They devoted themselves to
the apostles’ teaching and to
fellowship, to the breaking of
bread and to prayer.
Acts 2:42.
“took bread, gave thanks and
broke it, and gave it to them,
saying, “This is my body given
for you; do this in
remembrance of me.”
Luke 22:19
When he was at the table with them, he
took bread, gave thanks, broke it and
began to give it to them. Then their eyes
were opened and they recognized him.
Luke 24:30-31
And he directed the people to sit down on
the grass. Taking the five loaves and the
two fish and looking up to heaven, he
gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then
he gave them to the disciples, and the
disciples gave them to the people.
Matthew 14:19
On the first day of the week we came together to break
bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended
to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight.
Acts 20:7
On the first day of the week we came together to break
bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended
to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight.
Seated in a window was a young man named Eutychus,
who was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and
on. When he was sound asleep, he fell to the ground from
the third story and was picked up dead. Paul went down,
threw himself on the young man and put his arms around
him. “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “He’s alive!” Then he
went upstairs again and broke bread and ate. After talking
until daylight, he left. The people took the young man
home alive and were greatly comforted.
Acts 20:7, 9-12
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching
and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to
prayer.
Acts 2:42
Every day they continued to meet together in the
temple courts. They broke bread in their homes
and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,
praising God and enjoying the favor of all the
people.
Acts 2:46
What if I told you that there was a magic
bullet—something that would improve the
quality of your daily life, your children's
chances of success in the world, [and] your
family's health. . .? Something that is
inexpensive, simple to produce, and within
the reach of pretty much everyone?
Weinstein, M. (2005) The Surprising Power
of Family Meals.
What if I told you that there was a magic
bullet—something that would improve the
quality of your daily life, your children's
chances of success in the world, [and] your
family's health. . .? Something that is
inexpensive, simple to produce, and within
the reach of pretty much everyone?
You guessed it, that magic bullet is the
family meal.
Weinstein, M. (2005) The Surprising Power
of Family Meals.
When sharing a meal together family bonds become
stronger, children are better adjusted, family
members eat more nutritional meals, they are less
likely to be overweight, and they are less likely to
abuse alcohol or other drugs.
Weinstein, M. (2005) The Surprising Power of Family Meals.
When sharing a meal together family bonds become
stronger, children are better adjusted, family
members eat more nutritional meals, they are less
likely to be overweight, and they are less likely to
abuse alcohol or other drugs.
Weinstein, M. (2005) The Surprising Power of Family Meals.
Kids who eat with their families frequently are less
likely to get depressed, consider suicide, and
develop an eating disorder. They are also more likely
to delay sex and to report that their parents are
proud of them.
http://www.health.com
“Eating together has a long, primal tradition as a kind of
social glue. That seems to continue in today’s workplaces.”
Breaking Bread together:
Connects us to our neighbours
Breaking Bread together:
Connects us to our neighbours
Just before dawn Paul urged them all to eat. “For the last
fourteen days,” he said, “you have been in constant
suspense and have gone without food—you haven’t eaten
anything. Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to
survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.”
After he said this, he took some bread and gave thanks to
God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.
They were all encouraged and ate some food themselves.
Altogether there were 276 of us on board. When they had
eaten as much as they wanted, they lightened the ship by
throwing the grain into the sea.
Acts 27:33-38
Breaking Bread together:
Connects us to our neighbours
“Ordinary hosts invited friends, relatives, and rich neighbors
to their banquets … By contrast, hosts who anticipated the
hospitality of God’s kingdom welcomed the poor, lame,
crippled, and blind, those who were more dependent and
lived on the margins of the community.”
Christine Pohl
Breaking Bread together:
Connects us to our neighbours
Breaking Bread together:
Connects us to our neighbours
Connects us to each other
Breaking Bread together:
Connects us to our neighbours
Connects us to each other
“Sharing a family meal provides an experience that touches
all of our senses – sight, touch, taste, smell and listening to
warm laughter or good conversation. Family meals help
provide a regular, consistent opportunity to create a shared
experience that is meaningful and offers a sense of
belonging to all.”
Sean Brotherson, North Dakota State University
Breaking Bread together:
Connects us to our neighbours
Connects us to each other
"A meal together is one of the most intimate and sacred
human events. Around the table we become vulnerable,
filling one another's plates and cups and encouraging one
another to eat and drink. Much more happens at a meal than
satisfying hunger and quenching thirst. Around the table we
become family, friends, community, yes, a body.”
Henri Nouwen
Breaking Bread together:
Connects us to our neighbours
Connects us to each other
Connects us to God
Breaking Bread together:
Connects us to our neighbours
Connects us to each other
Connects us to God
Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a
participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread
that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
1 Cor 10:16
Breaking Bread together:
Connects us to our neighbours
Connects us to each other
Connects us to God
These people are blemishes at your love
feasts, eating with you without the
slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only
themselves. They are clouds without rain,
blown along by the wind; autumn trees,
without fruit and uprooted—twice dead.
Jude 12
So then, when you come together, it is not the
Lord’s Supper you eat, for when you are eating,
some of you go ahead with your own private
suppers. As a result, one person remains
hungry and another gets drunk. Don’t you have
homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise
the church of God by humiliating those who
have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I
praise you? Certainly not in this matter!
1 Cor 11:20-22
Breaking Bread together:
Connects us to our neighbours
Connects us to each other
Connects us to God