When I see the same ushers in the same spot & the same parking lot attendant in the same spot every Sunday -week after week -never coming inside to hear the message, it tells me that the message really is not that important and you're not going to really learn or grow from it.
Otherwise the church would require the workers to sit down during the service and learn something - take a few notes- & also participate in prayer.
So the sermon (& even prayer) apparently is just some sort of ceremony we all sit thru and go to - maybe it's good for families with kids - but for the rest of us -we already know it all -so why go to church at all ?
I'll just grab a coffee & go direct traffic in the parking lot or be a security guard & tune everything else out - just watch the people & make sure they stand & sit & obey. Or be an usher at the same door πͺ for 25 years - just make sure people go in, & get out when its over.
This is what Rolling Hills Covenant is REALLY teaching me.