Enjoyed the behind the scenes look! At the UMC I grew up in they had an Altar Committee made up of laity who handled changing out the liturgical colors, picking up and setting floral arrangements and so on. My grandmother served on it for as long as I can remember until she couldn't get around anymore. I miss some of the formality that came with all of that, the churches I've attended since are much more plain.
Interesting. Baptists usually don't give meaning to older church practices. Too often protestant churches are too willing to see their church space as a theater. A good book to read on this change from holy space to theater is "When Church became Theater"
Thanks for sharing. I have only been to one baptist church and it was ran by American IFB missionaries here in the Philippines. It had a center aisle BTW. The American missionaries insisted on using the KJV bible for preaching even though most of us Filipinos can barely understand it. At our UMC church we use the NIV. My mother (R.I.P.) donated the NIV pew bibles that we still use at our church. Is your church affiliated with a denomination like the SBC or ABC? I like churches that have liturgical/high church worship services, can't stand the rock concerts masquerading as contemporary services many new churches have today.
Future Pastor here - what book resources would you recommend for practical ministry stuff? I already have a NOAB and lots of theology books, but spending the past couple of years as a pastoral intern has me realizing I also need to read a bit more of the pragmatic stuff.
@@Christiamorous My recommendation is to find an author with whom you resonate. For me, it is Henri Nouwen. His book "Wounded Healer" shaped my ministry the most out of all I've read. I also go to Walter Brueggemann for Old Testament, and David Gushee for ethics. A little book written by Farris called the Ten Commandments for New Ministers is one I've used in mentoring ministerial students. So find an author and go from there!
@@joest.eggbenedictus1896 I actually have The Wounded Healer on my shelf! It was given to me along with a bunch of others by a retired Pastor, I'm opening it up now. Thanks for the recommendation!
