The following excerpt comes from John Wesley's Sermon 16: The Means of Grace. From the quote it should be clear that the Lord's Supper is not intended to be kept as something "special" and "meaningful" by keeping it infrequent. Rather, it is intended to be used as often as possible as a means of grace for us.
12. And that this [the Lord's Supper] is also an ordinary stated means of receiving the grace of God is evident from those words of the Apostle which occur in the preceding chapter: "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion (or communication) of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break is it not the communion of the body of Christ?" (1 Cor. 10:16). Is not the eating of that bread, and the drinking of that cup, the outward, visible means whereby God conveys into our souls all that spiritual grace, that righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, which were purchased by the body of Christ once broken and the blood of Christ once shed for us? Let all, therefore, who truly desire the grace of God, eat of that bread and drink of that cup.
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