SDA Communion Bread, Pt. 1 of 3

[@reodawn3864]

I am a relatively new SDA. As a deaconess, I was asked to prepare the communion bread for this Sabbath. It never occurred to me that the actual making of the bread was equally reverent and spiritual as the act of communion itself. Thank you Vicki Rutherford so much for posting this video (all 3 parts!). What a blessed teaching! I pray that I can complete this task humbly, gratefully, and with my eyes upon Jesus. I look forward to sharing these videos with our Women's Ministry. Again, thank you for allowing God to use you to teach others!

[@msinglinksgirl]

God bless you, Sister!

[@ascent8487]

Thank you. It is my first time serving as a deaconess and I’m trying to learn everything I may need to know for the coming year. Blessings. I just love this bag idea.

[@Bencat1832]

Happy Sabbath Sister Joy. Am gonna prepare communion bread today, the 13th Sabbath. It would be my second time and here I am 5:30 am in the morning watching your video again. Thank you! Ingredients: 2 cups flour and half a cup of oil and two teaspoons of salt. . Am gonna use a coconut cooking oil. Will be bake for 475 Fahrenheit, 179 to 180 degree Celsius for 12 mins. I pray I got it right and that the Holy Spirit will bless the ingredients as well as me. Thank you Jesus Christ for the gift of grace.

[@anne-marielouis8034]

Thanks a lot, your approach is awesome. May God continue to bless you as you blessed a lot of people.

[@estherfreeman5348]

Thank you for making these videos. My 91 year old mother found herself in a position of having to make the bread and had no idea where to start. After watching these presentations she made a batch to see if she could do it and it was so easy and so tasty. You explained not only the directions so nicely and also the meanings of each step that it was a true blessing just to watch.

[@debralunnen3378]

You are SO Wonderful !!! I loved your words and feelings ! I share the same as you ! I’m a Latter Day Saint ! Love from Debra In California!!!

[@mrs.rbvsda2637]

Debra Lunnen, thank you for your kind words. God bless your ministry among your people. Both of our churches began about the same time, you know, early 1800s.

[@jackloganbill605]

The video is a blessing every time I watch it!!!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@blestalot]

So nice to see a sister prepare heart like you do. I also do the communion bread at my church and have set aside dedicated utensils just for that. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@Hypergraffiti]

I've just been trying to explain to someone from a different church background what Adventist communion bread is like ... this is great!

[@sandramichelle8475]

Thank you so much for this demonstration. This is my second time making communion bread and I was having a hard time doing it. These videos have made it so much easier and enjoyable. Again thank you for your care and time to show us all.

[@helenkoon4147]

Thank you, Vicki for this presentation. I love the zipper bag idea! I learned so much from this demonstration both spiritually and by watching your technique. You are right, it is a privilege and a very humbling experience to be asked to make communion bread.

[@lafintipe]

Thank you, Vicki, for sharing your recipe & method for making Communion Bread. What a blessing!

[@msinglinksgirl]

You are very welcome. I am so honored to be used by Him in whatever way He can use me. These videos aren't perfect, but if others can be blessed because of them, then praises to Him!

[@jrdelights1020]

Great recipe church members loves it 2nd year making it thankYou very much

[@SWANYAWN]

Your video is a blessing to all who make and eat the communion bread you share in this video. I look at it each month. I wish this had closed caption for those who are hard of hearing and those that can not hear at all. God bless you for this video. I love how you use the symbolism of the ingredients from the bible.

[@sdharmitt]

Hi Vicki, I tried your recipe today as our head deaconness will be leaving and as head deacon I'm braving the opportunity to make this bread. I was blessed by the presentation and the emphasis on the symbolic significance and the importance of personal preparation. Amen and may God continue to bless your ministry and service.

[@cheetah063]

This is fantabulous! I just thought I would search for communion bread for a different recipe that I usually follow, and your video is the first one on the list! I am changing my way and doing it your way! I will also share this with my fellow Deaconesses! Thanks so much! God bless you!

[@martqbd]

I was going to use the video just to make bread for the primary B sabbath school class. After hearing what the meaning of each ingredient and the processes means. It became the closing talk given to the children and a few parents, along with the pastor. Vicki, the communion bread will never be viewed as "just" some bread. Thank you for sharing this. The bread turned out great as a side note.

