Southern Baptists came out with a little promotional "catch phrase" several years ago. It was, "Church: The Sunday Night Place to Be." They came up with this motto/slogan/theme because .. church was not the Sunday night place to be (it was a distant fourth .. behind movies. mall and sitting at home in front of the 'hellevision' .. amen? .. amen).
Generally speaking, if you have to point out something with a declarative statement .. it's probably not true.
Pastor, if you instruct the church secretary to answer the office phone with, "Thank you for calling exciting First Baptist Church," you're not fooling anyone. Odds are .. your church is dead as a doornail.
Just because you say it, doesn't make it so.
Sunday nights at FBC Humboldt have been a challenge (I'm sure this is true in many or most of our churches). We put a lot of effort in our Sunday morning services and Sunday nights can be a little "let down" (no choir, fewer attenders, less energy).
Two weeks ago, we started meeting around the tables in our fellowship hall for the PM service. We are calling it "Sunday Evening Blend" (there's a variety of coffee.. served by our college students).
It's casual and .. it's catching on.
There is a wonderful element of fellowship sitting around the tables and I am seeing many faces I have never seen before on Sunday nights.
Coffee and Christians just seem to go hand in hand (sometimes it takes an artificial stimulant to get us going .. yes, coffee does get me 'going' .. I can testify to that). It, also, keeps everyone awake while Greg is speaking.
Coffee. It does the Body good.
1 comment:
Where are the donuts??? Baptists must have DONUTS!!!!!
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