Worshipping together

Good Friday interdenominational service this morning.  I guess there were 7 or so churches of the “evangelical” sort that participated.  It was a good service.  It is different worshiping with churches that do things in slightly different ways than we do. 

Our worship team led the music.  That was a bit scary – different sanctuary, different and much more sophisticated sound equipment, different keyboard – Janet having to stand and sing and lead us.  She had the hardest job of the worship team.  And I didn’t mess up too many times – mostly just little bits. 

It was also gratifying to have people thank us afterwards for the music and for the choice of songs.  So Janet you led us well. 

But I miss the more intimate fellowship we have in our own church.  Maybe that is not how one is supposed to feel but there it is anyway – how I feel.  I guess it is partly the friends and the style of worship, the songs we are familiar with, our own particular “non-liturgical” sort of rituals that make our church feel like home.  And I think we are very blessed to have a pastor who is not afraid to shepherd us along towards a deeper faith in God, pointing us(or trying to) in the direction that God shows to him, challenging us and feeding us and just being an example.  I think he loves us, like a reflection of God’s love that we can see, and he’s helping us to learn to love each other.  Maybe that is why it feels like home.