Potluck is a funny term, “not funny, ha, ha, but funny peculiar.”  Here is a cobbled-up definition of potluck from a number of sources, “A communal gathering where each guest contributes a dish to be shared and people take a chance in attending that whatever is available will prove to be acceptable.”  Growing up in Baptist circles, I have attended more potlucks than I can count.  Most of them were very acceptable.  Our New Testament history reveals that potluck is as old as the church.  In the early days, potluck was known as the “love feast.”  The practice being; those who had food would bring it and share it with those who didn’t.  God’s love was experienced communally through His provision and as someone has said, “God’s love was made edible.”  Following the meal, the local church would then have Communion in remembrance of Christ the Lord.  Lord willing, we plan to study on Sunday what Paul wrote to the “First Dysfunctional Church of Corinth.”  According to the letter, some of the Corinthian believers decided they didn’t want to share their food so they came early and ate with their friends.  They drank the wine and ended up drunk by the time of Communion and, they had the audacity to shun those who didn’t have the means to bring food!  It was an evil potluck.  Imagine being a visitor at that church.  Apparently they were hoping for a commendation from Paul for their creativity but Paul was not about to praise their selfishness.  After all, whose table was it anyway?  The Lord’s Table!  And, since Paul was pointing them to Christ, he reminded them that the Lord’s people should reflect the Lord Jesus at the Lord’s Table…in remembrance of Him.  I hope you can join us Sunday “in remembrance of Him.”