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5th graders receive First Communion at BLC Bethlehem Lutheran Church's fifth graders partook in their First Communion last Thursday during the Maundy Thursday service. The Milestone Ministry Team gifted the girls their very own keepsake chalice that they used for their first communion by intinction. Pictured from left to right: Macie Decker, Neva Pullen and Dorothy Toft. Not pictured: Bentlee Tewes. The girls were honored and blessed to receive the bread and wine, which represents the body and blood of Christ.