[@msinglinksgirl]

Wonderful! I'm so glad this was helpful. I am an elementary teacher, so I'm thrilled that you found this useful for kids! We used this method once at an Agape Feast and had each table of 8-10 people make their own bread (smaller portions). The pastor even ground the wheat kernels as part of the process. Anything we can do to help people make the symbolic connections with what can sometimes seem ancient ritual will help keep this precious service fresh and meaningful.

[@MrCJ-qz9dl]

Vicki Rutherford This was a far more beautiful KZbin presentation than I imagined. Wonderful spiritual applications and methods to instill in the minds of many that this is a holy service so it should not be taken lightly. Since I live in Korea I must prepare this myself. Thank you so much for your ministry and God bless you.

[@achillese1265]

I truly appreciate this demonstration😊

[@monatugan5320]

I made this for our communion last Sabbath. I made one batch with whole wheat flour and one with whole wheat pastry flour. Both turned out well but we liked the pastry flour one the best. Thank you for sharing.

[@kylepage9770]

I love your explanation of all the ingredients

[@AskAChristian]

I made it, they ate it. I chopped in some fresh rosemary and dispensed with the ziplock murder. It was delicious! Thanks!

[@seanrathmakedisciples1508]

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[@lefernz2255]

I was so glad to see how you related a biblical reasoning to every step in the process... God Bless

[@seanchaney3086]

SDA isn't valid Communion because they do not believe in the God of Holy Scripture. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit who are Three Persons and One in Essence. (Matthew 28:18-20; 1 John 5:5-9)

[@djsews]

Sean Chaney We Seventh Day Adventists do indeed believe in the God of Holy Scripture Father Son and Holy Spirit. Three in One.

[@mrs.rbvsda2637]

@@seanchaney3086, thank you for bringing this up. Oh, yes, we most certainly do believe in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - all three were present at creation and at Christ's baptism, to list a couple of times in Scripture. I am so thankful for the ministry of ALL three in my life. My church history knowledge is limited, but I am told that in the earlier years of our denomination, the doctrine of the Trinity was debated strongly, many feeling it was derived from Roman Catholicism. But sometime in the 1940's, I believe, the doctrine was officially accepted as one of our Fundamental Beliefs. I was surprised to learn this because I have always believed in the Three-in-One Godhead. I also am hearing stories that there is a small group of our members who are challenging this belief again. One of the things I appreciate about my SDA church is that we, as members, are encouraged to search the Scriptures for ourselves, to ask questions, to live our lives as we feel the Holy Spirit (yes) guides us. We have Fundamental Beliefs that all of us agree on (for the most part), but among Adventists there is a wide range of application in much of the "traditions" of the church. We are a Scripture-reading and memorizing group of people! How about you?

[@seanchaney3086]

@@mrs.rbvsda2637 I think much of that was do to pressured adaptation, rather than a change of heart. If the SDA wants to come all the way, they should renounce Ellen White as a "Prophetess." In that regard, not much is distinguished from LDS and JW.

[@pastoreli_]

i love it! especially all of the allusions to the spiritual aspects of the christian life! best of blessings :)

[@mrs.rbvsda2637]

Thank you, Pastor! I hope it will be useful to your church.

[@kathyleneremegio8642]

this will be my 3rd time to prepare the Mommunion Bread following this recipe . Thank you very much

[@nicolaschinchurreta]

Just a helpful note. There is a difference between Olive Oil and Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Don’t use extra virgin as this has the concern expressed in the video about a strong flavor. But regular olive oil or “light” olive oil does not have a strong flavor, it cooks well, also has a high smoke point. This oil works great with this recipe.

[@crucified4me]

Great video! Wow, so many views! I've watched all 3 videos. You're the communion bread lady here on KZbin :) :) :) Thank you so much for doing this. Now I have something to share with people who ask me how to do it. I absolutely love communion bread when it's well made. I may give it a try just to eat it at home but I'll probably use olive oil... It's a Portuguese addiction :) Blessings!

[@BHKM6482]

Thank you! Thank you! Wonderful videos!

[@Sapphireblue1844]

I use zip bag too, so much easier to use. I learnt that from your video. Thank you

[@BHKM6482]

I love the baggie technique! No skin exfoliation

[@hopegoodwin239]

God bless you for the lesson. Very helpful indeed.

