The Acts of Convention

Resolved, That this 66th General Convention authorize, subject to the approval of the diocesan Bishop, for trial use in special circumstances of ecumenical worship or for use in special study sessions, that certain document entitled Word, Bread, Cup, published by the Forward Movement Publications and copyright 1978 by the Executive Committee of the Consultation on Church Union; [provided that the guidelines for interim Eucharistic sharing authorized by the 65th General Convention be observed ( Journal, 1976; pp. C-89, C-90);] provided that an ordained priest of this Church is the celebrant, or one of the celebrants at a con-celebrated service; provided the elements used are those used by our Lord himself, namely bread and wine; and provided further that any of the blessed elements remaining at the end of the service be reverently consumed; and be it further

Resolved, That the action of the 1976 General Convention authorizing that certain document An Order of Worship for the Proclamation of the Word of God and the Celebration of the Lord's Supper be reaffirmed under the conditions cited above.