A church welcome to lead into a sermon about God sometimes being silent and not answering prayers
Good morning everyone!!! (mic out to audience, waiting for response)
I can’t hear you, Good morning everyone! (mic out to audience, waiting for response)
Nice. And Good morning to everyone watching online! (mic out to audience, waiting for response)
I can’t here you, Good morning to everyone watching online! (mic out to audience, waiting for response)
Silence.
I have something awkward I want to get out of the way before we go any further in the service.
It’s the issue of awkward silence. Is there anyone here who gets really uncomfortable in moments of awkward silence? (PAUSE……………………………………………………………………………)
Awkward silence is something that’s been around ever since the evening of the day Adam and Eve chose to eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge.
I think most of us would agree. Silence can be awkward (pause …………………………………….)
IN FACT, too much silence can start getting quite irritating! (pause…………….………………………)
However, I think the worst kind of silence is when God is silent.
Whether you’re asking when, where, who, what, which or why – when you don’t get a response from God, especially when you think your request is most noble and reasonable, THAT can be uncomfortable.
Today our pastor will be speaking about “When God goes silent”. And we look forward to his message coming up soon.
OK! Now we have that awkwardness out of the way, I’d like to welcome you all.
Whether you’re here, watching online live, or watching in the future…, welcome to our community – especially if this is your first time with us. And pray you will grow in knowledge, wisdom and love from your visit with us today.
Now, I’ve finished everything I wanted to say, and not say, so I’d like to invite the next person in the program up, and to avoid any further awkward silence I will thoughtfully give a running commentary until he’s here and ready to go.
Here he comes, one foot in front of the other, interestingly a similar mode of travel to what most people used to enter our church today – a somewhat efficient, and reverent from of transportation, you can see used all over the world, especial in countries which have dry land to walk on.
Welcome to the stage. Are you ready? Great, go! My job is done.
Performance: Castle Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church - December 17, 2022