Our minister has suggested that our church start a jazz worship service on a weeknight night that would would be an alternative to Sunday services. I know a thread about alternative services has already been started in this forum, but there are some specific issues that I would like to raise that could get buried elsewhere.
Marvel. A word, I think, we use too scarcely.
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As part of the closure, you will often see a vanity card. If you have PVR, you may have paused on it to read them.
Here is one...tell me what you think? who are societies God's.
EXT. CEMETERY - NIGHT
The CAMERA PANS across the headstones and crypts as we HEAR:
A poster on another thread has said that this thread would be helpful for him. He hesitated because he thought so many UCCAN posters might not respond ( or I think that is what he meant)
So here is your chance to tell everyone how you would like to see your service reformed or maybe you don't.
Let's talk about the order, the sermon, time with children, music, prayers - liturgy in generaal.
If you feel comfortable with out naming, talk about your church in particular.
Noelle Boughton
As a writer who always works on a computer, I love to take weekend studio tours to savour the shapes and colors of artists’ work. It’s a great visual antidote to my grey world of Word documents, and I always return feeling refreshed and ready to write again.
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I was raised Christian, but moved away from church in my early teens. I have tried returning a few times, but find the biggest barrier to me is the aspect of worship. Let me explain.
I believe in God, and believe in prayer, although it is more reflective and meditative. I don't pray "to God" (I think God is not actively listening, but is rather the energy that ties humanity together".
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