Sunday, February 19, 2006
Wonderful Worship
Worship was great this morning. While our minister was away, our youth minister brought us the lesson. It truly was a pleasure to hear Jimmy and the message that he wanted to share. It was also good to see more technology components in worship. I loved the way that he used recordings of the youth group. His lesson was entitled, LORD OF THE SABBATH. Jimmy motivated each of us to answer a couple important questions for ourselves: “Do we have the authority to change some things?” He went on to ask, “Are the needs of people more important than our traditions?” He wrapped up the whole lesson by saying that we need to make sure that we do everything in love. I felt encouraged and challenged at the same time. I didn’t have any trouble staying focused in worship today! It was great.
We were also blessed today to have Eric lead worship. He did a great job too! No one would ever say that it is easy to stand before 400 people and lead songs that you didn’t even choose, but Eric made it look easy. The song service was uplifting and encouraging. It was also nice to have a full praise team in spite of the fact that so many regulars are out of town.
It is always great to see new people in leadership roles, and I was very uplifted by today’s service. I heard many others say that they enjoyed it too, as they were also challenged to think differently and encouraged to think more like Christ.
What are your thoughts? Do you think that we have the authority to change some things? Do you believe that the needs of people should come before our traditions?
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Sorry I couldn't help on the praise team today... glad you had a full one! We had some rowdy kiddos up in Kid's Community! :) Glad the service was good!
I always believe the needs of people should come before anything!
I will also say, that I think it is increasingly ironic how some religious groups pick and choose what they consider to be "cultural elements" and what they consider to be hard and fast law.
the same people who beleive that the "keep silence in the assembly" is a hard and fast rule, have absolutely NO problem with dismissing the covering of the head as a cultural element.
Likewise, Paul's allowance of slavery is considered to be him working within the culture of the time, while the oppression of women is considered to be hard and fast irrevocable rule of law.
For what it is worth, I am not convinced that Paul intended that everything that he wrote was to be considered binding for all people for all time. At no point does he say that he intended his epistles. . .admonishments and edification for contemporary churches. . .to be the universal authority for churches 2000 years later. I think until we can establish that Paul DID intend for his "rules" to be followed by us today, it should behoove us to do away with the liberty afforded us by God's grace.
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