tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post3841365493782153283..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: The Issue of Time. . .Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-30103208919069649872012-12-16T20:43:44.012-06:002012-12-16T20:43:44.012-06:00When we have a contemporary service, I can't w...When we have a contemporary service, I can't wait to get out of there. I'd rather come in late for the sermon and then leave. Give me a full liturgical service and I don't want it to end. I'd go to it twice a week if it were offered.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-51968444399850900102012-12-16T17:33:53.306-06:002012-12-16T17:33:53.306-06:00There are some of us who do not mind, and do not &...There are some of us who do not mind, and do not "suffer" through it. We revel in the Divine Service of our Lord. Leaving the church building and the Service is a sad experience.<br /><br />The contemporary services and charismatic-type meetings are long and longer. The congregants do not seem to mind because the focus is on themselves. It is their vaunted service to God and relish of it that allows them to go so long.<br /><br />If people truly understood and believed what occurs in a liturgical service....<br /><br />Also on the RC side: If Benedict hadn't made the clock the shepherd of the hours (of service), maybe we wouldn't have this problem?Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-10339367150539126192012-12-16T11:22:27.167-06:002012-12-16T11:22:27.167-06:00^Right amount of time for minds to take in? That&...^Right amount of time for minds to take in? That's exactly the kind of anthropocentrism and egocentrism that clutter the whole dialogue of length of services. Should there be a clock somewhere in church which measures the time and once the "pre-arranged time for minds to take in" is reached, an alarm should go off thus indicating the end of the service? Too many people view the Liturgy like punching in at work. Once 8 hours are up, or in this case, 1 hour and 15 minutes, people punch out regardless if there is more work to be done. Frankly, if you have too many other important things to be doing than be at church, don't even come for that time you do have, because it seems all you do is measure how much time you have until you get out. That's not giving your time or your energy to God. That's just crossing things off of a list. The Liturgy takes as long as the Liturgy takes. I grant that extra things like announcements and children's sermons take up time, but here's an idea: eliminate them both. They waste time and serve really no purpose except for one person to hear himself or herself talk.--ChrisUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08038508116670615703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-63023658398271350782012-12-16T08:07:03.902-06:002012-12-16T08:07:03.902-06:00Sorry, I have been to too many RC weddings to say ...Sorry, I have been to too many RC weddings to say that time is not an issue. Most liturgical Lutheran services seem to have the right amount of time for minds to take in, provided the sermon is concise. I think that when other programs are inserted into the service, time becomes an issue. Maybe, these could be done after the service. Baptisms should be part of the service. Time isn't an issue when the pastor sticks to LW. Children's sermons, if they revolve around one or two points, can be incorporated into the service.<br />Ted Badjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03220879004715648795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-27586619601281105842012-12-16T07:50:20.756-06:002012-12-16T07:50:20.756-06:00How ironically delightful that the season of Adven...How ironically delightful that the season of Advent points us to the Day when time will be no more! Deo gratias!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com