How do you share announcements during worship? At the beginning? Just via bulletin or on screen? A different point in the service?
Sermon 2/18/18 Mark 1:1-4, 9-15 Jesus in the Wilderness You’ve heard me say before that the gospel of Mark is my favorite gospel. Part of the reason I love it is because of Mark’s brevity. I don’t love that he’s short on details, exactly. I love that he seems practically breathless in getting the good news of Jesus to us, and that he seems to believe that the news is so good it isn’t even going to take very many words to convince you of his message! His frantic style strikes me as showing both how important and how convincing he believes Jesus’s message to be. But, then we arrive at a Sunday like today, and I find myself a little frustrated perhaps, or at least a little challenged by Mark. In the lectionary, the series of the first Sunday in the season of Lent always focuses on the temptation of Jesus – his time in the wilderness, where he confronts Satan, and commits to God’s path rather than the flashy alternative Satan presents. This is the fo
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It is my thought that announcements should be a part of worship because it is sharing the life and minsitry of the church. Although they should also be limited so that it doesn't turn into 20 minutes of announcements!
BTW - I am a former UMC local pastor - now serving in the Reformed Church in America.
I served initially in the former Southern NJ conference - then switched when I moved to central NY state. It was after a couple of years here and after returning to seminary and during my Church History class that I felt called to leave the UMC and begin serving in the RCA. My husband couldn't believe I would no longer be his "flaming Methodist". Well, my theology continues to mature (I hope) but I am more in tune with the polity of the RCA - call system and a board of pastor, elders & deacons serving the congregation together.
And I can empathize with the culture shock - as I moved from NJ to rural NY.
Also - like the new template.
Thanks for the ways in which you continue to serve.
My second Sunday, I decided to conduct this time myself and it has been cut down drastically yet the pertinent information gets out.
The phrase, "Don't change anything for a year" is for the birds. Well, let's see if I'm still around after a year.