This morning I had breakfast with a few of my colleagues at Olde Tymes. One of them presented us with a challenge. He asked if we had any ideas on how to reach out to the folks in or community who now live in a 24/7 world. Sunday mornings are being encroached upon by everything from work, to sports, to shopping. Some activities are certainly entered by choice but so many of them are dictated by a culture that no longer leaves the sabbath as a time for worship and renewal. He noted that most of us are in small churches that have neither the staff or the personnel to have worship at various times on multiple days across the week. Then he suggested that maybe we could do something together.
It was an exciting moment. The thought of offering a worship experience every day of the week in a neutral location that was supported and managed by several of our congregations was intoxicating. A few sights were mentioned and obvious benefits lifted up. If this was to happen it would fly in the face of the ongoing concern about "us" and "them" and worries about losing members to other churches that is often at the center of our non-cooperation within the body of Christ. It would truly be a gift that the body of Christ was offering to a changing world.
Of course there is a long road from the idea stage to the actual birth of such a movement. It would involve money, time and the investment of leadership to make it come to pass. For now we can all begin to pray that God would unite us in such a way that God's will come arise out of any further discussions on things like this.
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