Unfortunately, many times folks are left at a level of understanding appropriate for seven year olds, which can be dismissed later in life as superstition and magic. Adults must come to an adult understanding of Eucharist as less about what happens to the bread and wine (as well as how it happens) and more about Eucharist being the sign and the reality of God broken and poured out for the love of a broken and hurting world, and seeing it less about their "personal salvation" and more about likewise being willing to be broken and poured out for the broken and hurting world loved by God.

If we aren't walking out the door of the church building as the "Real Presence" of the "Body of Christ" in the world in which we live, into our families, our workplaces, and into our relationships, I fear we are simply affirming the nons' decision to have no part in any of it.  The church going forward must be defined less by what we believe and more by the quality of our love.