As I looked down on our congregation from my vantage in the choir loft, at the near empty sanctuary during our Reformation Day service, I was at once angry and concerned, that the second-most important day on the Kirk calendar (the first being the day my Saviour gave His life for me) played second fiddle to: ice hockey practice, Rangers vs. Habs on ESPN, brunch at Starbucks, and so on.
Yes, the church needs to attract new blood. It also needs to keep the existing blood supply flowing.
