Special Sunday Service/ Something Different

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Greetings everyone!

It has been awhile since my last post, yet I now have time to keep up on my blog more during the summer. Anyways, onto this week's topic: Sunday.

We had a special service at our church that focused on Repentance and Renewal. I've been kicking around what all occurred plus what I took away from it. One thing that struck me while I was having dinner at McAlister's Deli was environment/mood. Here this restaurant is a deli; it has green colors, great food, and various nick-knacks on the walls. It all helps set theme/mood/environment that says: "Hey, you're in a deli." Its better than Panera, that's for sure. More food plus it tastes better too. I had the McAlister's Club on wheat bread with bakes lays chips, a big chocolate chip cookie and a diet. Oh plus a pickle and a little mint too for after you finish eating. Yum! Ok, back to Sunday and theme/mood. We changed the format compared to our usual services plus stuck with white text on a black background for everything we used on the screen except for the last song. Plus moved the altar onto the stage and used dimmer lighting than usual. All those different aspects help set the mood and tone. That's one of the key things that we sometimes do at my church yet, not every time. I hope that I'll be able to change that as we move forward. Another point in regards to Sunday, what did you personally take away from it? Do you need to walk closer with the Lord? Do you need to forgive someone that you haven't? Do you need to (not forget) but move on from your past and let that go? The last one is one thing that I gave up and am working on doing in my life. Just because I'm on staff or in charge of the computers doesn't mean that I'm doing well in life or exempt from things. If you'd like, drop me a comment below to share your thoughts, comments, and what you took away from this past Sunday. I pray that the Lord would help you and me in our walks and what occurred this past Sunday, whatever that means, looks like, or something that we have to do.

Some other notes: at staff meeting today we discussed blogs and everyone thought that was a good idea. Keep an eye out for some new blogs from the rest of the staff to pop up sometime down the road. Plus in both services keep an eye out for some slight, small changes from the "usual." Have a good rest of the week! :)

JB