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Potty Luck Suppers

Declining membership is a major problem for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and doubtless will remain so until our leaders figure out why persons decline to be members.  Quite naturally, various groups of Presbyterians blame these problems on those who do not share their primary interests:  The church is too liberal or too conservative; there is too much or too little social action; too many or too few prayer meetings; too much or too little liturgy, and so on and on.

 

The fact is that the Presbyterian Church is in sharp decline for one simple reason -- church suppers have gone "down the drain."

 

When I was growing up, the real reason for becoming and remaining a Presbyterian (other than being eternally elect) was that their church suppers were the best in town.  The explanation of this situation wa obvious.  Reformed theology rejects the concept of "luck" -- including "pot luck"...

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