{"id":5421,"date":"2015-02-14T10:08:01","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T16:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=5421"},"modified":"2015-02-14T10:08:01","modified_gmt":"2015-02-14T16:08:01","slug":"the-plus-one-approach-to-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/the-plus-one-approach-to-church\/","title":{"rendered":"The Plus One Approach to Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kevin DeYoung recently published a blog, “The Plus One Approach to Church<\/a>,” with some wise counsel for anyone who desires to be more connected \u00c2\u00a0at any church, and it applies at DSC too. If this article doesn’t hold timely advice for you, then maybe it will come in hand in your next conversation with the next person you meet on Sunday morning<\/p>\n

Here’s how he beings his article:<\/p>\n

Are you just starting out at a new church and don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know how to get plugged in? Have you been at your church for years and still haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t found your place? Are you feeling disconnected, unhappy, or bored with your local congregation? Let me suggest you enter the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Plus One\u00e2\u20ac\u009d program of church involvement.<\/p>\n

I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean to sound like a bad infomercial. Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what I mean: In addition to the Sunday morning worship service, pick one thing in the life of your congregation and be very committed to it.<\/p>\n

This is far from everything a church member should do. We are talking about minimum requirements and baby steps. This is about how to get plugged in at a new church or how to get back on track after drifting away. This is for people who feel overwhelmed and don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know where to start. This is for the folks who should make a little more effort before slipping out the back door.<\/p>\n

The idea is simple. First, be faithful in attending the Sunday morning worship service. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t miss a Sunday. Sure, you may miss a couple Sundays during the year because of illness. Vacation and business travel may take you away from your local congregation several other Sundays too. But keep these to a minimum. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t plan all your cottage getaways over the weekend so that you miss out on your own church (and perhaps church altogether) for most of the summer. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t let the kids\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 activities crowd out Sunday services. (What did Joshua say? \u00e2\u20ac\u0153If soccer be god then serve soccer, but as for me and my household we will serve the Lord.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Something like that.) Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t let homework or football or too much rain or too much sun keep you from the gathering of God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s people for worship. Commit right now that Sunday morning is immovable. You go to church. Period.<\/p>\n

Now, add one more thing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the whole thing here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Depending on your involvement at DSC, that next thing for you may be joining us at our monthly Lord’s Supper service<\/a>, held this month on February 25. It might mean getting involved in a Community Group<\/a>. Or it might mean joining us for our next membership class, Knowing Christ, Knowing the Church<\/a>, which is held each Spring and Fall on Wednesday nights, and during the Summer on Sundays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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