tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914026.post6341952176090555250..comments2023-10-10T11:18:58.072-05:00Comments on The Krum Church: Christy Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16264749319255974812noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914026.post-12876987617985943092008-04-06T22:19:00.000-05:002008-04-06T22:19:00.000-05:00OK, so church wasn't the same for you in France.Di...OK, so church wasn't the same for you in France.<BR/>Didn't you worship while you were in France?<BR/>You are a woman of God and I know that you didn't leave Jesus in Krum, TX. So what did you do?<BR/>Didn't you gather in that small cottage with friends and family? Surely at some point you also shared Christ with those gathered in that place? If you didn't, then why didn't you?<BR/><BR/>As for the Church being dead. I'd say that what you experienced was what it feels like to worship in a place where you don't know how things are done. I'm assuming that the Mass was Catholic?<BR/>If it was, then those celebrating it and responding all knew the responses. They are the same most Sundays and you just learn them. I once attended a Mass and it was not in English, but I knew the order of worship and I knew what was going on and what to say in English at the proper time. But if you weren't Catholic, then none of it made any sense at all. In fact, it would have seemed dead just like it did to you in France. <BR/><BR/>Is this the Church? I'd say that for some it is and for others it is more what you had in the fellowship of family and friends in a smaller setting. <BR/><BR/>So, Ponder this Christy. Maybe what you experienced was God's way of saying to you. <BR/>Don 't let Krum UMC be like that old building in France to the people of Krum. Do you want a building to marvel at, or a place to share Christ with others? Sure you can share the building with others, but unlike the French I'd keep the worship service from being a tourist attraction. The French are a bit different in that respect. Seems like everything goes.<BR/><BR/>One more question. Was communion dead for you in that place too? How could it be, even if you didn't understand the words being said? You know the story by heart! Is it the words that make it alive for you? I don't understand.<BR/><BR/>I've experienced communion with you and believe me it is not the words that bring it to life. So you didn't feel alive in that place? Was it because you expected something more because of where you were? Haven't you celebrated communion without words before? Was it alive for you then? <BR/>What about on Sunday mornings at 9 am in Krum? Is it alive then? If it is, then what makes it that way for you? <BR/><BR/>I've watched you grow over the last few years in your knowledge of what true worship is, but I now ask you is it just words? Or is it more than that?<BR/>If it's more, then how do you intend to bring that to Krum?<BR/><BR/>It is my belief that God showed you in a very unique way that you need to make worship come alive for all in Krum no matter the language or barrier. Krum UMC ,as you've repeatedly said in the past, has an opportunity to be a place where Christ is present and alive for everyone no matter their language or walk of life.<BR/><BR/>So Christy, don't ponder if the Church is dead. Ponder instead on how to make those who come to Krum UMC alive in Christ! Don't let the building Old or New be the Church for you or your flock!<BR/><BR/>Instead, Be Christ's representative in Krum and show them that Church is more than just words they might not understand. Show those that you pastor what an alive Church is really like. Bring Christ to life everytime you come together in fellowship inside or outside, in the Old or in the New or where ever you find yourself. Be for them what you were looking for in France. BE ALIVE IN CHRIST!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com