Today is the beginning of my last full week with Ocean City Worship Center. Honestly, it has gone by entirely too fast. I’ve begun setting up what I’ll do when I get back to Pittsburgh on July 6th. I’m somewhat excited, but at the same time, I’m really going to miss this place. This past weekend I led my second and last Saturday night prayer service. The prayer service honestly has become my favorite service (besides the DEEP, of course). It so laid back and chill, and I always have a unique experience with God there. More than any other time during the week, I feel like God speaks into my life in those moments. Those times that I’ve gotten to spend with those fifteen to twenty prayer warriors of the church have been so encouraging. I decided that for my last prayer meeting I would do a communion service at the end. I got real bread and grape juice from the store. I went all out by not using the cardboard wafer or those sissy cups that you use on Sunday morning; no, I used the real deal: an Italian loaf and styrofoam party cups with 100% Juicy Juice. Oh yes indeed. People actually got something to eat and drink. It was nice. The service was really special, and I’m so glad we get to participate in something Jesus himself participated in and still sends his presence for. We concluded the night with actual “communion”; sitting around and talking while we ate. It was special, and honestly how I think it’s supposed to be. We’ve made communion a ritual and something we just “do”. I feel like communion is supposed to bring God, the individual, and the church into community. Yet, I feel like by just doing communion to do communion and obey an ordinance is foolish and not entirely obedient in itself. Jesus gave us communion so that we could remember him and his promise collectively, but unfortunately in our busy culture, we can’t take more than five minutes to hang out with each other. Saturday night we certainly did, and it was great (and Jesus was there too). This week is going to consist of a lot of time and effort being poured into my report on the feedback survey. I’m already shot because of it, and I’ve only reported on 30 of the 80 questions. The report has to be done by the end of tomorrow because we’re having a staff meeting on Wednesday to talk about the results. Hopefully my insight through this survey and through my report will help OCWC become an even better place than it already is. I’m really going to miss it. Here’s to 9 more days Ocean City!
-Later
1 comment:
i like. it's so true about communion and what we have made it. there is so much more to it.
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