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Originally posted by Dionysus
I can't attend to ANYTHING more than an hour. Most of us can't. I have no problem dedicating more than an hour to church/God, but not at the same time. I'm both in a community group and in a college ministry at my current church. With that I spend the same amount of time (4 or more hours) as I did at my last church, it's just spread out.
I started going to my current church when I was almost 18 (3 years ago). I learned MUCH MUCH more in these last three years at this church, than I did in 17 years at my old one.
Also, just because the service is long it does not mean that you will always get more out of it. Both churches I attended did the same amount of things (i.e. songs, sermon), it's just that my old church fooled around a lot. For example, they took about a HOUR to make announcements, usually the same ones.
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About two weeks ago I was invited to attend the Women's Day at the (Baptist) church where I spent my childhood. Since I was part of the procession, I got there at 10:15, and service started about 11:15. I expected service to last until 2:00-2:30. I didn't have a watch on. When I got to my car and started the ignition, the time on my radio said 3:48 p.m. 3:48!! No wonder people started leaving!
Also during this service, I was taken aback at the number of women who wore pantsuits and slacks, and the younger girls who had on what I call "hooker heels." (This church used to display a sign in the vestibule -- Ladies No Pants, so I never had an opportunity to buck the system.)