About Broadman Church Supplies

Broadman Church Supplies makes the practical side of communion: pre-filled Fellowship Cups, disposable and glass cups, soft bread and gluten free wafers, RemembranceWare stainless steel trays and the portable sets a pastor carries out of the building. The twenty-seven items in this catalogue are the pieces of that system as sold in the United States.

It is a system rather than a list. Cups fit trays, trays stack on each other, inserts drop into disks, and the starter kit is simply the first few pieces boxed together.

Two ways to serve from the same tray

The older way is to fill cups. A box of 500 or 1,000 recyclable plastic cups, or 20 reusable glass ones, goes into a 40-cup RemembranceWare tray, and the 8 ounce button-release filler puts juice into 25 to 30 of them per load. Bread goes on a plate or in a center insert.

The newer way is to open a box. The Fellowship Cup arrives sealed with a wafer above the juice, needs no refrigeration and drops into the same tray holes, so the table is set in the time it takes to unpack. Many churches run both: pre-filled cups for the main service and glass cups in the Legacy set for homes and hospitals.

Reading the RemembranceWare line

Every RemembranceWare piece is food grade stainless steel with double rounded edges, in a brass finish applied through a multi-step process or in plain silver. The pieces are the tray and disk for 40 cups, the one-pass tray and disk for 32 cups with a 40-piece bread insert, the 4 1/2 inch bread insert that converts a standard tray, and the 11 inch cover with a Latin cross finial. Trays stack up to five high.

Buy the finish first and the pieces second. A brass tray, insert and cover match each other, and the brass starter kit holds the same five items as the silver one. Mixing finishes works mechanically, since the steel underneath is identical, but it shows on the table.

Choosing a Broadman Church Supplies set by size

A home group or chapel is served by a box of 100 Fellowship Cups or a 25-cup portable set. A church of a few hundred needs the starter kit plus extra trays, and Fellowship Cups by the 250 or 500. For a gluten free table at any size, the 50-count potato starch wafers or the two bundles keep the elements separate from the wheat bread.

Whatever the size, check three things in the listing: the cup count in the box, the finish of any steel piece, and whether a Fellowship Cup is juice only or juice and wafer. Those three details account for nearly every difference in the range.