CHURCH Pet Peeves

[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?

Some more pet peeves:
-People who won't make their loud kids shut up
-In order to become a member of a church you have to be saved.
-Pastors who always preach about money issues.
-Aggressive drivers on the parking lot.

[pinkies up]

Allowing anyone who says they had a "vision" to preach, actually stand in the pulpit and do a sermon. (Especially when the "preacher" is 7 years old)

[teena]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

-In order to become a member of a church you have to be saved.

Hheheheheeheh

[StarFish106]

1. People who's bad azz kids make more noise than the pastor AND the choir together. Can you cart them outside please and calm them down. thanks.
2. In my church we have ropes that the ushers put across the aisle while the sermon is going on. Now some folks have to go to the bathroom fine but you are supposed to sit in the rear until the sermon is over. NO these folks go back and forth like they are in a movie theater. GO sit down!!
3. Folks that have to be in charge of all of the following (Trustees, Finance, Staff Parish {united methodist thing}) and anything else you can think of. Look if you are low man on the totem pole @ work please don't come to church and try to run everything (wrong on top of it). And don't get mad when you have had that office for the last 20 years and you finally get voted out.
4. People who sign up to cook for events in the church and then try to take home 1/2 the food (that they didn't pay for!!). Also don't call your family from around the corner to come eat for free when the congregation is paying a small donation for it.
5. Not really a peeve but I laugh everytime when the ushers are on the floor and act like this is their firsttime ushering. My mom is in charge of the floor and that frustrates her to no end. I just sit and laugh at how they are doing everything but what they are suppposed to be doing. I try to get their attention so my mom have to fight as hard to get it.

[Granny]

I grew up Catholic and now I attend a Baptist church. When I was Catholic we were in Church for 45 minutes and I hated it. I actually attended a Catholic University and lived next door to the chapel and only went 2 times a year. However now I am in church for 2 hours and it doesn't even bother me.

Since I grew up Catholic I wore jeans to church, it was no big deal. I just didn't do it the Sundays I read the Scriptures. My church is laid back and my pastor is relatively young (about 40) and he don't care so the majority of the folks attending early service (7:45 am) are casual.

[Granny]

We have a sistah in the church who shouts at the same time each Sunday. One day she shouted out one door and came in through the other.

[nikki1920]

Soror, you'd better stop it.. lol

[JustMyself]

Originally Posted by Granny

We have a sistah in the church who shouts at the same time each Sunday. One day she shouted out one door and came in through the other.

lolololol

[Granny]

I am serious!!! If I had a camera I would have put the sista on You Tube.

[33girl]

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.

[PhDiva]

I went to a New Year's Eve/Watchnight type of service at a friend's church (caveat: I'm Catholic) and they put on a church video showing how far they've come from a year ago. Well, in one of the scenes, they were showing how the minister was going to prove God's healing power so people would give more during the offering by healing a man who suffered from cluster headaches. They brought this frail, older man up to the front and the minister got a running start and drop kicked this man right in his chest. The man was so winded that he needed to be helped up and when asked if he had anymore headaches he replied, "no, because I'm still trying to catch my breath." Nobody in the church saw the irony in this but I did and I made a mental note to never, ever complain about Sunday mass, the boring music or going to confession again.

[OOhsoflyDELTA#9]

^^^^^^^WOW at preacher drop kickin the old man!!

[Liv2Luv]

I'm away at school and a friend and I decide to go to a local church in the area. We arrive for morning service and are seated and enjoying service when the pastor gets up to speak. Everytime he gets up to speak the younger children, young adults & teens would start talking as if they were at recess, but nobody says anything to them. Then during sermon, (the youth are still at recess) an usher comes and randomly sits down and talks to another member like they at a coffee shop. The pastor doesn't even blink. My friend and I look at each other like what's really going on. If this happened at my church, the older members and the pastor would quickly say something and correct this behavior. We were just amazed at how laxed everyone was at this.

[nonchalant]

HYPOCRITES

Enough said. I am done, done, done.

[nikki1920]

so what was the story with the church finger?