[@emmabelfremahgyasi7513]

Am happy to learn how to make bread for Lord Supper, Thanks

[@isabelsilva3034]

Thank you for your recipe. I made it the first time with the 2 teaspoons of salt and it was too salty for me. Now I use 3/4 of a teaspoon and is the perfect amount of salt.

[@seanrathmakedisciples1508]

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[@hilwash]

Thank you sister for this demo

[@mrs.rbvsda2637]

Hello! It's me - Vicki! We are today 4 weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic here in Washington state. My church is doing Communion this Sabbath online. Members will be making their own bread at home, so we reduced the recipe and adjusted it for plain all-purpose flour and regular whole wheat flour, since most people won't have whole wheat pastry flour. For a small, snack-size zippered bag use: 1heaping Tbsp of oil (let it slightly overflow), 1/4 tsp. salt, just under 1 Tbsp of water. Mix together in the baggie. Add 1/4 c. of flour (either sort) and knead from outside the bag. Follow the same directions as the large version, but watch it while it bakes. This mix also works with most gluten-free flours as well. Aren't you convicted that we are seeing the "labor pains" that Christ told us about? Our churches and schools are "closed" for humanitarian and moral reasons, our state governor stated tonight. Wow... We are cooperating in this endeavor for the sake of our own members, children, and the people in our communities. It is the right thing to do. But I can see a soon-coming future when regulations like this will ask us to defy God and go along or stand like Daniel and his three friends for the truth, like the apostles, like the faithful in the Middle Ages. It's going to be our turn soon. Are we ready? Even so, Come! Lord, Jesus! I can hardly wait! But oh, how we need His peace and promises to get us through. God bless you all! Stay true!

[@geanniegriswold3264]

Thank you so much sister for posting the recipe for the smaller batch, we too will be having Communion Service via conference phone call, so our members will need to make the bread at home as well. Praise God I saw your post!!! We really needed this!!! I have shared it with my sisters from church. Blessings to you and your family. May The Lord protect us all from this virus, strengthen our faith and help us stand up for Him when the time comes. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Thank you again! God bless! Your sister in Christ, Geannie

[@theremnantseal1288]

These are indeed the labor pains.. Jesus is at the door. Pope Francis is the man of sin and final pope. Get ready ya’ll! Thanks for the recipe. God bless 😊

[@seanrathmakedisciples1508]

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[@seanrathmakedisciples1508]

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[@berdichev197]

hello from Versaviya and Philip!!!!!!

[@umubyeyilajustine6095]

Thank you very much, it was helpful for me

[@berrysweet2321]

I like your technique

[@AntoinetteKilburn3T721]

Thank you for this Communion recipe. In your video i couldn’t see clearly the words printed on the whole wheat package, and you didn’t say what the brand name is. Please, can you do an update to your written recipe to include brand names (i do check out brand for their quality) for what i can and cannot use for my particular diet. God bless. 😁🤗😙💞

[@seanrathmakedisciples1508]

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[@MrCJ-qz9dl]

Sister Vicki...l used your recipe again today for the "umteenth" time. Like l said before, it's great and simple enough. Like you I also consider it a prayerful and spiritual baking experience. I do use extra virgin olive oil however, which is still quite tasty. I even had a young boy ask for any leftovers, which l sadly refused because it was dedicated bread. (BTW how do you dispose of consecrated leftovers?) I was in a rush today because l have so many things on my plate these days l needed a quick presentation. Do you think there could be a presentation that "cuts to the chase" so "he may run that readeth it" (Habakkuk 2:2,3).😄

[@mrs.rbvsda2637]

Dear Clarence, Ha! Ha! Several people at our church have asked for "leftovers," too! But you are right; the ones that have been on the Lord's table and have been blessed for this service are not for common consumption. EVO oil is perfectly fine. No worries. We, the deaconesses at our church, put the leftover bread from the altar in a paper bag. One of us who has a fireplace at home or a fire pit in the back yard puts the bag of bread in a hot fire and watches until it is consumed. I think it's similar to the burnt offerings in the old tabernacle setting. Any juice that was blessed is removed from the little cups and poured carefully into a pitcher. A deaconess takes it outside and pours it out on the ground at the base of a tree. In my mind, like Christ's blood flowing down from the cross. So much symbolism... and we miss it by not making those applications! Just like the Hebrews before and after Christ missed all the symbolism in the sanctuary services. A shorter version of this 3-part series should be coming. Now that we are all "quarantined" at home (this is April 2, 2020 and we are honoring the COVID-19 restrictions here in our state of Washington), we have made up our minds to make a shorter version, simplified without all the talk-talk. Ha! So, you can hold me to it! Thank you for your comment.

