Frazz by Jef Mallett for September 16, 2013

I usually have a difficult time leaving after our Church service is done. So much catching up and making sure new people feel welcome

This may seem racist, but at every single service we have I wonder how our lame, reserved singing compares to “black” churches.

Ah, church. Our pastor is quite popular – partially because he mixes his sermons with standup comedy.

there are some churches which are scams. others have their congregations using their smartphones while preacher does his sermon and the choir sings.

We have a wonderful music ministry in our church (Catholic). We sing all types of hymns, from the old Latin classics to spiritual songs sung by slaves to gospel music to modern favorites. Our choir is a great mix of many cultures – the environment of the church and liturgy is very uplifting.

Not to change the church-subject, but Caufied just used the subjunctive case!

Called ‘bein’ retired’

Gary Owens – Black church vs. White churchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB1d2WZIfmU

I was in an African church service in Tanzania a few years back. Most embarrassing moment was when the pastor asked if there were any visitors – my wife and I were the only white folks in a congregation of a couple thousand, so we stood out like sore thumbs. The music was great, though a lot of it was the same songs and hymns we sing over here, only sung in Kiswahili.

trollope’sreader: I totally missed that; probably because I am one of the last to habitually use the subjunctive when it is needed.

I would only go to a religious establishment if I could profit from it.

When I retired nearly 3 years ago, Monday became my FAVORITE day of the week!! The beginning of another week not dragging myself to work, yippee!!

Potrzebie: When the fad of religion from WW-II died in the 1950s, I was in the educational ministry, not pulpit, and as churches cut their budgets I was unemployed. I went back to the congregation I served in seminary and said the same things that I did back then to yawns and “What do you expect from seminarians?” On the repeat, I noticed one class member literally on the edge of his seat, listening. At that point I realized I could do my ministry better without a “Rev.” in front of my name. I have since performed the same ministry, but with income from “secular” sources. Income was around the poverty line and I had to go into exile once, but I kept on keeping on. As one of my fellow seminarians said when segregationists refused to pay his salary, “I was called to be a minister of the gospel, I was not called to collect a salary.” Church membership is no longer required to be “respectable” nor to make sales contacts. The loss of those is what has caused loss of membership. The faithful are still there.