What’s Your Ideal Church Service?

Yesterday morning at church was one I liked a lot.  I really enjoyed the order of the music before the message started.  When planning a church service, you have to make room for whatever key ingredients your church includes (e.g. announcements, offering, music, sermon, etc.)  Sometimes, the best way to divide these things is to do them between almost every song.  That was hardly the case this week, as we sang one song after the other. 

The music at my church really helps bring me to a place of worship.  I liked that we had the “commercial-free worship block” (to paraphrase some radio formatting).  It was great, and it did the trick for me.

Now…

What I want to know is what does it for you.  If you could plan a church service from start to finish, what would it contain? 

What is your ideal church service?

Drop your answer off in the comments.