2010 Woship

I was reminded of a friend’s blog below when trying to describe the 2010 Worship experience so I thought why not borrow his thoughts.
I had an amazing experience in Sydney last Sunday. In the morning I attended and spoke at the opening of the Café at 182 Campbell St in Surry Hills. This is all part of the 2010 project and the highlight was the Street Choir. This is made up of about 15 ‘street people’ and they were fantastic. In the evening I went to one of the big name churches. There were over 800 people there and the music, lighting etc was very professional. Of course the key question is which was more honoring to God? Both were worship, both were in a church and both focused on God! This is actually a hard question to answer without my own bias coming through. There were a few key differences though that I think point to an answer. The 2010 project was made up of people who were all at various stages of brokenness (including me) and we all knew it. We celebrated that we could meet and be honest. The strength was not in the professionalism of the service but in the real people and organic nature of the time together. We looked different from each other and everyone was free to participate.
The large church was all about winning, triumph and overcoming. The only people on the stage all looked the same (all slim, good looking, smiling people with a lot to offer). The rest of us were able to participate by giving money (I won’t go into that here but what a load of mumbo jumbo) and singing along with the experts on stage….which I have to admit the vast majority seemed to love.
Hmm What do you look for in gathered Worship?
We meet monthly usually the last Sunday of the Month although this month we are meeting on the first Sunday the 5th of August 5:30pm at the Restaurant 182 Campbell Street. ... If you need a little touch of Grace.

Sneaky Sunday

Hi Everybody

This upcoming Sunday 24th June, we will be meeting for our monthly Sneaky Sunday worship service
at 128 Campbell St Surry Hills. It starts at 5.30pm upstairs and we will be having a light dinner.

We would love to see you there!

It has been hard to come to terms with my failures even harder when reminded of the expectations I should have as a Christian.
Victory, success and opportunity all seem to be attributed to God but very few aspects of fear, failure or doubt are ever heard in the Christian culture or Church. Not that I expect it all the time but a little would make me feel more normal. For me success has never come without multiple failures. I take comfort in the words Jesus expresses amidst his own sorrow and loss in Gethsemane “Abba Father” he said “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me.” Not once but three times he pleads for a way out of the torture and failure ahead. For me another dead failure may be an opportunity down the track but I do not want to know that at the time. I want to know someone who shares failure and loss like mine. I want to be listened to more than ever in my inadequacy.