One Service Sundays

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by TrmptPraise

Me too!

At least I didn't say I hated taking a bath!

[SavedLou]

Originally Posted by Stephen Hoover

We do a single service on 5th Sundays. I wish we always did it.

us too. we used to do the 5th sun service at 2 pm but that seemed to mess up the day b/c it was smack dab in the middle. now we do it at 10 and we have the whole day left to enjoy. i have mixed feelings about doing away with sun night altogether. while i thoroughly enjoy the time off, there is just something about sun nights. plus i've done it all my life, even as a baptist. what i find now is wed nights to be harder to attend due to working, etc.

[Sarah]

We do the 5th Sunday thing......only have an am service. I find myself at a loss that night!

Old habits are hard to break. I've always gone to Sunday night services, and would hate to do away with them. However, if I still had to get up and go to work on Monday morning, and had children to get ready for school, I think I might be singing a different tune, and welcome it!

[Sept5SavedTeen]

My church has only one service on Sunday, but pastor tries to encourage us to eat at each others houses and have home churches for the rest of Sunday. I go to pastor's house with the youth from church and there's usually a few other people from the church there (yesterday we had 18 people at pastor's house) and we had two really good studies.
When I start a church I'll probably do a Sunday night service (except for a 5th Sunday night) and then when the peole are ready/willing to facilitate home churches we'll transition to that format, like my current church does.

GOD BLESS!
Bro. Alex

[GodsBabyGirl]

Originally Posted by ManOfWord

We haven't had a Sunday night service for over a decade. It has not diminished anything but "tiredness" of folks. Dedication to the Lord has not dwindled. We put emphasis on other things like small groups where growth and strength really happen. Methods are NOT sacrosanct.....the message IS.

What is going to happen when Christianity is outlawed except for the "state" church? Will people be able to maintain their Christianity with no services except "underground" church? Actually, it happens in many countries. The amount of services one has at their church or a person attends does not guarantee any part of their experience. IMHO

I agree with you 500%.

I grew up in a household that stayed in church, but none of us were saved!

Going to church all the time does not guarantee you are right with God or saved. When I was in ministry we had a pastor that believed in staying in church. We often conflicted over the number and length of svcs in that people needed to minister to their families and had jobs to go to. He never got it...

It is my understanding that most of the ministerial staff there has moved on to other churches or left the ministry altogether...and he is separated from his wife.

I wont venture as to why I think that is.

That is a religious mindset that says you gotta be in church 24/7.

And you are right MOW. I tell my kids all the time that there is coming a time when we in the USA will NOT be able to congregate as a body as we do now.

Then what will the church do?

We have to take more responsibility for our own walks with God and not be so dependent on religious form and ritual...

[GodsBabyGirl]

Oh yeah, and to answer the thread question....

If you do it right the first time, why try a second time?

Take church home with you!

If u haven't figured it out, I am all for one service on Sundays ALL THE TIME!!!