This morning we went to an Anglican Church. It was an interesting experience. Here are some random thoughts: The service lasted over 2 hours. The contemporary, English service was lead by Rwandans and another muzungu. The music was contemporary. The electronic keyboard player lead the music. It was familiar songs. The acoustics were terrible with a large sanctuary that echoed terribly. But the choirs and music were well done.
The sermon was all about who we are all called to bring people to Jesus. The bible reading was Daniel and the lion's den and how the King was brought to the realization of Daniel's God because of Daniel's witness. The sermon was well done and easy to follow. Looking around people really seemed to be enjoying their worship experience. There must have been over 200 people there. Children were dismissed 1/2 way through for Sunday school.
A funny side note was when the pastor said that we should bring all personal objects up with us for communion because there had been thefts of phones and purses. It actually was refreshing to hear the honesty of a messy and embarrassing situation. Everything was pretty much scripted out and was very similar to the Lutheran liturgy that I grew up with. You could tell from fashion and clothes that we were not in rural Rwanda. People dressed very nice. Men dressed in suites and ties.
The pastor made reference that Rwanda claims to be a christian country and yet the evil genocide would say otherwise. He challenged everyone to bear fruit that was good. Even today, the pastor said, people are not bearing good fruit and therefore he questions their faith. How can we say that we are a Christian nation and not have good fruit.
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