Bill Streger writes;
Some years ago a pastor, Ray Ewers, instructed me in the finer art of how to walk into church. To most people, this might appear to be a rather basic accomplishment requiring little or no tutelage. Perhaps a family with five toddlers would appreciate some advice, but most of us would never give it a thought. Ray’s instruction was very brief: “Pray about where you sit”.
With this perspective, his advice to pray about my choice of pew makes perfect sense. If at church we are working to strengthen our fellow believers, where we sit becomes important since part of our work will be talking to our neighbor in the pew, welcoming people, helping each other understand God’s word and praying with each other.
Read the entire article here. Photo Flickr: The commons.
I always head for the same seat, how about you?
What a great idea. I have no idea why I never thought about this before. I try to sit in different seats each week but end up sitting in the same area anyways! Next time I’m at church I’m going to pray about where I sit and be more intentional! Thanks for this reminder!
It was a great article! I know that I will probably still sit in the same place though. Is that bad?!
Our church has one service in the morning during summertime and two the rest of the year so in summer there are loads of people i don’t even recognise because they normally go to the earlier service than us. Pretty strange to go to ‘your’ pew and have total strangers sitting there!
Is your church very big or would you know most people there?