Companions,
United Methodist News Service recently reported that a number of United Methodist congregations will be participating in Outreach, Inc's National Back to Church Sunday. As of this writing, 2490 congregations of multiple denominations/non-denominations have signed up to participate.
Check it out... and share your thoughts about this.
What seems helpful here?
What seems missional?
What seems problematic?
What might you do to overcome such problems?
Will you ask your congregation or faith community to participate? Why or why not?
Peace in Christ,
1 comment:
Our Church had this event as well. I "of course" had reservations about the actual fruit for the labor.Yet, as a young pastor in the methodists church.....sometimes my voice is squashed by Pharisaical tradition. So I supported the efforts in another attempt of "fitting in". Alas the Sunday came and the Sunday left....It did not boost attendance....it really was just doing something special for "our Christian family" in the church. This inward focusing attempt of "Back to Church Sunday" is "off the mark". We are still spending so much time, money, and energy trying to "bring people to church" instead of empowering them to go out into the community where "human nature is fed."
Inward focused strategies self implode over time....consider Sept. 11th and what has happened to the USA since then.
When we start guarding instead of gardening....nothing gets planted.
Thanks for letting me vent.
Peace
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