Church facilities

Kevin Miller

What are the facilities like at your church? Do you worship in a chapel setting with pews attached to the floor, an organ up front, and stained glass windows? Or do you worship in a large all-purpose room that has removable chairs and platform, so that the space can also be used as a cafeteria or recreation room? My church has the latter set-up.

How much of a difference do you think a setting makes in regards to worship on a Sunday morning?

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Skipping Verses in Hymns

Ron Bean

I had a secretary who would occasionally and humorously say, “Sometimes I feel as neglected as the third stanza in a hymn.”

When you sing hymns in your church, do you sing all the stanzas in the hymns? If you omit some, why do you do it?

Discussion

Woodpeckers and Termites

Paul Seger

From Voice, Mar/Apr 2014. Used by permission.

Would you rather deal with woodpeckers or termites? The woodpecker’s color and noise demand your attention. You know he is there. But in contrast, by the time you notice termites, it’s already too late: your house is crumbling around you.

Yes, I would definitely rather have woodpeckers.

The Bible identifies some woodpeckers but gives them the name of “apostate.” This is an unbeliever who makes a lot of theological noise that is easily identified as false doctrine. You can’t miss him. You know he is there. But while the apostate can harm the church, the bigger threat is a heretic. Like a termite, he works within the church to bring division. He often goes unnoticed until it’s too late.

Before we go much further, we need to define those two biblical words. That is the key to understanding this issue.

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