This morning we had about 150 people come to New Hope for worship. We all worshiped in one service together at 11:00. I had forgotten just how easy and relaxing a single service can be. I'm not sure my sermon was all that marvelous. I think I'm used to having a couple times to practice the message, and I didn't get those this week. But having just one service was nice.
I'm not suggesting that we should stop growing or find a way to try to cram 450 people into our 280 seat auditorium. But being able to speak to most of the folks at church helped me realize why some people prefer it that way. It really was a nice change. Next week we're scheduled to have Family Sunday (although the long range forecast looks awfully familiar). If all goes well, we'll be back to big church, three services, and a lot of people who don't know one another. But I will cherish these "little church" moments, which are likely to be more and more rare.
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