Church Ad Sin
August 29th, 2007 by Sam
Recently I heard a radio ad for a local church. At the end, they stated their contemporary service is held at 9am and their traditional service is at 11am. I talked with some church-going friends tonight about this, for it seems to me those services should be swapped. In my thinking, the younger folk - who likely are the demographic the contemporary service is targeted upon - probably stay up late on Saturday nights (er, uh… Sunday mornings) and are much less likely to attend a 9am service than an 11am one. One of my friends said he has trouble getting to the 11am service and said the contemporary service ought to be at 2pm!
FYI: The Greek word hamartia (ἁμαρτία) is usually translated as sin in the New Testament; it means “to miss the mark” or “to miss the target” which was also used in Old English archery. (source)