I really enjoyed the meeting the other week. It was candid, loving, thoughtful, and productive in a way that must have please the Lord. I hope that it was part of a series of such conversations, not just a one-time flash that doesn't really go anywhere. Let's keep humbly praying for His inspiration.
I saw much of the subject of the conversation at play in the service today. It was wonderful to have the woman (whose name I cannot remember) leading the worship for many reasons. As we've talked about, the body was fully equipped and engaged through her leading and the choir's participation. Having someone else leading besides a white guy (or woman) only helps to encourage the kind of diversity we say that we want to reflect in a healthy church body. (It seems like having a variety of types of people up front has been a long-standing goal -- am I right, Nat? If so, it's been very successful.) Likewise, the African hymn furthered the same goal of encouraging us to be a body of many cultures. Mixed in was plenty of songs the church was familiar with. All in all, it seemed a good balance to me.
I also thought that the service was a good mixture of celebratory and reflective; the songs and events in the service had me doing both at alternative times. I think today's service is a solid model or example of the type of service we have talked about: one that deeply engages and involves the body, draws on its varied resources, and worships God through celebration, joy, humor, contemplation, and reverence.
Walker
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Great feedback and very encouraging. We have taken a little flack for not taking "action" but the things you observe are the subtle qualitative improvements we are, I think, looking for. I really agree with everything you say. Thanks. Andrew
Post a Comment