No great revelation, but worth remembering…<\/p>\n
Big meeting at church this morning. Angela Merkert, district executive of Central Midwest District, came in and led a workshop on systems theory for churches. Gave us lots of good ideas on how the Geneva church could really become a program-size church.<\/p>\n
Afterwards, I ran into A— as he was leaving the meeting. “All this church growth is fine,” he said, “but people don’t realize how much fun we had in the old days.” He’s got a point. Fun isn’t the only reason for church, but if church isn’t fun, what’s the point?<\/p>\n
It’s no great revelation, I know, but church can (and should) be fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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