How many people does it take?

... to prepare a service?

Today the answer was: three - but not counting the one who wrote the sermon, the one who had to be consulted on liturgy and order, the one who did the intercessions, and the musical consultant. So up to seven, then. Talk about team ministry.

Did it work?

Well, yes. And it probably was all the better for the team effort. The Powerpoint slides meant we didn't have to hold up to three books and search through them for the right pages. The sketch made people laugh - and hopefully think. The hymns were varied. The communion sharing, though it took longer than usual, was nice (even if we had to look away when the bread was dropped).

Was it seven times better than if one person had done it all?

Probably not. Hmm.

How much effort should we take? A lot more than we normally do, I guess.