Oh . . . the Irony!!
Just when I did not think it could get worse (of course I'm speaking in hyperbole). In the mail today, we received an "advertisement card" from a Church close to our home. The name of this "Church" is called MetroQuest (OOOUUUUU!! Catchy!) These are the "strong points" of their church (as advertised on the card):
- Casual atmosphere
- Relevant Message
- Contemporary music
- Exciting kid activities
- Awesome refreshments
- Safe, loving nursery
And to top off all those amenities above, the message (well, what they call a Life Lesson) for this Sunday is titled Growing to Greatness!
The ad for this message tells me, the reader of the cute little card, that everyone in life has areas where they would like to grow - these areas include financial, in our relationships, and even in our sense of purpose, everyone has room to develop, and this message is relevant to my personal development!
WOW!!! Very tempting but . . . . . .
NAW!! I'll Pass!
[Ok, I really need to stop lamenting over this issue. But, DAG!!! Whenever they send me an invitation in the mail to participate in their silliness, its sort of difficult to not get worked up!]
posted by T.B. Vick | 4:35 PM
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Here's the same list with a key addition:
Casual atmosphere
Relevant Message
Contemporary Music
Exciting Kids activities
Awesome refreshments
Safe, loving nursery
100% tame Lion
hehe funny addition nelmezzo
They have done their market analysis of the goats and have come up with these points to entice them.
Perhaps they should do some market analysis in the bible and they could get some sheep in their flock.
of course assuming that they are not already wolves.
You need to "find the Champion in you" or "Learn how to never be hurt again" (Joel Osteen sermon titles) then you would be a believer.
The funny thing is the liberal churches have been doing this stuff for years, and my opinion is that they even do a better job of it than we do.
Doug
You know, Doug, it is interesting that you say this, becasue the mainline Protestant Churches, about 50 years ago or so, took a "lighter" (or what conservatives would call a more liberal) approach similar to this.
However, now the mainline churches have made a full circle in this country and gone back to the essentail tenets of Christianity (back to more weighty theology). Albiet there are still issues amongst them (the mainliners) that are still kicking up dirt and contraversy today.
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