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Originally Posted by Dionysus
Watching these crazy church videos reminded me of this thread...
I agree that some churches are too youth oriented. When I was a child we sang in the choir to keep ourselves entertained in church. The church resembled a church, not a dancefloor! We also did not have a youth center.
Now, at my newer church they just built a youth center that looks like the REAL WORLD house! The only things missing is a jacquzzi and a basket of condoms.  It is three stories! The first floor has a stage and a coffee bar. The basement has leather chairs, flat screens, playstations/xbox, and a snack bar. It looks like a dayum bachelor pad down there. The second floor has carpeted meeting rooms for each grade and gender (6-9 grade boys and girls). How is all this supposed to get them closer to God? It will definately attract more kids, but will it be for the right reasons? |
I so agree w/ this. My church just built a big rec center, brand new rooms for all the kids' sunday school classes, the works. We have children's sermons at every service and a "contemporary" service geared toward young people (and don't even get me started on some of these hymns). Like D said, maybe it will attract kids and parents, and we did need some updating, but I can't help but think it was better when we attracted them with the people in the church, not the things in it.