Worship with us – huh?

I passed a sign at a small town church today that invited the passerby to “Worship with us.”  That’s not an uncommon invitation, at all — but today it struck me differently.  To someone unfamiliar with church or unacquainted with Jesus, what meaning does that invitation have?

 

What is “worship?”  Worship who?  Why?

 

It’s a lovely invitation to someone new to town, or visiting.  But what would be a better invitation to a non-believer?  What’s the invitation to someone who knows nothing of church, nothing of Jesus?  Who does not believe in sin, or see a need for grace?  Who does not know the positive side of life in community? What do we have to offer?  What’s an invitation that has meaning?