From Pastor Bob:
As you know, we have designated the "4th Sunday" for our contemporary worship service. Our plan is to consider whether or not to have 2 different Sunday morning services, possibly as early as this fall - one traditional in format, the other contemporary. In order to assess if we have enough "resource people" to staff a 2nd service, we've scheduled an additional contemporary service in July.
We recognize that there are folks who prefer one service over another; so we appreciate your flexibility while we continue to experiment and assess our abilities as we seek to go forward in our worship. Our flexibility is a wonderful asset and gift that we give to one another, especially considering something as personally meaningful as our corporate worship. Our long-term goal is to provide a greater variety as well as offer a worship service that will be meaningful to those new or unfamiliar with traditional Christian worship liturgy.
Your help and patience, along with helpful input, is valued as we strive to be a congregation that is open to the goals and challenges of making disciples for Christ in our very pluralistic and post-modern/post-church era. Thank you! SHLC is a wonderful congregation of people, whom, I believe, our Lord desires to use in mighty ways to make a difference in the lives of many people near and far.
