For the last couple years I’ve had the opportunity to share some ideas with the congregation I’m currently serving. One idea that I am particular fond of is taking Sunday worship to a local park. This is a little outside the comfort zone of most Lutherans, so I put together the following proposal for consideration of the church council whom pretty quickly decided we should try it. Worship in the Park Proposal WHAT: The worship service Read More …
My brother Joshua Serrano wrote on the spiritual discipline of letting your children be noisy in church. He was inspired by Wes who did a marvelous job explaining why children should be in the pews. Both of these posts have led me to think, “How do we build a culture within our congregation that allows children to be children in the pews?” First of all, I get it. Having children in worship is a challenging thing Read More …
Where did the water go? As a person who goes into the sanctuary almost daily I find it odd when I find the Baptismal font empty. In some congregations the baptismal font is filled before the Sunday service and emptied afterward. I am not sure why some Altar Guilds do this. I think that I can make a case that the Baptismal font should always have water in it (Lent is not exception to this, but Read More …