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Frontslider’s Ironing Board

This particular Sunday morning service enjoyed a beautifully sunny day, flowers in full bloom, and singing birds outside. The church in question? River City Church, Lefroy St. North Hobart enjoyed the presence of our frontslider this Sunday. The service was practically full gospel, the congregation was in top singing form, and there were good musicians and singers leading the congregation. The drummer in particular, had a fine singing voice, and played Wizard of Oz from backstage, highlighting the fine-tuned harmonics of the congregational choir. Although this frontslider doesn’t personally speak in tongues, yours truly doesn’t mind it so much as when first exposed to others doing it. Hoping this church might sing in tongues, your frontslider was disappointed by the disproportionate amount of speaking in tongues amongst the older congregation The singing was led also by a couple of young female angels, who seemed at odds (even uncomfortable), with the rest of the grey-hair congregation. Perhaps these young devotees would be more comfortable worshiping in a similar youth church?

The ministers chose some good Biblical passages to launch from, although the last senior minister to speak was not expressing God’s message clearly or well. Surely the sanity and logic of a minister would be tested by the elders before allowed to speak for a church on Sunday morning?

All in all, this church certainly greased this frontslider’s forward motion, but more perhaps by how much better they could be, rather than how good they were. God certainly spoke to this frontslider that morning, but not because of how effective the ministry was.

RiverCity Christian Church is represented in the media by “The Communicator”, advertising it’s Worship Services every Sunday at 10:00 AM, Celebration Services on the last Sunday of every month at 6:00 PM, Healing Services every Tuesday at 10:00 AM, a Craft Group, a Children’s Church, and a Worship Team. Also mentioned in service was an upcoming conference – all enquiries to alanpaine@dodo.com.au.