Christmas Eve, my family and I attended a church service at another church in town. If you don't get a chance to visit other churches periodically it can be a really good thing. Here's why-
- You get to just to "be" in a worship service, and maybe even sit with your family. We attend a small church and most of us are busy during the worship services. Visiting gives us a break.
- You stay engaged. Face it, when you know it's a welcome, two songs, offering, two songs, special and sermon it's easy to disengage. Or at least it is for me.
- You don't know everyone's backstory. They're just fellow pilgrims, worshipping Jesus, just like you.
- You learn things. There's no one right way to do ministry or to do a worship service.
- You remember it's not about you. The focus shifts from the role you're supposed to perform to the Savior and Redeemer you've come to worship.
What happened the last time you visited another church?
Paula Wiseman says
Theaterchik- You hit on the key- “Routine” and “worship” should never go together. God deserves much more!
Christina- Exactly! Thanks for stopping by! I appreciate your comment 🙂
Theaterchik says
I agree with everything here. I think the major thing I enjoy is just being able to get into it again, get a different perspective on worship. I think the big thing is we get into a routine and visiting a different church has us break it.
Great post!!
Christina says
Paula this is so true. When you visit a church you are not caught up in all the details that really dont matter, or the church politics or the judgement of people that is in our home church. The anomosity (spelling) is not relevant when you are visiting also. When visiting you can just be yourself and like you said be there all for the same reason to worship our Lord and Saviour!
God bless you!
Christina