Abstract
In a recent study on the practice of the Lord's Supper in three self-described emerging churches in the U.K., I found that the ritual was more effective at promoting spiritual depth in one community than in the others. In this community, the practice of the Eucharist effectively connected the divine narrative to the human one, allowing participants to experience the story beyond a mere cognitive acknowledgement of it. In this paper, I will report on those findings, while exploring the factors that allow rituals in worship to promote spiritual formation and enrich meaning making effectively. This paper on worship is relevant to missiological discussions, for worship and missions will always go hand in hand — the fulfillment of mission culminates when all the peoples of the world worship the living God.
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