Change Font Size:   A A A

Nov 11, 2014 | Christine Abbott

Seder Meal Helps Kids Connect With Eucharist

 

St. Mark’s, Richmond, served a Passover Seder meal as part of their study of the Eucharist recently. Both children and adults found the experience enlightening. While the Seder meal usually takes place during Passover, Chris Abbott, a member of St. Mark’s, said the event was well received.

 

“The youth in Kids' Kingdom are currently studying Holy Communion and the Seder Dinner is part of the class because of the connection between the Last Supper that was celebrated by Jesus at a Passover Seder Dinner,” Abbott said. All of the symbolic foods of a Seder Dinner were served, including lamb shank bones, parsley with salt water for dipping, Haroseth salad, horseradish as a bitter herb, hard-boiled eggs, unleavened bread and wine.

 

“It was cool to hear how every food had its own meaning," said Kaden Knecht, age 12.

 

Trevor Johnson, 14, also found the experience meaningful. "I found that the Seder Dinner helped with a lot of Biblical symbolism that I didn’t know before, such as the unleavened bread,” he said. “There were many foods I’d never eaten or heard of.  It helped me hold a connection between that dinner and the one of the past with Jesus and his apostles."