C'mon People Now

Hebrews 10:23-25

Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

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C'mon people now,
Smile on your brother
Ev'rybody get together
Try and love one another right now

"Come Together" by The Youngbloods

It's that time of year. Summer is around the corner and there will lots of people who will not come to church. It's not like the church doesn't expect it. There's camp. There's grandmother's house. There's all sorts of distractions that will make it less likely that people will be sitting in a pew.

We know that.

What's more and more unfortunate is that in an increasingly mobile society, in a time where travel is easy, and in a place where every sport league and school activity now meets on Wednesday evenings and Sunday mornings-formerly the purview of the church-we just don't meet together the way we did in the "good ol' days."

There are lots of books written about the how's and why's of not meeting together, especially as "the Day" of the Book of Hebrews approaches. Some of them are quite enlightening. What none of them say is we can stop meeting together, no, they affirm that we do need to continue meeting together.

So I bid you now, smile on your brother! Let us not neglect meeting together as some have done. Come together in the name of the Lord and share God's peace and love with one another. Encourage one another. Share the bounty of life together in Christ and the life of Christ together. We are called to share community. We are called to share life with one another. There is more to a Sunday morning than the canoe and kayak.

So too I bid to Churches-this is on us too. We must consider the ways we meet together. Jesus did not invent the pew! Jesus never used a pipe organ or electric guitar. There is more than one way to come together and we need to discover and rediscover them.

Oh and one more thing, go to church with your grandmother. She'll love it.