tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post1086991068926416515..comments2023-10-23T12:09:50.512-04:00Comments on Clergy Confidential: Top Ten Reasons NOT to Go to Church This SummerTim Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913584491460599491noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post-44934869805536650272011-06-17T12:57:50.000-04:002011-06-17T12:57:50.000-04:00I don't think it's an accident that the se...I don't think it's an accident that the second reading this Sunday begins, "Finally, sisters and brothers, farewell". See, even the people who put together the lectionary know the score! I wonder if Paul wrote those words in June?Sarah Brockmannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post-72374929271441304922011-06-17T11:29:41.000-04:002011-06-17T11:29:41.000-04:00We never went to synagogue services during the sum...We never went to synagogue services during the summer because my mother said, "God goes on vacation." Given what little grace and mercy there was on the home front from June through August, I believe she might have been correct.Meredith Gouldhttp://meredithgould.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post-88672094049940384582011-07-02T01:28:43.000-04:002011-07-02T01:28:43.000-04:00How about this one: I'm from southern Ohio and...How about this one: I'm from southern Ohio and am so glad there's a Graeter's in Hingham now, that I'm spending the whole summer there. (Seriously, you should go. I grew up on the stuff....)amymccreathhttp://livingwatertown.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post-16968468509894338822011-06-17T10:45:47.000-04:002011-06-17T10:45:47.000-04:00Here's one I'd never heard before: "...Here's one I'd never heard before: "Our 8:00 congregation will not come to church this summer because the Vestry decided to hold only one service and we don't want to miss breakfast." (Service times were changed from 8 & 10:30 to 9:30, which evidently is smack in the middle of the traditional breakfast schedule. The Rite (II) was not a problem, nor was music an issue. Just breakfast -- Break-Fast)Barbara Baxternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post-73721244942161916662011-06-17T15:17:26.000-04:002011-06-17T15:17:26.000-04:00Air conditioning? I can't recall ever been hot...Air conditioning? I can't recall ever been hot in church... but wait! Here in Europe we built most of them with thick stone walls: Cold in summer, warm in winter, expansive in maintenance...Bundesbedenkenträgerhttp://bundesbedenkentraeger.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post-7059858708543578142011-06-21T10:25:42.000-04:002011-06-21T10:25:42.000-04:00Thanks for this Tim! #7 especially.Thanks for this Tim! #7 especially.Lisa Keppelernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post-16856755735027335022011-06-22T04:23:05.000-04:002011-06-22T04:23:05.000-04:00YUP! It's TOO DARN HOT in our church! spending...YUP! It's TOO DARN HOT in our church! spending umpteen thousands to maintain the church and campus, but so hot in church Im ready to expire! It's time to put some creature comfort into our worship experience...There's just only so much suffering I can take!Dannynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post-34809626820383853392011-08-13T16:25:25.000-04:002011-08-13T16:25:25.000-04:00Amen 10 times over! Love it!Amen 10 times over! Love it!klamachhttp://pangelinguagloriosi.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com