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melv16 | 18:24 Sun 28th Apr 2019 | Religion & Spirituality

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For the first time in my life I went to a C of E church service this morning.
I've been to weddings, christenings and funerals, but never have I sat through a full service. Dull, dull, dull, dull, dull.
Dull hymns. Dull sermon. Dull readings and loads of dullards.
I don't think I'll be darkening their doors again.

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Rockrose

Strange because my hubby who is catholic says he finds the oroddy church happy clappy

ummmm

Never been to a C of E mass.

The best mass I went to was in Ireland. The priest didn't look up and read so fast it was over in 10 minutes, excluding communion.

Rockrose

lol ummmm they don’t do mass at CofE

wolf63

My brother's kids went to a Catholic primary school that had/has a Preist who has a wife and kids. :-)

If I went all religious I would pick a church where they look like they are having fun.

Theland

Can't argue with that.
I understand some of them are quite lively and informative, and actually preach the gospel, but in my experience, each one is a little social club, somehow making the attendees feel like they have settled their account with God for another week.
No wonder atheists have plenty to mock us for.

ummmm

Don't they, RR, what do they call it? Just a service?

melv16

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I've went to a requim mass many years ago... Chewed my wrists off

maggiebee

Sorry to have such a bad experience melv. If you're ever up this way I'll take you along to our church. Very upbeat young minister, modern hymns and lots of young people around. Very friendly and a cuppa after the service.

-Talbot-

Should have gone to this one.

https://twitter.com/DawnHFoster/status/1122463718342787072

Rockrose

Yes sweetie when I was young and went to church it was very lively

Old_Geezer

God preserve us from upbeat services. They're supposed to allow you to spend time in religious contemplation not be a variety, false social happy clappy entertainment show.

Buenchico

As an atheist, I don't get to many church services. However, some time ago two of my cousins got married just a fortnight apart, both with church services.

The cousin on my father's side got married in a dark and dingy CofE church, with a very traditional service, with the hymns sung (tunelessly) at a pace better suited to a funeral than to a wedding. I couldn't identify anything remotely joyous in the whole ceremony.

The cousin on my mother's side got married in a light and airy Baptist church hall though, where the first thing everyone noticed upon entering was the massive mixing desk for the sound engineer to do his work. However the children's choir who belted out 'Lord of the Dance' at full volume didn't really need any amplification; they were loving every minute of it, as were all of the congregation. The whole thing was totally joyous from start to finish.

Irrespective of whether one believes in God or not, it seems odd to me that the members of some branches of the Christian faith seem intent on 'celebrating' important events in a way which appears to be anything but 'celebratory'. The second service made sense to me; the first one most definitely did not!

Theland

Sadly typical I guess.

Khandro

//Dull, dull, dull, dull, dull.
Dull hymns. Dull sermon. Dull readings and loads of dullards.
I don't think I'll be darkening their doors again.//

I'm sure there's going to be a lot of people lying awake tonight worrying about that.

naomi24

Buenchico, the music at weddings is usually chosen by the couple getting married. Perhaps your relatives just had a poor taste in music. I went to a wedding in a Roman Catholic church recently fully expecting a long and boring ceremony but nothing could have been further from the truth. The happy couple finished it all off by walking back down the aisle to the strains of Katrina & the Waves singing “I’m Walking on Sunshine”. A truly joyful occasion.