[@MrCJ-qz9dl]

@@mrs.rbvsda2637 Thank you so much, dear sister, for that good information. I will be looking forward to the other version. Since we have a small international church here in Busan, S. Korea, l have been the fill-in "pastor". No one else from the other cultures is acquainted with the recipe or the proper methods of holy Communion. So instead of buying flat-bread wheat crackers like l used to do, l decided to make my own. My take on the matter is that Christianity is not a matter of convenience. When Jesus spilled His blood, it was not the convenient thing to do. It was an infinite sacrifice. (BTW we Americans, some Filipinos and Koreans, here in Korea are fortunate enough to be publicly worshipping again). I used to take the leftovers and dump them on the side of the church. Or l would simply dump them in the garbage and pour the remaining juice down the drain. But from now on l will follow your suggestion. It seems like a wonderful New Testament symbolic act. God bless.

[@mrs.rbvsda2637]

@@MrCJ-qz9dl, as we enter the Sabbath hours here in Washington, may God bless you as you are probably just completing the Sabbath rest. Vicki

[@tuts333]

Thank-you sooo much for this video!

[@momoisausau7954]

Hi Vicki, can i still use normal whole wheat flour if i don't have whole wheat pastry flour?

[@cherryw3813]

I'm not a baker but the head deaconess job landed in my lap. So I made this recipe and its crumbly so what's wrong?

[@msinglinksgirl]

Cherry W , hmmm... difficult to say. Did you use whole wheat PASTRY flour or regular whole wheat? One-half cup oil and one-third cup water? Perhaps your cups of flour were packed a bit tighter than mine? (I really need to convert the recipe to grams of flour to make it a much more accurate recipe. ) We’re making tomorrow for our Friday night service. Perhaps I’ll be able to post a recipe by weight. That will really help. I’m sorry you had trouble. Please don’t give up. You’ll get it with a bit of practice.

[@edenpassion6457]

Amen! 👍🥰🙏🙏🙏

[@sweetgie34]

Tnx for this video. God bless...

[@genevievesturrup2990]

I do not have whole wheat pastry flour where I am from. Is it alright to use the regular whole wheat flour?

[@mrs.rbvsda2637]

We are today 4 weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic here in Washington state. My church is doing Communion this Sabbath online. Members will be making their own bread at home, so we reduced the recipe and adjusted it for plain all-purpose flour and regular whole wheat flour. For a small, snack-size zippered bag use: 1heaping Tbsp of oil (let it slightly overflow), 1/4 tsp. salt, just under 1 Tbsp of water. Mix together in the baggie. Add 1/4 c. of flour (either sort) and knead from outside the bag. Follow the same directions as the large version, but watch it while it bakes. This mix also works with most gluten-free flours as well.

[@Andrea-zo4qy]

why am I watching this at 1:21 am I'm not even Catholic. Looks great though

[@gracelilyyoshua328]

1/3 c ice cold water 1/2 c light olive oil, ice cold 2 tsp kosher salt ShAke all in bag, emulsion Add 2 c wheat flour pastry Bob red Mill Cut or knead well Till ball Set on counter say half hour or longer in fridge

[@mrs.rbvsda2637]

Thank you! This was needed. My husband and I have every intention of making a shorter video that people can watch just to review the process. Maybe now that we're in COVID quarantine we'll have time.

[@AntoinetteKilburn3T721]

Thank you.

[@Joani1888]

This is a great resource. Is it available in a DVD format that I can get? Thanks for any help.

[@msinglinksgirl]

Only here, but feel free to download for your use.

[@ama7509]

So, a naive question here. Is this unleavened bread? What makes communion bread leavened vs not-leavened? Something about yeast, correct? Is the flour recommended in this video unleavened??? Txs.

