By Thomas Moll
Director of Content

There is a particular kind of hunger that has nothing to do with food. It is the ache of feeling cut off — from community, from worship, from the rhythm of a life that once included Sunday mornings in a familiar pew, a pastor who knew your name, and a congregation that felt like home. For many who watch “Worship Anew,” that ache is real, and it does not go away simply because the television is on.

For that hunger, the prophet Isaiah speaks with startling directness. “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price” (Isaiah 55:1). This invitation in Isaiah is not a gentle suggestion. It is an urgent, wide-open call — and the one issuing it is God Himself. He has prepared the feast and is standing at the door, wondering why His guests are still outside.

This month, the Rev. William Mueller preaches from that passage in his message on Aug. 2 titled, “Come and Get It!” His question cuts right to the heart of it: Why do we spend our days on things that do not satisfy when God has already set the table and thrown open the doors?

For those who feel disconnected from a church family, that question is worth sitting with. The banquet is not only for those who can attend in person. It belongs to you, too — through the Word preached into your living room, through the Sacrament a pastor can bring to your door, through a congregation willing to count you among its own even when the miles or health or the years make Sunday mornings impossible.

C.S. Lewis once described the search for a church home as standing in a hallway — a necessary place but not a place to live. The rooms are where the warmth is. Finding yours may be simpler than it seems, and this month’s “Worship Anew” programs and Bible study (found here) are a good place to begin that search.

If you are needing a church home, please contact Worship Anew so that we can help connect you to a church in your area. Please contact us at (888) 286-8002 or info@worshipanew.org.