I like that idea, as well as having the announcements at the end. It always feels like a jolt when the announcements start. I do the preparation and printing of the church bulletin every week and the announcements are all there on page 18. I wish we didn't have to have them read from the pulpit.

One of the things I really miss from our church in Ohio: we always stood "in reverance to the Word of God" during the reading of scripture.

Trust the past to God's mercy, the present to God's love and the future to God's providence." - St. Augustine
Hiraeth