The Eucharist

Yesterday at church we took communion (as us good protestant evangelicals call it) or the Eucharist as other Christian tradition refer to it. Each time before the congregation partakes in communion someone (usually an Elder) speak a bit about what communion is. Yesterday the speaker spoke from the book of John which doesn’t include the Last Supper (where Christians get the communion tradition from) at all in the text. He said this is because that communion is only a memorial and no one recieves any special blessing from it. Now I was a bit shocked that he would make this claim seem so firm and public, because I know that many in our church believe that communion is more than just a memorial. I myself am not sure where I fall in the debate, but tend to think there is more to it. Not sure what that is excatly, but can’t say that it is just memorial. I am curious to hear what others views are on communion or the Eucharist. If you are not a Christian I would even more love to hear what you think about the practice. I must admit it seems kinda wacky, but I think that most religious things are and I guess that is what makes it faith for me, because if I was just to use my mind Christianity and all other faiths and religions for that matter are crazy with a capital C.