I’ve served as an usher at my church for two years ever since the previous ministry I was in merged with the usher team. So now on ever third Sunday, I get to welcome and greet people at the door and show them to their seats. When you are an usher, you really meet all sorts of people. Most are nice, polite and warm but there are some really difficult ones. It wakes me up to the sobering truth that the church is really for imperfect and broken people like you and I.
I’ve also greeted and welcomed many LGBTs into my church and I always marvel at their courage to step into a place where most people think would be hostile towards them. To me it simply shows that they love God more than the pain or fear of being rejected. And I thought their just being there is already a testimony. When many would walk past me without even a glance of acknowledgement to my greeting, they are the ones who made eye contact and returned my smile.
So when I read this from Seth’s blog this morning, I just have to share it.
To all my LGBT friends and family, I am sorry we did not love you more.
rk
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September 3, 2010 at 4:04 am
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I m from NCC and some of us are sorry too, if we seem rude to the ushers. tk God for all of you!
Sometimes we are late, and we want to join in the worship asap, and yet every ushers are still so nice to want to shake everyone of our hands.
Sometimes we dont understand why the ushers cant release the empty sectors faster since there are heaps and heaps of us coming in. We do know u guys are trying to fully fill up one sector before releasing the next, but at the rate we are moving, you can easily fill up 3 sectors at one go, and not creating bottle neck.
Of course, we shldnt be late in the first place. I am sorry, I love u in Christ.