How radical are we willing to go?

I just read the history of the Appendix and the Present order of Services from the MBE Library. They make a statement, "We have located no documentation that would suggest that Mrs. Eddy viewed the Appendix as less significant than the preceding pages of the Manual", But that means there was also no documentation to suggest that Mrs. Eddy thought of the appendix as anything other than, by definition, a "less essential addition". They also said, "We have found no statements by Mrs. Eddy that shed light on how the word “present” should be interpreted in “Present Order of Services.”” What would be the reason to interpret the word present? We really have to take it at its face value- meaning in process; not from the past or in the future

Mrs. Eddy changed her mind about the church consistently over the years. Apparently she was making changes to the Manual right up to the day of her passing. I doubt that if she’d lived another 100 years she would have stopped making changes. I like to think that’s why she left the Manual so open and unrestrictive for us. We get into trouble when we try to second guess what Mrs. Eddy wanted us to do 100 years after she lost the ability to make all our decisions for us. 

The church in Mrs. Eddy’s day was organic and changing constantly. It’s unlikely that she would have let the church stay stagnant the way it has for 100 years. I don't know if Mrs. Eddy wanted us to look at undated, inaccurate and out of context quotes in Misc. Writings to figure out what to do today. I think we need to look at Mrs. Eddy's essence and intentions, and like in the 1st tenant, take her inspired word as our sufficient guide to running our churches.

Are we willing to loosen our hold on the "present* order of services"to see change in the Church Service? If we want something radically different do we need to hold a completely different kind of service on Saturday? The Manual by-laws only require that any/all Sunday Services include 2 Readers reading the weekly Bible lesson. Do we wrap a different service around the Bible Lesson? Would that make a difference?

In talking to people who don't go to church but want to, I find they're looking for more human interaction -small group discussion, Q&A, lectures, as part of the church service. They say they want to go to church at a normal church time so offering these things during the week doesn't solve the "service" issue. Do we need to call ourselves "groups" rather than churches to give them what they want?

*Present: Now existing, or in process; begun but not ended; now in view, or under consideration; being at this time; not past or future. -Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913