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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
All this church is a stage
csmonitor.com: "There aren't any pews in the sanctuary of the majestic Union Street Brick Church in downtown Bangor but spotlights are strung along the mezzanine facing the altar. "
5 comments:
Anonymous
said...
This is such a great idea. Even though I think that religion should be about personal beliefs, it's nice to see the principles of community being reinforced through this congregation. Don't think I'd ever attend the Sunday morning services, but the other events sound fun. Definitely a good way to boost church attendance.
This is a very daring thing to do. Especially with such an organization as the Church. I have to say though, that I feel as though this could lead to performances that are structured to "preach" at us. Not something I particularly want to deal with. It was the Catholic Church that changed me to agnostic in the first place......I am going to stop now for fear of typing angry.
I think that this is a great way of bringing more people back to church. I know when I was little whenever my parents mentioned going to church I instantaneously dreaded whatever I was going back to however, these different events like watching movies and performances might add a interest in whats going on in ones religion
This seems like a really cool idea. I love when churches are more theatrical, especially when sermons become more animated and interesting. Otherwise I find church to be quite dull. I am glad that they are aware they might offend people and that they are okay with that. That is important. Hopefully people will be accepting of this, but if someone doesn't like it, they don't have to attend. Easy as that.
This is a great thing to do. I wholeheartedly agree with everything Varsenik said. the church should ideally be the people, not the building, and if there is a strong community and people can be together so easily and not just sit and listen but also have social events then this is doing its job and props to 'em.
5 comments:
This is such a great idea. Even though I think that religion should be about personal beliefs, it's nice to see the principles of community being reinforced through this congregation. Don't think I'd ever attend the Sunday morning services, but the other events sound fun. Definitely a good way to boost church attendance.
This is a very daring thing to do. Especially with such an organization as the Church. I have to say though, that I feel as though this could lead to performances that are structured to "preach" at us. Not something I particularly want to deal with. It was the Catholic Church that changed me to agnostic in the first place......I am going to stop now for fear of typing angry.
I think that this is a great way of bringing more people back to church. I know when I was little whenever my parents mentioned going to church I instantaneously dreaded whatever I was going back to however, these different events like watching movies and performances might add a interest in whats going on in ones religion
This seems like a really cool idea. I love when churches are more theatrical, especially when sermons become more animated and interesting. Otherwise I find church to be quite dull. I am glad that they are aware they might offend people and that they are okay with that. That is important. Hopefully people will be accepting of this, but if someone doesn't like it, they don't have to attend. Easy as that.
This is a great thing to do. I wholeheartedly agree with everything Varsenik said. the church should ideally be the people, not the building, and if there is a strong community and people can be together so easily and not just sit and listen but also have social events then this is doing its job and props to 'em.
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