easter sunday
wow another easter gone by. spent my easter with my very soon to be my wife and her family here in tennessee. we went to a very traditional methodist church where we werent welcomed with opened arms but I still held my head up hi and was on my best behavior. The service was a nice change and after the people in the church realized we were with Rebekahs mom they warmed up to us. the greeter didnt even try to hand me a program I had to take one any way I didnt let that discourage me and plan on exploring different churches , however ther are really only two denominations here methodist and baptist. But we will continue our search
~Richard
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thought on
Sucks that BAD church etiquette exists in Tennessee too. One of my major major pet peeves is really poor “greeting and ushering and welcoming” in church. Sory Rich that that happened with you. Always think about James chapter 2 (Richman/Poorman) and how we, as members of a church, should treat everyone through the door as a “richman”… well, except for the Pharisee scum.
@Ming
But do you think it’s because people at the church are not friendly, or is it because it was Easter, and they were much more concerned about trying to get people seated and the service flowing smoothly?
Of course, this doesn’t excuse the treatment, and this just highlights my concern of what is considered important at church, people versus service, but I sometimes find myself berating people and forgetting that some of them are good people, who still deserve the berating, but not the attitude that I give them with the berates.
I think that most people are prone to judge others they meet for the first time by external appearance, such as clothing, hair style, etc. My mom tends to be very critical of people who wear casual dress for what she considers to be formal occasions. It’s important for followers of Christ to let the Holy Spirit guide us in how we interact with newcomers.
@David
I agree with allowing the Spirit to guide us. I once heard that you can’t help but judge. You need to have some basis on which to start a conversation after all. But he also added that leaving them with that judgment is where we fail badly, so we need to start that conversation to move them out of that box that we initially placed them in.