It’s good to be with you in worship. I appreciate the invitation to preach. I especially appreciate having a worship leader directing me around the chancel, because worship is done differently in different denominations — even within denominations. When you visit a different church, you don’t always know what to expect. My wife and I visited here two years ago. I, ever eager to hear the sermon, chose to sit near the front, not realizing that no one would sit in front of us and you all know how you take communion here, but we didn’t. Thankfully we received whispered instructions from the folk behind us. Maybe we didn’t learn exactly how to receive communion with our Lutheran friends, but we did learn not to sit near the front when visiting a different church!

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