I could not resist replying to this message. I can remember as a youth attending a church that did not allow its female members to wear pants at all. I ran track in high school and on evenings when we had choir rehersal I would go immediately to the church. Now mind you I wore jeans and polo shirts to school, which meant I was wearing that when I went to church. I ABSOLUTELY COULD NOT ENTER THE SANTUARY WITH OUT PUTTING ON A CHOIR ROBE. Now I must admit I went along with it at that point because that was just the way it was, but now I ask this, did GOD really care that I had on a pair of jeans. I was not dressed scantilly nor wore the clothes revealing, but sometimes people put more emphasis on the clothing issue than God does. Do you think God is really concerned with the way you dress? I ask this becuase people make this an issue because they want people to dress a certain way, so they make this assertion that we should wear certain things. I now wear dresses, skirts and blouses, pants, and during the summer months I even wear sandals with no hose. I also wear hats when I feel like it and that may only be a few times a year.
Secondly, I am kind of wondering why the church felt the need to place a dress code in the bulletin. Was it because people were dressing inappropriately? It does not automatically mean that anyone was dressed inappropriately and yet there is such a thing as dressed inappropriately, regardless of where you are. If your dress is distracting to others and is making it difficult for others to concentrate on their reason for coming to church (prayerfully it is to praise the Lord), then there is a problem. Maybe the congregation is large and they wanted to make sure that everyone was on the same page.
