This Sunday, July 26, was to be our last Lord's Day to meet in the cafeteria. However, I have heard several people comment favorably on this location, as compared with going back into the gym.
For those not familiar with Presbyterian polity, very few decisions require participatory voting by the congregation. Most decisions are delgated to the "session," the collective body of elders. In this model, churches run a lot like families.
As in any family, our church leaders would like to make the best decision possible. If you have strong opinions, one way or the other, about either meeting in the gym or meeting in the cafeteria, take a moment to express that to one of the elders this Sunday. It would be most helpful if you give a reason why, along with your opinion. In expressing your opinion, remember to speak respectfully, and not demandingly, as we are admonished in I Timothy 5:1, "Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father..."
And should the final decison not go the way you had preferred, remember the wisdom of Trumpkin when he didn't get his way with High King Peter: "I know the difference between giving advice and taking orders. You'ver had my advice, and now it's the time for orders." (Chronicles of Narnia, Book Two: Prince Caspian)
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