The reasons for not offering it more frequently are many, one of the most common is, “But it won’t be special, if we offer it to often.” To that I say to every congregation and every person who put that forward as a reason: “Why do you take up an offering every Sunday? It makes it so less special when you take the offering.” But how many of our congregations always pass the plate, at every service, or, frankly, at any time there are people in the church building for a formal worship service: Wednesdays, Saturday nights, special occasions. We dutifully and without fail pass the plate and allow the people of God to give generously. So why do we not also as diligently give the people of God the chance to receive God’s special gifts in His supper as often as they are given a chance to give gifts back to God?
Archive for the ‘Worship’ Category
There is No Good Reason Not to Offer the Lord’s Supper at Every Divine Service in a Lutheran Congregation
Posted in Doctrine, Lord's Supper, Worship on May 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What’s The Chief Purpose of the Christian Worship Service?
Posted in Worship on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Debates across all Christian church bodies of which I’m aware, for quite a long time, have been going on over the question of what the Sunday morning worship service is really all about. I should qualify that last statement. This discussion is going on across those churches that actually still do regard the Sunday morning [...]
Why Liturgical Lutheran Worship is Important
Posted in Worship on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
How did the founding fathers of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod regard the historic liturgy of the Lutheran Church? Let’s let Dr. C.F.W. Walther answer that question: We refuse to be guided by those who are offended by our church customs. We adhere to them all the more firmly when someone wants to cause us to [...]
The Benefit of Uniformity in Worship Practices
Posted in Worship on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Stumbled across some vintage Lutheran wisdom on the benefit and value of uniformity in worship practices. Enjoy. Source of original blog posting was cyberbrethren.com “We are not insisting that there be uniformity in perception or feeling or taste among all believing Christians-neither dare anyone demand that all be minded as he. Nevertheless, it remains true [...]
What’s Old is New Again
Posted in Worship on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s another article of what I’ve been saying for a while. By Sarah Henning August 29, 2009 When introducing a new service these days, most churches seem to go the rock ‘n’ roll route — something new to bring in a younger crowd. To say that Trinity Episcopal Church went in another direction might be a [...]
Missional and Highly Liturgical: Is that possible?
Posted in Lutherans, Worship on May 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Often, one is given the impression that that only those congregations that are willing to move away from the historic liturgy are those that are “missional” churches and “mission-minded” congregations. This video of a congregation that uses the hymnal, goes “by the book,” if you will, and celebrates the Lord’s Supper every Sunday, with a [...]
So you don’t like “ceremony?”
Posted in Worship on May 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Think that “liturgy” in the church is bad, outdated, not effective today? Think again. Below is an article I found from a blogsite I visit. The assembly gradually files into the facility. Each person takes his seat. Music is playing in the background. Everyone has come for this event, set to begin at a [...]
What Men Want in Worship
Posted in Worship on May 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
An article in The Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html talks about what men want in church based on a poll. (The comments alone are instructive!) Nearly 60 per cent of those who took part in a survey said they enjoyed singing – but added comments showing they preferred anthemic songs and ‘proclamational’ hymns as opposed to more emotional love songs. Sixty [...]
Discovering the Liturgy
Posted in Worship on March 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I found this article today by Dan Kimball. It’s worth a read. For years I served on the staff of a megachurch with a very contemporary style of worship. We had a state-of-the-art sound system, large video projection screens, pop-rock music, and a sophisticated lighting system. The worship services were programmed to the minute: predetermined [...]
