In my Christian Worship subject yesterday we looked at some of the elements that traditionally make up a service. In doing so, it was mentioned that each part of the service... the gathering, singing, reading of the bible (which I'll touch on again in a few days), the sermon, the prayers and the blessing... can be connected, but each has value on their own.
The dangerous mindset worship leaders can fall into if they view them as a collective was observed.
The danger?
If each individual part of the service adds something unique, then we weaken what we are trying to achieve by cutting parts out.
In the modern church, we occasionally think it "wouldn't be too bad" if some elements were skipped or the order changed.
In doing so, we may lose some of the richness that particular element brings.
Like so many other things, perhaps if we better understood why items/activities are included, we'd be less hasty to mess with them.
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