Short Changed

As each of us work with our respective ministries we have a tendency to think everyone else has or should have the same vested interest. Normally during the church service there is a time and place for announcements. There are times when the announcements combine a history lesson and current activity update on a particular ministry, when all we really needed to hear was the date and time of the upcoming fundraiser. Over the years I’ve been in worship services where a 30 minute sermon had to be shortened by 15 minutes because the preceding meditations, promotions and updates cut into the preacher’s time. Though I enjoy getting caught up on our weekly activities, I cringe when they take time away from God’s Word being proclaimed.