Today we think about the prelude, welcome
and announcements. A musical prelude sets the tone for worship. It is the final
preparation for the service. When it starts a few minutes before 9:30, we
should wrap up conversations and find our seats. This is a courtesy to everyone
else trying to prepare to worship the Lord. We need some margin built in to important transitions
like this. Habakkuk 2:20 says, “the Lord is in His holy temple. Let all the earth
keep silence before Him.” As I thought this through this week, I remembered
that for all of my church-going life, there was never anything said between the
prelude and the call to worship. The prelude is meant to lead directly in to
worship. You see a line between the prelude/announcements
and the call to worship. That is to emphasize where gathering ends and formal
worship begins.
5/13/12
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