tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post923973760787278507..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Some thoughts on birthing a mission...Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-88261898101865843882012-04-17T13:17:05.085-05:002012-04-17T13:17:05.085-05:00District officials are sometimes
swayed by local r...District officials are sometimes<br />swayed by local realtors who want to<br />sell "hot" property. When, in fact<br />the "hot" property is not a good<br />location for a church.<br /><br />One LCMS District purchased 5 sites<br />for mission parishes. Today, 20 yrs<br />later, only one of them still has<br />a church. The other 4 sites were<br />sold to other denominations and the<br />District took a big financial loss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-4843526961525977372012-04-17T11:38:17.858-05:002012-04-17T11:38:17.858-05:00Okay, this is a disease. We have a new DCE fresh ...Okay, this is a disease. We have a new DCE fresh from college. Good guy, but misguided by those who trained him. It is not his fault that they feed him this stuff in college. Anyway he is organizing a youth led service. He doesn't ask but rather tells the youth that it will be contemporary style. They balk. Yes, that is right. The youth balk. They outright refuse to do a skit and hold the line insisting that there be at least one or two hymns. One of the youth offers to play a hymn from the hymnal, steps up and gets a piece of paper writes the name and number of the hymn and puts it in the suggestion box.<br /><br />The attitude of the youth is, "How come we have to do contemporary?" <br /><br />They feel that they are being starved and rejected by their own church when they are pushed to attend contemporary service. They don't think contemporary Christian music is cool. They think it is stupid and trite (paraphrase).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-69997546897688044122012-04-17T11:06:46.189-05:002012-04-17T11:06:46.189-05:00Another thought: How many of these new pastors of...Another thought: How many of these new pastors of new congregations are bein urged by parishoners to go 'CoWo?'<br /><br />We also need members of established parishes who know what Lutheranism really is. They need to be willing to attend the new mission (at least for a couple of years), and watch the new pastor's back. If we can send people who ARE satisfied with their parish (not the rebellious 'teens') the daughter might look more like the mother...Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-73755513171484339672012-04-17T11:05:18.214-05:002012-04-17T11:05:18.214-05:00Many years ago, my family and I moved to a town th...Many years ago, my family and I moved to a town that had no LCMS parish. We resolved to begin a parish there, and we worked diligently to gather a group of interested people. We got help from a pastor located about 45 miles away already handling 2 parishes, and we got a mission started.<br /><br />When we approached the District to ask for a pastor, they balked because it was not where they wanted to have a mission parish. Finally, they did send us a man who had been a complete failure in his previous parish.<br /><br />There were two things I remember about this pastor. He thought we really ought to organize a parish soft ball team, because he enjoyed soft ball. The second was that to him, every thing was special. He talked endlessly about how we were special people doing special things in this special place at this special time for this special purpose to fill this special need, da, da, special, da, da, special, da, da, special, da, dah. It got to the point that on Sunday mornings, when we would leave church, after we were all in the car, almost immediately, some one of the kids would say, "How many did you count today?" And the replies would come, "I got 41," "Oh, I got at least 52," and so on.<br /><br />We left that mission parish and became Anglicans.<br /><br />Fr. D+Dr.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360786634583725263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-88289831240128742702012-04-17T08:50:40.490-05:002012-04-17T08:50:40.490-05:00A mission parish/newly planted one
should call a p...A mission parish/newly planted one<br />should call a pastor who has at least<br />10 years experience in the ministry.<br />Pastoral leadership can make or<br />break a start up congregation. Many<br />LCMS Districts try to save money and<br />call either a candidate from the sem<br />or someone with only 3 to 4 years in<br />the parish ministry. <br /><br />The second requirement for this new<br />mission parish is that the called <br />pastor should undergo mission<br />training in how to develop a worship service that is Lutheran<br />in content and substance. Otherwise<br />the mission project will eventually<br />fail on a theological basis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-65029937454896521292012-04-17T08:00:03.353-05:002012-04-17T08:00:03.353-05:00Amen.Amen.Matt Carver (Matthaeus Glyptes)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05089508591297052114noreply@blogger.com