This past Sunday I was in charge of setting up Communion. You know, the Lords Supper? Wine and bread?

So first things first, I forgot to get the elements.

We got to church early for Pre-Service Prayer, a time of worship and prayer before the service begins, thus the name pre-service…why I feel the need to go into such detail is beyond me…anyway, when we pulled in it dawned on me…oh man! I forgot to get the stuff for Communion!

No worries, we were early (see point above) and there is a grocery store down the street. WunderKid1 wanted to go with me and now I see how lucky I was that he did come…

I like to use Hawaiian bread for Communion as it’s such a pretty round loaf. The bakery section didn’t have the large loaf, but they had mini-loafs. Perfect!

Then we headed down the juice aisle to get some fruit of the vine. I looked for the cheapest grape juice in the smallest size they had. Hey, we’re a small church still.

There it was, the perfect size and the price was just right. I grabbed a bottle and was about to walk away when WunderKid1 piped up.

He said, “That’s not the kind we usually get.”

Now, you have to know WunderKid1, he is very literal and remembers everything. If you do something one way, that is the way it must be done from then on. So, I figured he was upset that I was buying a “different” jug o juice. I explained that the brand did not matter and that Daddy was just trying to find the cheapest…

I am so happy he asked the question because it made me hesitate just for a second. I looked at my bottle of juice and back at the rows of juice.

Oops…

I had grabbed a jug of prune juice by accident….

You can imagine all the thoughts that filled my head. What if I hadn’t noticed? What if I’d poured the prune juice into the little Communion cups? What if the church actually drank it?

Wow. I dodged a HUGE bullet there.

Thanks WunderKid1 for being such a detail guy.