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Your King Has Come - Indelible Grace
Some of you may already be familiar with this, but an article over at drudgereport.com is the first I have heard of it. Apparently, churches are utilizing the music of U2 in their communion services to increase interest and beef up attendance. The article says that the Church of England “has announced it is to use the songs of a global supergroup in an effort to boost congregations.”
Another article from last October says, “It may not qualify as a mini-Reformation, but a Communion service driven by the music of singer Bono and his U2 bandmates is catching on at Episcopal churches across the country.”
I’ve got to hand it them, churches sure are getting more and more creative these days.
Two young girls comment on this type of service:
“It makes you, like, warm inside,” says Bridgette Roberts, 15, who is a Roman Catholic and attended a recent U2 Eucharist at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. “Usually at church, you love Jesus and everything. But this way you can express how you feel.”
Says her friend, Natalie Williams, 17: “I love Bono, and you can rock out to the music. But in church, you hear it in a different way. It’s like new.”
My only question is, where’s the Gospel in all of this?
