It was great to have Mike Pearson and Kate Cooke lead us in worship last weekend. Its always good to get a different perspective from the normal stuff that we're used to week in week out. They certainly do things a bit differently from what we're used to up here (they made the set up at 45 minutes before the service. Not sure we'd get away with that!), but the main and the plain things were the same (did you like that?).The real thing that stuck for many of us, was the importance leading people to Jesus in worship above all other things.
I know that sounds quite obvious, but it is so easy to get distracted with the periferal things of what we do, such as getting everything sounding right, what kind of songs we sing, how well the band are working together etc. These things are important in the whole scheme of things, and as the church gets bigger they'll play a bigger part. But our first priority is to lead people closer to the Lord, whether its with a large band or one man and a guitar, no matter what song we sing, its leading people into intimacy with Jesus, in the most accessible way we can, with as much integrity we can.
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Hey Chris, keep these little reminders coming. As you say, it's so easy to forget stuff that we should be focusing on, so it's really useful sometimes just to have these reminders of what we're really meant to be doing... in whatever area that might be. Thank you.
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