If it can be expected that divine services will not take place over a longer period, and that only word services or prayer services can be held, the Apostle can rule that the participants at prayer services can take Holy Communion at appropriate intervals. This applies if there are no other possibilities for the celebration of New Apostolic Holy Communion.

Such prayer services in which Holy Communion can be taken are conducted based on the practice of pastoral care letters containing consecrated wafers, which are sent out to members by the District Apostle in defined individual cases.

The congregation gathered for the prayer service receives a pastoral care letter with consecrated wafers. The wafers from the pastoral care letter are poured into a suitable vessel or communion chalice, which is placed on the altar or a table for this purpose.

Procedure for taking Holy Communion in the prayer service:

• After the congregation has prayed the Lord’s Prayer together, the person conducting the prayer service reads the absolution from the pastoral care letter.
• The person conducting the prayer service opens the communion chalice containing the consecrated wafers from the pastoral care letter.
• Then he or she reads out the words in the pastoral care letter for taking the wafers: “The body and the blood of Jesus given for you.”
• Following this, each of the participants in the prayer service takes a wafer.

When Holy Communion is taken in a word service, the sequence is the same.