Campus ministry worship
Since you have a campus ministry, we were expecting that you would be catering to college kids. However, our granddaughter came home this weekend and said that she attended your service last weekend and found the songs depressing and sad. It left her with a bitter taste in her mouth. She told us that she will now be attending the Free Church. What's equally sad is that she has two friends from our area whom I'm sure she'll persuade to go to the Free Church with her. What exactly are you doing to leave this kind of impression?
As WELS pastors coordinate campus ministries in hundreds of locations throughout our country, I do not have knowledge which campus ministry you are referencing. Regardless, you and your granddaughter want to forward any concerns you might have to the pastor who is responsible for that campus ministry.
What I can do is encourage you and your granddaughter to keep music in proper perspective. So, I would ask: is it wise to attend a church that might have more upbeat music but that denies the Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper, turning them into “ordinances”? Is it wise to attend a church that teaches millennialism because its music is deemed more cheerful? Those are two of the doctrines of the Evangelical Free Church that are not biblical. It is a sad situation if your granddaughter trades biblical doctrine for music that meets her preference.
Again, I would encourage you and your granddaughter to keep in mind what is most important when it comes to our worship of God, and to speak to the pastor where your granddaughter worshipped. God’s blessings to you both.