Anticipation!
I took this photo of my son eagerly waiting for the gates to open at Tiger Stadium in Detroit this weekend. We wanted to get there early to watch batting practice. We found out that the gates don’t open until two hours before the game time (this was taken about three).
Yea, we were like the first people there. We couldn’t wait! We were conspiring about how we might sneak in through the employee entrance, or find an open door somewhere.
The last several weeks I’ve been starting to see something similar at MapleGrove. It’s been getting more crowded, and since (unlike the Tigers) we don’t have reserve seating, there have been people getting there earlier and earlier and saving seats for the service.
When you go someplace and the parking lot is full and it’s crowded and it’s hard to get a good seat that says something about what’s happening there. When church is executed excellently people notice and the word spreads.
What can we do to make our church services more of an event people can’t wait for?
We’re the hope of the world, and unlike the Tigers Sunday, we do win (I know, I’ve read the ending).