[@cinthyam3644]

Leavened breads contain a small amount of yeast or another leavening agent, while unleavened breads do not

[@fabyacuna22]

I love god im a christian

[@venitaperez9440]

Mrs. Rutherford is Juan's English teacher

[@mydollmovies2346]

Do you ever make the dough in a bowl instead of a bag?

[@msinglinksgirl]

We used to make in a bowl, but the bag gives opportunity for flour hydration and provides the perfect size for rolling into a rectangle for cutting. Plus, no bowl to wash!

[@VentiVonOsterreich]

There should be a company that manufactures these not just for church...

[@msinglinksgirl]

You know, there probably is, but the blessing of "service" would be missed by the person making the bread if it were turned over to a business. It is such an honor to be the one to prepare this portion of the Lord's Supper for His people.

[@VentiVonOsterreich]

Vicki Rutherford But they're delicious, I had a pack of them that I brought from a church downtown from where I live and I turned it into a snack. I soon found out that texture and thickness does alter the taste of the bread as well.

[@jesuslovethee1214]

How is what GOD promised in Hosea 2:11 and what Jesus Christ did per Colossians 2:14-17 related???

[@onetruefaith5750]

Hebrews 4:7-9. Please help me understand HOW per verse 7 "AGAIN, HE SETS A CERTAIN DAY" and per verse 8 "GOD would not speak later about ANOTHER DAY" with the conclusion in verse 9 still somehow means the "same day" to SDA's???

[@onlythelonely7822]

Jesus was also the Bread of life.

[@setapart3452]

If we claim that Jesus said we should take bread to remember his death, then how did we end up with wafer and cracker ?. God is specific, isnt He ? If it is meant to be bread, then why is it not bread ? How often should it be taken ? What is the recipe ? Who's hands made it ? How do we use a natural or literal piece of bread to connect with Him who is Spirit ? How does a piece of literal bread, trigger your memory of His death ? How does it enhance your spiritual life ?

[@mhmm5379]

This is bread.

[@seanrathmakedisciples1508]

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[@seanrathmakedisciples1508]

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[@seanchaney3086]

SDA isn't valid Communion because they do not believe in the God of Holy Scripture. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit who are Three Persons and One in Essence. (Matthew 28:18-20; 1 John 5:5-9)

[@sarah5131]

Sean Chaney Hi Sean. I’m a SDA and I just wanted to let you know we do believe in the holy trinity- Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and God. Just so you know! 😊

[@djsews]

Sean Chaney Please stop spreading this falsehood in Jesus name 🙏🏼

[@inescornejo3040]

AUTHENTIC COMMUNION BREAD DOES NOT HAVE OIL.

[@kristinamartz348]

I liked what you said while you made the bread. But I do believe we should stick to the traditional recipe as we honor this tradition for Him and not for ourselves. I pray that you are not led astray by the false teachings of Ellen G White. We were warned about false prophets coming into the church and were told that even if 1 prophecy is spoken and does not come to pass as that prophet said it would that we know the prophecy was not from GOD. That woman was deceived and is deceiving many others. And it does not honor God very well to elevate the writings of that woman to the authority of the Bible which in whole is God breathed. Many of her writings were inspiring but in no way completely original. She based many things she wrote off of the Bible. Which should always be the final authority of Truth. I do not tell you this to offend you but to encourage you to read God's word more than you read the teachings of Ellen G White who gave several false prophecies and therefore according to the word of GOD was a false prophet whose writings cannot be a trusted source. I would love to celebrate the Sabbath with other believers but I'm afraid that if I go to an SDA church they will be teaching from the writings of Ellen G White as much as they preach the WORD of GOD which is unacceptable and not profitable to my Spirit which is only hungry for the TRUTH..

[@djsews]

Kristina Martz I have been to Seventh Day Adventist church services many many times over the past 40 years and have listened to many SDA sermons on the internet and have never heard Ellen White’s writings exalted above the Bible. She herself declared that her writings were a lesser light. Her work speaks for her undeniably a servant of God.

[@carolinedass333]

R u really an SDA Christian?..only ordained pastors are taught this preparation..A pastor and his wife are not supposed to reveal the preparation of the Bread & wine to anyone..

[@sarah5131]

caroline dass Hi there! I think it depends on the region you’re in. My church, and many churches in my area, have the head deaconess or a deaconess prepare the communion bread.