Thursday, January 11, 2007
Looking Ahead...
Looking Ahead at our Sunday Worship and Learning Schedule
Since our Open House Conversations this summer, the church council has been engaged in some very intentional conversation about the future of our Sunday worship and learning schedule. Many creative proposals were made; many different desires and needs were expressed.
As we prepare to move into our new sanctuary, the church council has made the following decisions about our Sunday morning schedule:
Our worship times will remain 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM, and 11:00 AM on Sunday mornings for the foreseeable future. For the time being, a regular Saturday evening service will be discontinued. In January and February, a monthly Saturday evening blended service will be offered in conjunction with a dinner and fellowship, sponsored by Saturday Night Life.
The 8:00 AM Service will be a traditional service, using the five liturgies with which we are currently familiar (LBW 1, LBW 2, WOV 4, WOV 5, Now the Feast and Celebration).
The 9:30 AM Service will be a contemporary service, with a focus on continuing to introduce new worship music that is both appealing to those who worship and is consistent with our Lutheran emphasis on grace.
The 11:00 AM Service will undergo some important changes, moving from a strictly traditional service to a family friendly blended worship. This blended service will be liturgical in format but will include more contemporary-style music with a wide variety of instrumentation, from piano to keyboard, guitar and drums. The service will also include a children’s message. We are hoping to move into this new format by some time in February.
We are committed to excellence in worship, regardless of the particular style. This includes continuing to expand our use of special music, both vocal and instrumental, at all our services.
We are committed to using the wide variety of resources in the new hymnal, Evangelical Lutheran Worship, especially for the 8:00 AM and 11:00 AM services. This will require purchase of the new hymnals and time to explore the liturgies that are new to us.
Our Sunday morning education schedule from January to May will be as follows: Sunday school will continue to meet at 9:30 AM. An Adult Class will be planned for the 9:30 AM hour. Donuts and Discussion will be moving from 8:30 AM to 10:45 AM.
Between now and next fall, we will be exploring alternative education formats for Sunday morning, including the possibility of a 10:45 AM Sunday School/Adult Education-Fellowship hour and a 9:30 AM Children’s Church in lieu of Sunday School.
Many of these plans will continue to evolve once we actually move into the new sanctuary and begin to experience worship in that wonderful new setting. Until then, please be in conversation with your church council representatives about any concerns you may have regarding our Sunday morning schedule.
Since our Open House Conversations this summer, the church council has been engaged in some very intentional conversation about the future of our Sunday worship and learning schedule. Many creative proposals were made; many different desires and needs were expressed.
As we prepare to move into our new sanctuary, the church council has made the following decisions about our Sunday morning schedule:
Our worship times will remain 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM, and 11:00 AM on Sunday mornings for the foreseeable future. For the time being, a regular Saturday evening service will be discontinued. In January and February, a monthly Saturday evening blended service will be offered in conjunction with a dinner and fellowship, sponsored by Saturday Night Life.
The 8:00 AM Service will be a traditional service, using the five liturgies with which we are currently familiar (LBW 1, LBW 2, WOV 4, WOV 5, Now the Feast and Celebration).
The 9:30 AM Service will be a contemporary service, with a focus on continuing to introduce new worship music that is both appealing to those who worship and is consistent with our Lutheran emphasis on grace.
The 11:00 AM Service will undergo some important changes, moving from a strictly traditional service to a family friendly blended worship. This blended service will be liturgical in format but will include more contemporary-style music with a wide variety of instrumentation, from piano to keyboard, guitar and drums. The service will also include a children’s message. We are hoping to move into this new format by some time in February.
We are committed to excellence in worship, regardless of the particular style. This includes continuing to expand our use of special music, both vocal and instrumental, at all our services.
We are committed to using the wide variety of resources in the new hymnal, Evangelical Lutheran Worship, especially for the 8:00 AM and 11:00 AM services. This will require purchase of the new hymnals and time to explore the liturgies that are new to us.
Our Sunday morning education schedule from January to May will be as follows: Sunday school will continue to meet at 9:30 AM. An Adult Class will be planned for the 9:30 AM hour. Donuts and Discussion will be moving from 8:30 AM to 10:45 AM.
Between now and next fall, we will be exploring alternative education formats for Sunday morning, including the possibility of a 10:45 AM Sunday School/Adult Education-Fellowship hour and a 9:30 AM Children’s Church in lieu of Sunday School.
Many of these plans will continue to evolve once we actually move into the new sanctuary and begin to experience worship in that wonderful new setting. Until then, please be in conversation with your church council representatives about any concerns you may have regarding our Sunday morning schedule.
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