I found out today that Cameron Dahl, Pastor of Music and Worship at
First Baptist Church of Maryville, Tennessee
blogged about his experience of worshiping at our church last Summer. When my buddy
Gabe told me about it, I just cringed. Was it a "bad" Sunday? Was I even there or was I on vacation? What did he think??
Fortunately, Dahl's words were tempered with grace. Thanks be to God. He had some sweet things to say.
The music was accompanied by a mix of electric guitar, bass, drums, violin, harp and organ. It was very nice. Again, I will be using a few of the songs that I learned this morning!
But he was not without critique. (Thanks be to God!)
This morning, while people were cordial, the greeting process ... was lacking.
He goes on:
...the flow of the service seems interrupted in the middle with announcements.
The last thing Cameron brought up was our Communion service, and how a visitor must feel when they don't know the dance:
We concluded the service with communion. It went well, but for a time I was uncomfortable because I did not know how they were going to do it. ... I was struck by how a visitor knows what to do.
I appreciate Cameron's intentionality to get out and see what other churches are doing in worship in order that he might find a better way to do worship at his own church (which seemed to be his purpose). What humility. May we all learn to learn from each other in this strange and difficult time in the life of Christ's Church.
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