Your church might be small and awkward. God still shows up in folding chairs.

A small congregation in a hall with folding chairs is easy to be embarrassed by. Size and production are not the measurement, though everything about how churches get presented suggests otherwise. What matters is whether people there know you and whether God is present, and neither requires lighting. Awkward and real beats polished and anonymous.

Go this week and look for the thing your church does well rather than what it lacks. Learn two more names. If it is small, your presence changes the room more than it would anywhere else.