Beatles theme used throughout Advent
Christmas doesn’t have to sound like Bing munications, and adult/children’s education,”
Crosby, it can also be the Beatles. said associate pastor David Hutchison.
The Lee’s Summit United Methodist Church For the “All the Lonely People” week, the
did a sermon series through Advent entitled, church offered a free divorce care session with
“Let it Be Christmas: A story told by Matthew, the church’s divorce counselors. This was fol-
Mark, Luke, John, Paul, George and Ringo.” lowed by a service in the sanctuary called,
The Beatles sermon series was an idea Lee’s “Good Grief: A Service of Hope and Healing,”
Summit UMC borrowed from another church. which was a special service for persons who
It was a play on words with the Beatles, each suffer from loss and grief during the holiday
Sunday either named after a Beatles song or season. The Good Grief service was Lee’s
a slightly modified version of that title, such Summit’s own addition to the sermon series,
as “All the Lonely People,” “You Say You Want and not something that had been done by
a Revolution?” “Nothing’s Gonna Change another church.
My World,” and “I Believe in Yesterday,” “We experienced a 46 percent increase
with Christmas Eve being entitled: “Let it Be in worship attendance this Advent over last
Christmas.” Advent and a huge increase in giving as well,
“We used sound-bites from the Beatles and much of that has carried over into the New
songs to begin each sermon, and found cre- Year,” Hutchison said.
ative ways to incorporate the theme into other For more information, call 816-524-4966 or
aspects of the church, including outreach, com- e-mail dHutchison@every1church.com
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