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Did you grow up believing that Welch’s grape juice was the official juice of communion?
That’s because it is!
When Dylan told me that Welch’s grape juice was actually originally created to be a non-alcoholic communion beverage, I demanded a source (journalistic training, see. Plus it seemed quite urban-legendy).
From the offical Welch’s site:
1869 - Dr. Thomas Bramwell Welch, a physician and dentist by profession, successfully pasteurizes Concord grape juice to produce an “unfermented sacramental wine” for fellow parishioners at his church in Vineland, N.J., where he is communion steward. His achievement marks the beginning of the processed fruit juice industry.
So if your church is using the store brand, you better learn ‘em.
February 6th, 2006 at 6:28 pm
yep. fount of all useless knowledge, that’s me.
plus, this is proof that michael jackson is guilty- welch’s is the REAL Jesus juice.
March 9th, 2006 at 7:12 pm
You really DO learn something new every day!
For, I’d say, 90% of the communion services I’ve been a part of, grape juice was served (don’t know if it was Welch’s or not). At my current church, at the most recent communion service, I think cranberry juice was used. And instead of bread, soup crackers are used. (Other communion services have included broken-up saltine crackers instead of bread.)
July 10th, 2006 at 11:44 am
Personally, I have always struggled with that verse that says, “Be not drunk on Welch’s but be being filled with the Holy Spirit!”
How much Welch’s do you have to drink to get drunk?
John