Comments on: What a near disaster of a morning. http://www.sixredheads.com/2006/08/27/what-a-near-disaster-of-a-morning/ Conscious Living....Deliberate Living. Deciding what I want to strive for and then setting goals to get there... "But the dreamers of the day are dangerous people because they think their dreams into reality with eyes wide open." Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:11:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Nancy http://www.sixredheads.com/2006/08/27/what-a-near-disaster-of-a-morning/#comment-2899 Nancy Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:49:35 +0000 http://www.sixredheads.com/2006/08/27/what-a-near-disaster-of-a-morning/#comment-2899 Here, here on the announcements! Thankfully, my Anglican church gets them out of the way up front. I've also seen them done just after the giving of the Peace which is a natural break anyway. But I still prefer them first. Here, here on the announcements! Thankfully, my Anglican church gets them out of the way up front. I’ve also seen them done just after the giving of the Peace which is a natural break anyway. But I still prefer them first.

]]> By: Bannergranny http://www.sixredheads.com/2006/08/27/what-a-near-disaster-of-a-morning/#comment-2889 Bannergranny Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:40:31 +0000 http://www.sixredheads.com/2006/08/27/what-a-near-disaster-of-a-morning/#comment-2889 I like what Rachel says...and I agree with you as well.....in recent weeks, we have almost totally done away with announcements during the service, except for a special prayer need and recognition of special guests and 50th anninversarys....lots of that could be put on the imag screens to be veiwed before the service starts....I guess that might be a little hard to relate for the small church that doesn't have imags.....but the bulletin is a good place to list alot of that stuff. I like what Rachel says…and I agree with you as well…..in recent weeks, we have almost totally done away with announcements during the service, except for a special prayer need and recognition of special guests and 50th anninversarys….lots of that could be put on the imag screens to be veiwed before the service starts….I guess that might be a little hard to relate for the small church that doesn’t have imags…..but the bulletin is a good place to list alot of that stuff.

]]> By: Tia http://www.sixredheads.com/2006/08/27/what-a-near-disaster-of-a-morning/#comment-2882 Tia Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:07:43 +0000 http://www.sixredheads.com/2006/08/27/what-a-near-disaster-of-a-morning/#comment-2882 Yes, it does make sense. I know they are a necessary part of a body (our church prints them in the bulletin). It's when they occur that seems the most disruptive. On the one hand, it could be just a preference, a pet peeve. On the other hand, it can be a serious distraction. I think I was overly sensitive and dramatic about how things went this morning. I tend to get that way..... ;-) Yes, it does make sense. I know they are a necessary part of a body (our church prints them in the bulletin). It’s when they occur that seems the most disruptive. On the one hand, it could be just a preference, a pet peeve. On the other hand, it can be a serious distraction.

I think I was overly sensitive and dramatic about how things went this morning. I tend to get that way….. ;-)

]]> By: Rachel http://www.sixredheads.com/2006/08/27/what-a-near-disaster-of-a-morning/#comment-2881 Rachel Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:26:04 +0000 http://www.sixredheads.com/2006/08/27/what-a-near-disaster-of-a-morning/#comment-2881 I used to feel the same way about the announcements. ( I especially hate them when given right before the sermon--yuck!) Slowly I've come to see them not as an interruption to worship but as part of it--a reminder to me that the life of the church is not just this moment or this hour or just me coming to receive the gift of forgiveness. The announcements are a time when I remember that the life of the church consists also in fellowship dinners that need volunteers, youth car washes, new hymnals that arrive next week, a Habitat build a sister church invites us to join in, a sponsored missionary who needs support. In the same way that all of life is sacred (a spiritual act of worship), not just church time or church activities, all of what goes on in the life of the church is sacred, not just the formal worship parts. So there's beauty and joy in the WHOLE life of the church, including the mundane, detail-bound, informational side of it that lets me know I'm not in this alone, I'm not in it only for today, and there's work and love and service and prayer to be done outside of the hour of worship as well. Does that make any sense? Rachel I used to feel the same way about the announcements. ( I especially hate them when given right before the sermon–yuck!) Slowly I’ve come to see them not as an interruption to worship but as part of it–a reminder to me that the life of the church is not just this moment or this hour or just me coming to receive the gift of forgiveness. The announcements are a time when I remember that the life of the church consists also in fellowship dinners that need volunteers, youth car washes, new hymnals that arrive next week, a Habitat build a sister church invites us to join in, a sponsored missionary who needs support. In the same way that all of life is sacred (a spiritual act of worship), not just church time or church activities, all of what goes on in the life of the church is sacred, not just the formal worship parts. So there’s beauty and joy in the WHOLE life of the church, including the mundane, detail-bound, informational side of it that lets me know I’m not in this alone, I’m not in it only for today, and there’s work and love and service and prayer to be done outside of the hour of worship as well.

Does that make any sense?
Rachel

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