If You Need a Place to Go, My Church Will Be Open on Christmas
CNN reports that several megachurches around the country are closing for Christmas (which falls on a Sunday this year):
This move echoes the trend of Christian bookstores opening on Sunday—such stores have tradionally closed on the sabbath in observance of the fourth commandment. It seems that Jesus is big business. For many Christian institutions, filling seats and bringing in revenue now appears to take precedent over Scripture and tradition.
If you need a place to worship on Christmas day, my mainline, fairly liberal church will be open. We are a large church, but our campus lacks a Starbucks or a "jumbotron." Our worship style is very traditional, but I can guarantee that you will hear some great music.
Even though the holiday falls this year on a Sunday, when churches normally host thousands for worship, pastors are canceling services, anticipating low attendance on what they call a family day.
This move echoes the trend of Christian bookstores opening on Sunday—such stores have tradionally closed on the sabbath in observance of the fourth commandment. It seems that Jesus is big business. For many Christian institutions, filling seats and bringing in revenue now appears to take precedent over Scripture and tradition.
If you need a place to worship on Christmas day, my mainline, fairly liberal church will be open. We are a large church, but our campus lacks a Starbucks or a "jumbotron." Our worship style is very traditional, but I can guarantee that you will hear some great music.
posted by Tinley | 3:45 AM
3 Comments:
you can also come to my church too. cokesbury is opening to make more money for the tinley family.. &:~)
And just where is your church?
I wrote an article with alternatives to shutting your church down when Christmas is on a Sunday. One of those was (gasp!) WORSHIP LIKE YOU DO EVERY SUNDAY!!! Here's the link: http://www.interpretermagazine.org/interior.asp?ptid=43&mid=10114
And anyone really needing the mega church Starbucks is welcome to bring their cup of joe from the neighborhood Fido into our lovely liberal traditional music church! :)
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