How are your notices? Highlight of the service, or a necessity that is dull as ditch-water?
For most of us, they’re probably too long and just a bit awkward. Like an Aunt who’s come for Christmas but, love her as you do, you don’t quite know what to do with her, and everyone can all relax once she’s gone home. So, can the notices be improved? Or moved? Or removed?
How ruthless is your pruning?
Here are some quetsions to ask yourself:
Does God find any of our church practices ‘silly’?
Just after Christmas the Irish Government released state papers from the year 2000. They told how the Queen had expressed …