APPROACH: Intentionality

People rush into weekend services harried, busy, distracted, bored, frustrated, and disengaged. They skip weekend to weekend like a stone on water without ever sinking into God's presence during the week. The affairs of the week washes away the impact of the last weekend they attended. They forget their commitments, their experiences of the divine, their insights that were supposed to change how they live. Instead, they bring worry with them. They bring the anger and frustration of broken relationships. They carry in distractions of thoughts about work, future plans and home projects. Service is over and they have hardly engaged. Worship is about intentionality. It is about preparing to come in and participate in what is going on around us. It is about carrying momentum into our week through our spiritual practices. It is about blocking our distractions to focus on the music, the message, and the opportunities to worship.