A Laity Led Service (Visiting Church #29) The lighting of three candles ceremonially begins today’s service. The pastor is gone and a lay speaker is filling in. She opens with announcements and some updates. Then we sing to organ accompaniment...
More Youthful Worship (Visiting Church #27) We arrive at church about ten minutes early, and after milling about for a while, we sit down. A mostly youthful praise team assembles on the stage to worship God, which is a mere eight inches high; the...
Why Do We Listen to a Sermon at Church Each Sunday? The Bible offers little support for a minister to preach a sermon to us at church Many changes occurred in church practices because of the Protestant Reformation some 500 years ago. One of those...
Church Happens Anyway (Visiting Church #36) We arrive at church to find an empty lobby. Hearing an amplified voice, we head towards the sound. We find a large sanctuary with 162 chairs and 20 people. Like last week, we slink into a back row. A...
