{"id":343,"date":"2026-03-30T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/?p=343"},"modified":"2026-03-11T22:12:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T22:12:51","slug":"bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/03\/26-03-30-communionbread-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-1200px-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/03\/26-03-30-communionbread-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-1200px-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/03\/26-03-30-communionbread-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-1200px-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/03\/26-03-30-communionbread-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-1200px-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/03\/26-03-30-communionbread-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-1200px-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/03\/26-03-30-communionbread-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-1200px-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/03\/26-03-30-communionbread-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-1200px.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Traditional Brethren home-made communion bread. Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>\u201cFor I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, <br>that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, <br>and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, <br>\u2018This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.\u2019\u201d <\/em><br>&#8211; 1 Corinthians 11:23-24, NRSVue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><br>Activity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In the traditional Brethren communion service, which is a central part of the love feast usually held on Thursday night before Easter Sunday, participants break home-made unleavened bread after sharing a meal in memory of the last supper Jesus ate with his disciples. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you have bread or a tortilla or crackers or another baked good at home, this evening break off a small piece and eat it. As you savor the taste, remember Jesus\u2019 life and ministry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFor I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, \u2018This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.\u2019\u201d &#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions\/345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}