Supper each week, it is a powerful reminder that "we are gathered here at your table, O Lord, and we bring our praise and our prayers to you." I believe the bread and cup on the table serve as further reminders of the importance and centrality of the table in our midst.

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