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Of more interest to me than the wafers are the various modern food-packaging-technology versions of the communion wine cups:

https://www.concordiasupply.com/Church-Supplies/Communion-Su...

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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.

It reminds me of MRE packaging.

> 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.

Interesting. I don't want to imagine the mountains of garbage this produces though. I guess the ceremony is worth it for some.

Ah, yes, the McCommunion Cups.

Robitussin and styrofoam

I really hate those. Whatever they do with the juice to preserve it makes me physically sick.

I hope God doesn’t mind me using decaf coffee and a sugar packet instead.

You might be more interested in Moravian Lovefeast (but it is not decaf).

Wow. So apparently it makes more sense for a church to create tons of plastic waste (not to mention cost) instead of scaling down or simply foregoing the mass ritual, letting the priest do it for the flock. I’d like to understand how this can be reconciled with taking care of “all of creation”. And what have pre-packages portions even to do with the ritual?

This is an extremely small percentage of waste for anyone taking part... Feels like a big reach. Buying your kid a lunchable creates way more waste, where's the outrage of that?

>https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Handi-Snacks_-_open....

Feels like this but with peanut butter replaced by grape juice.

I'm bothered the Truevine Chalice checks every box except "fits in communion trays".

No more spills, stains or stress. Lol, just depression!

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