Comments on: Changing Churches http://henrysthreads.com/2008/05/changing-churches/ Thoughts on Religion in the World from a passionate, moderate, liberal charismatic Christian Tue, 15 May 2012 14:29:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Peter Kirk http://henrysthreads.com/2008/05/changing-churches/comment-page-1/#comment-106764 Peter Kirk Wed, 14 May 2008 20:38:42 +0000 http://www.energionpubs.com/wordpress/?p=1329#comment-106764 Thanks. That's what I thought you meant, but I did want to clarify. I hope the new service is also as popular and reaches younger people who are not traditional churchgoers, although I wonder if it will if it is too "liturgically structured". But of course it is not for me to say how a church should operate in a context so different from my own. Thanks. That’s what I thought you meant, but I did want to clarify. I hope the new service is also as popular and reaches younger people who are not traditional churchgoers, although I wonder if it will if it is too “liturgically structured”. But of course it is not for me to say how a church should operate in a context so different from my own.

]]> By: Henry Neufeld http://henrysthreads.com/2008/05/changing-churches/comment-page-1/#comment-106762 Henry Neufeld Wed, 14 May 2008 19:17:00 +0000 http://www.energionpubs.com/wordpress/?p=1329#comment-106762 Peter, I used the term pretty loosely, for which I apologize. What will not be present until September is a service that is more interactive and uses contemporary music such as my wife appreciates. In September, they will start a liturgically structured service that features contemporary music. I couldn't give you a technical description of the precise sort of music that will be involved. The order of service will draw heavily on tradition, as in very early church, not 19th century! :-) My wife would prefer a less structured, more spontaneous service with music that involves guitars and drums. I would imagine that "contemporary" in terms of meeting needs of community and congregation must be already happening, because the church is growing, bursting at the seams, and they are having to buy and refurbish a new building so that they can have the new service, which is why it isn't going to start until September--there's simply no place to put it. Peter, I used the term pretty loosely, for which I apologize. What will not be present until September is a service that is more interactive and uses contemporary music such as my wife appreciates. In September, they will start a liturgically structured service that features contemporary music. I couldn’t give you a technical description of the precise sort of music that will be involved. The order of service will draw heavily on tradition, as in very early church, not 19th century! :-)

My wife would prefer a less structured, more spontaneous service with music that involves guitars and drums.

I would imagine that “contemporary” in terms of meeting needs of community and congregation must be already happening, because the church is growing, bursting at the seams, and they are having to buy and refurbish a new building so that they can have the new service, which is why it isn’t going to start until September–there’s simply no place to put it.

]]> By: Peter Kirk http://henrysthreads.com/2008/05/changing-churches/comment-page-1/#comment-106755 Peter Kirk Wed, 14 May 2008 16:11:48 +0000 http://www.energionpubs.com/wordpress/?p=1329#comment-106755 If there is no contemporary service, then what is the point of this church at all? Is it just for keeping up people's idea of history? Every service at every church should be "contemporary" in the sense of being up to date in reflecting where the congregation currently is at. Or by "contemporary" do you just mean a particular style of music? If there is no contemporary service, then what is the point of this church at all? Is it just for keeping up people’s idea of history? Every service at every church should be “contemporary” in the sense of being up to date in reflecting where the congregation currently is at. Or by “contemporary” do you just mean a particular style of music?

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