Jesus - at the Last Supper - reduced all his teaching down to one ‘new’ commandment: “Love one another”.
This is what it means to be Jesus’ disciples. It is not possible to worship God without actively and explicitly loving and caring for one another. This is the heart and soul of Jesus’ message. So it is not only important, but essential, that we talk to each other, and listen to each other, and support each other.
Looked at from this perspective, “The Peace” and the cup of coffee at the end - which are relatively new developments - are the most important features of our worship. And in the more traditional features of the service like the music and the prayers, we can’t just pray to God, we need to pray together; and we can’t just sing to God, we need to sing together.
As Jesus said: “by this everyone will know that you are my disciples, that you love one another."
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