tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post775024593389493180..comments2024-03-27T08:37:26.489-04:00Comments on Not Another Episcopal Church Blog: The Last Shall be FirstUndergroundpewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-53992879574172320752007-12-06T12:55:00.000-05:002007-12-06T12:55:00.000-05:00I have put a plug in for this approach with at lea...I have put a plug in for this approach with at least one member of mission and outreach. Initially they had a hurt expression. Later, it began to dawn on them that M+O is more than selling cookies.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-49286501885329945312007-12-04T22:10:00.000-05:002007-12-04T22:10:00.000-05:00From John Young's radio show:"Recently, I saw a gr...From John Young's radio show:<BR/><BR/>"Recently, I saw a group of people eagerly passing out snacks and hot cocoa on an Atlanta street. The group was dressed in a uniform of sorts that read: 'The Church has left the building.'<BR/><BR/>Surprisingly, the church name wasn't on the shirt. No plug. No quotas being met. No guilt being given in the form of 'we fed you now come visit us.' That a church would simply want to serve--without any apparent effort to self-promote--is rare indeed in our culture today."<BR/><BR/>In our case, perhaps we've been acting a bit more like Martha instead of Mary (Luke 10:38-42). Moreover, perhaps we need to remember just what it is we are to be busy with---the Lord's work.<BR/><BR/>The church has left the building---and the church is you.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890870828860228480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-65643065740188992682007-12-03T12:37:00.000-05:002007-12-03T12:37:00.000-05:00Excellent idea. Profits from Christmasville going...Excellent idea. Profits from Christmasville going to M&O smacks of the end justifying the means. Our outreach might very well be more effective if we gave away cocoa and cookies or whatever. Even a prominently placed "tip" jar to accept good-will offerings would be preferable to the rank commercialization of this past weekend. Do you think that, if Jesus walked into Lumpkin Hall, He might be inclined to drive the money-changers from His Father's house?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890870828860228480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-22777899436656866092007-12-03T09:10:00.000-05:002007-12-03T09:10:00.000-05:00Quite right, even though any money made from the C...Quite right, even though any money made from the Christmasville is supposed to go for mission and outreach, wouldn't it be a more meaningful event if we served the community free hot chocolate, chile, cookies, and gumbo to warm their bellies on a cold winter's night?Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-50981711941219231432007-12-03T08:09:00.000-05:002007-12-03T08:09:00.000-05:00I enjoyed our annual sermon wherein we are chastis...I enjoyed our annual sermon wherein we are chastised for the increasing commercialization and secularization of Christmas...carols in October, decorations after July 4th, etc. This, of course, immediately follows on the heels of our participation in the Christmasville extravaganza, the local acknowledgement of the pending arrival of the winter solstice by the local druids and their minions, the Chamber of Commerce (no mention of Jesus Christ allowed). How very Christian of us to relieve the unwashed masses of their hard-earned dollars on Friday and Saturday and then to decry such crass commercialization on Sunday morning. Excuse me while I phone David Booth Beers to find out how to spell "hypocrite".Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890870828860228480noreply@blogger.com