Next Meeting

Wednesday July 30th
7:00 St. Stephen's Parish Hall

Over the break we will be working in small groups to plan the half hour sunday evening services for the Fall.  We will reconvene in July to check on the progress of this and to share our experiences with field trips to experience other alternative services.

We welcome everyone who is curious about the new service or interested in being involved in the planning of it to join us for our weekly discussions.



Thursday, May 15, 2008

Getting Things Going

The cat is out of the bag, the word is on the street (or in the pews if you prefer).  People are talking about this 3rd service at St. Stephen's they keep hearing about.  Maybe the news hasn't spread across all of Longview or to the world at large.  But, within the microcosm of our parish change is in the air.

With any big change to an established routine comes many mixed feelings.  Those of us who are attending the weekly meetings to discuss and plan the new service are excited.  Of course not everyone we talk with shares our excitement.  Some are apprehensive about loosing what we already have.  Others are confused as to why we'd even want or need another service.  There are probably others who are completely uninterested in the whole process.

I pray that this blog will serve as a place for the St. Stephen's community to answer their questions about the new service, find information about the progress of planning, and offer their thoughts and feedback about the whole process.  May the Holy Spirit guide us all on this journey of expanding the vocabulary of our worship.

6 comments:

Mo.K+ said...

Thanks, Michael, for a wonderful site!

Here are some music links folks might want to consider:
Selah service -- http://www.selahservice.com/home/
Music from Church of the Apostles -- http://www.myspace.com/churchoftheapostles

JanEVWH said...

This is a GREAT site Michael! I'm working on the minutes, so when they're done I'll see if I have "authority" to post!

Jan (a.k.a. "spiralibrary")

JanEVWH said...

I've added my list of "Worship Alternative Resources" to my "Spiralibrary" blog. (It's long & I didnt' want to bog down this one)
Jan

Michael O'Neill said...

Jan,

I'd like to keep the meeting minutes linked as googleDocs on the front page so they don't get lost as the posts to the blog grow. If you'd like to add a link to your minutes or email them to me, I'd be happy to link them.

BeHearNow said...

thanks for this, Michael! Good site. I'm on a tight schedule today, so can't read it all, but it's great to see up and running. And I really like the "3rd Service Central" title.
mary

ancelray said...

Hi Michael et. al. I actually got in all by myself! Thanks for your suggestions this morning. Looking forward to blogging for the kingdom!