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Worship - October 10, 2021
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Today, Oct. 10, was Pastor Appreciation Sunday! We had fun surprising Pastor Steve with a sign and buttons!
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This article concludes my series on insights from the book The Post-Quarantine Church by Thom S. Rainer. He suggests that churches focus on doing a few ministries well instead of becoming too busy. This necessitates evaluating every program and event to determine whether they are bearing good fruit in people’s lives. Congregations should be outwardly focused on making a difference in the community as well as caring for their own members. Reaching out to people over the internet is a new
mission field so churches need to provide digital worship services and offer online giving options
such as our church’s e-giving. Since there is a trend toward smaller gatherings, having small group
studies and serving opportunities is important. Multiple means of communication will be necessary
to inform everyone in a post-quarantine society (i.e. newsletters, websites, calls, texts, emails,
Facebook, etc.).
One of these days the pandemic will end, but the world and the Church will never be the same as
they used to be. As someone has said, “The only constant is change.” We don’t know what the future
holds, but we do know Who holds the future. God is in control and we trust that God will guide us as we develop deeply devoted disciples of Jesus Christ. Rev. Rainer reminds us that our current challenges provide us with new opportunities to reach people with the Good News of salvation in Jesus Christ.
-Pastor Steve
mission field so churches need to provide digital worship services and offer online giving options
such as our church’s e-giving. Since there is a trend toward smaller gatherings, having small group
studies and serving opportunities is important. Multiple means of communication will be necessary
to inform everyone in a post-quarantine society (i.e. newsletters, websites, calls, texts, emails,
Facebook, etc.).
One of these days the pandemic will end, but the world and the Church will never be the same as
they used to be. As someone has said, “The only constant is change.” We don’t know what the future
holds, but we do know Who holds the future. God is in control and we trust that God will guide us as we develop deeply devoted disciples of Jesus Christ. Rev. Rainer reminds us that our current challenges provide us with new opportunities to reach people with the Good News of salvation in Jesus Christ.
-Pastor Steve