Services are usually held from Thursday to Monday, the following is form is used by Iain Campbell at Free Back Church:

* Thursday: Confession of sin
* Friday: Evidences of grace
* Saturday: Preparation for the Table
* Sunday: Administration of Lord’s Supper
* Sunday (evening): evangelistic service
* Monday: Thanksgiving

Hughes Oliphant Old mentions other forms on pp.139 of his Worship: Reformed According to Scripture. D. G. Hart and John R. Muether mention “‘Communion Seasons,’ that typically included a Thursday fast day, a Saturday preparatory service (where communion tokens were distributed), and a Thanksgiving service on the Monday following Sunday observance” (“The Lord’s Supper: How Often?”, Ordained Servant, 1997, 6:4).

I think that would make for a very interesting discussion. And regarding werewolves, we don’t want them in our churches anyway! They’ll eat the sheep.

American Presbyterians often operate on a monthly or weekly schedule for administering the Lord’s Supper. How does a communion season work?

You are correct. Derek Thomas hails from Wales.

WHEREAS it is ordained in this Office for the Administration of the Lord’s Supper, that the Communicants should receive the same kneeling; (which order is well meant, for a signification of our humble and grateful acknowledgment of the benefits of Christ therein given to all worthy Receivers, and for the avoiding of such profanation and disorder in the holy Communion, as might otherwise ensue;) yet, lest the same kneeling should by any persons, either out of ignorance and infirmity, or out of malice and obstinacy, be misconstrued and depraved: It is hereby declared, That thereby no adoration is intended, or ought to be done, either unto the Sacramental Bread or Wine there bodily received, or unto any Corporal Presence of Christ’s natural Flesh and Blood. For the Sacramental Bread and Wine remain still in their very natural substances, and therefore may not be adored; (for that were Idolatry, to be abhorred of all faithful Christians;) and the natural Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ are in Heaven, and not here; it being against the truth of Christ’s natural Body to be at one time in more places than one.”

I’ve not come across Derek Thomas before, am I mistaken or do I hear a faint Welsh accent?

It seems to me that the reading of creeds and confessions in a worship service is akin to singing hymns, praying, and preaching. In other words, the sermon is not completely the mere recitation of Scripture. There is explanation and application. That explanation and application is “man-made.” Do we dispense with it? And those of us who are not convinced by exclusive psalmody arguments sing “uninspired” hymns. And prayers must be more than citations of Scripture, although appropriate citations are certainly healthy. However, uninspired hymns, prayers, and parts of sermons that are not direct citations of Scripture ought to square with Scripture. It seems to me that if you push the argument too far you end up only reciting Scripture in worship.