What We Can Learn About Worship from Watching People Watch People Play Video Games, Unwrap Packages, or Run Around on a Field

I want you to think about something for a moment.

Some of the most popular YouTube channels are videos of people playing video games or unwrapping packages.

Tons of people can spend hours watching other people play golf or fish.

Do you like watching football? An average professional football game lasts 3 hours and 12 minutes, but if you tally up the time when the ball is actually in play, it’s only about 10 minutes.

Yet when we think of worship going on in heaven and we see it described in our passage this weekend, Revelation 4-5, we think it sounds boring.

My goal this weekend is to show you why it’s not going to be boring. Part of the clue is found in the things we lose ourselves in now, things that other people who don’t understand our interests find mind numbingly boring…like watching golf…or football.

This is Us

We are the church, whether we are gathered or scattered--each one of us, a part of the body of Christ, wherever we go, whatever we do.

So, where can you find us, and what are we doing?

We have a beautiful new patio space for gathering thanks to the Five Oaks volunteer Décor Team. The team just started this summer and this was their first beautification project. The team even installed new wiring to allow for color-changing lights around the pergola! This space is open for use by any Five Oaks groups and families (just contact the office to reserve). The team will be working on more projects this fall and winter and anyone can join the team by Realm messaging Jennifer Clemens on our staff.