Church should be fun. It really should. Now wait, all you coffee-shop-theologians, before you start questioning my salvation. I didn\u2019t say that church should be watered down. I didn\u2019t say that church should be a conviction-free zone. What I\u2019m saying is that when we make church boring, we do an incredible disservice to the transforming power of the gospel.<\/p>\n
Whether you agree with me or not, here\u2019s one family that\u2019s been changed because Mt Vernon (the church I serve) refuses to make church boring and monotonous:<\/p>\n
Pastor Josh,<\/em><\/p>\n I just wanted to take a minute to say thank you. My husband and I have visited Mt Vernon a couple of times this month with [a friend]. We have loved it. I am not from Columbus and was afraid of trying to find a church here. Mt Vernon is so welcoming and friendly. Your messages and way of conveying them is great. My husband did not have the same upbringing as myself and after our first visit he made the comment that he wasn\u2019t bored in church for the first time. Thank you for that<\/strong>. We will be back.<\/em><\/p>\n That\u2019s why our staff goes the extra mile to think of creative ways to teach timeless truths, to create irresistible environments that draw people back. That\u2019s why our volunteers are out in the parking lot first thing Sunday morning, creating a welcoming atmosphere. If it makes a difference (and it does) for a first-time guest burned on church, then it\u2019s all been worth it.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Church should be fun. It really should. Now wait, all you coffee-shop-theologians, before you start questioning my salvation. I didn\u2019t say that church should be watered down. I didn\u2019t say that church should be a conviction-free zone. What I\u2019m saying is that when we make church boring, we do an incredible disservice to the transforming […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2490,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[262,454,529,551,588,932,972,1556],"class_list":["post-1469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-church","tag-environment","tag-food-for-thought","tag-fun","tag-gospel","tag-ministry-in-the-trenches","tag-mt-vernon","tag-what-im-living"],"yoast_head":"\n