My dad was held by Lash when he was a baby . <| sep |> What a drive ! And there ' s my boy Doyle ! <| sep |> I got 2 strike tokens within days of playing <| sep |> My current church has announcements in the middle of the service in between the sermon and communion . When I was on the Church council of a CRC church some years ago we moved announcements from before the service to the end . It was motivated both by the concerns you listed people viewing it as a grace period but also a desire to have latecomers get the information contained in the announcements . We wanted to keep the service proper call to worship through benediction focused solely on acts of worship . What we did was move them to immediately after the service . After giving the benediction , our pastor would say please remain seated for a few brief announcements . It also had a side benefit of keeping the announcements short , because everyone was anxious to get to refreshments .