The saving deeds of God are remembered through historical recitation and dramatic reenactment. In both Hebrew and Christian worship God’s saving deeds are remembered in the historical recitation of preaching, creed, and song. . . . This kind of remembering creates life and keeps God’s community from forgetting—for to forget is a sure sign of death. . . . Dramatic reenactment is not a mere empty symbol of a bygone historical event. Instead, dramatic reenactment [e.g., the Lord’s Supper] draws the worshiper into the action, not as an observer, but as a participant.. — Robert Webber, Ancient-Future Worship: Proclaiming and Enacting God’s Narrative (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2008), 48, 51.