4.12.2004
(Last supper, Jesus is betrayed, garden of Gethsethme) Our pastor doesn't know how to be respectful or serious. He distracts us with jokes about the sun blinding him from the stained glass window - more than once. This is annoying - please focus. He gives a sermon about how many hours he spent working on his Palm Sunday and Easter sermons and how long other pastors spend.
They don't want to do the work of changing the altar for Thursday, because it is set for Friday with a red cloth, rocks and a crown of thorns. Hello! This is Holy week - pull out all the stops, make each day special. The altar is the communion table! This is supposed to be the most significant communion service of the year. They use a cart and he calls it communion deli style. I find this undermining and unsatisfiying. Give me some ceremony, formality, tradition.
They don't want to do the work of changing the altar for Thursday, because it is set for Friday with a red cloth, rocks and a crown of thorns. Hello! This is Holy week - pull out all the stops, make each day special. The altar is the communion table! This is supposed to be the most significant communion service of the year. They use a cart and he calls it communion deli style. I find this undermining and unsatisfiying. Give me some ceremony, formality, tradition.