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Posted on 06/26/2004 8:07:15 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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Our church is very much up on the cultural issues of the day. On Father's Day the pastor lead into his sermon with a clip of Michael Reagan talking about his dad's gift of faith to him.
See? I miss that. Personally, I think that churches should mix in the current social/cultural issues so folks can see how your spiritual life cannot be isolated to just Sundays.
It gives great perspective on how spiritual battles are taking place all around us.
Our youth pastor is particularly good at doing that. The youth ministry is very relevant to teenagers.
"Fedora--I don't think we've met! I haven't been around much for over a year, you can see me in the first threads!"
I've seen you around but I don't know if we've been formally introduced. Nice to "meet" you! :)
I've got those, but I haven't read them. So much to read, so little time...
I see what you both mean. See, when I was organizing this rally, I was told by the church President that I wasn't allowed to use the church's name for any of the promotion of the event, as the rule of "marriage is one man-one woman" isn't part of our "official" church doctrine.
What he didn't know, is that Pastor had asked me about 3 weeks prior to that conversation if I wanted to be on the committe that reviews the church covenant and by-laws. they're reviewed every 5 years, and well, 5 years ago, we didn't have many of the social issues that we have today.
Perhaps this is another opportunity for me to bring about change? Only He knows.
Maybe you should ask him if he thinks The Bible should be part of the "official" church doctrine...;-)
They're very quick reads, Corin. Fast-paced and pretty large font (at least in my copies).
Let me know you've read them and tell me what you think. :-)
Hey LCS! You snuck in past me and I wouldn't have caught this post if Fedora hadn't responded! LOL!!
How you doing, FRiend?
Definitely sounds like an opportunity to me!
lol...it's not so much that they don't believe Biblical truths...I think it's more that they simply don't care how these things relate to contemporary society. They WANT to be sheltered.
Kind of like...well...Hobbits.
(*ducks*)
A majority of the congregation just want their nice, little, unassuming, non-threatening church that they can go to every Sunday, and for the occasional Ham & Bean supper and/or May Breakfast, and not have to worry about all those things happening "outside the borders".
~snicker~
There's your sermon...
The Sunday Potluck Social Club Syndrome. :-)
I can see the attractiveness of that in a worldly sense, but it just won't satisfy spiritually!
I've been in love with "Frog" since 1977!
Fitting that I'm currently reading "Why You Can't Stay Silent" by Tom Minnery.
To give you an idea how reluctant the congregation majority is to change:
One Sunday after service, and before Coffee Hour, I took off into the fellowship room, and re-arranged the chairs into a semi-circle, rather than having them all face front (which has been the norm for the last 764 years.
I wanted to encourage people to actually CONVERSE and SHARE IDEAS, rather than just listen to Pastor talk.
One by one, they came in, saw the semi-circle, and froze in place. They had NO IDEA how to react. They looked at the chairs, looked at me, the chairs, me...the chairs...then they proceeded to move the chairs back into "normal" formation.
I was almost driven out of town for heresy. lol
Yesterday ecurbh saw a flyer up on the store bulletin board... about "home-church"...
I said... ecurbh, not sure that is what your mom meant when she asked if we had found a church-home yet. ;~D
You moved the chairs?????
You moved THE CHAIRS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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