religious participation during spring

[Stormy Kromer]

I went to Easter Services today. I'm not going to win any metals for church attendance, participation, or benevolence. But, I got to see some friends, loved ones and neighbors that I never would get to see all at the same place if it weren't for our common church background. We don't get excited who is a member, if you can get through the door you're welcome here.

Thank you.

 

[Koolau]

I went to Easter Services today. I'm not going to win any metals for church attendance, participation, or benevolence. But, I got to see some friends, loved ones and neighbors that I never would get to see all at the same place if it weren't for our common church background. We don't get excited who is a member, if you can get through the door you're welcome here.

Thank you.

I went to 3rd service. It was packed and nearly filled the over flow. Our sign dancers performed one of the Easter songs. Quite moving and beautiful. I marvel at how this Midwestern boy has evolved from the traditional to Island contemporary.

 

[dixonge]

As the child of a Southern Baptist pastor I had my fill of church attendance. I once estimated that I had been in a church for some religious event approximately 10,000 times.

Yesterday it dawned on me that I had not darkened the door of a church (not counting weddings/funerals) on Easter for 25 years! And that probably won't change for the next 25.

I also shared this rather dark piece of art yesterday. I ran across it on social media and couldn't stop laughing at how horrid it was...

 

[athena53]

We don't get excited who is a member, if you can get through the door you're welcome here.

I think that's the right attitude. One newspaper columnist write that when she was young and showed up in church on Christmas or Easter (never attended otherwise), the priest said, "To those of you who are here only at Christmas and Easter... don't come back". She said she didn't... for 20 years. think you should nurture that little bit of whatever that brought them to church that day.

I loved the morbid little cartoon above! A couple of my friends on FB like to post "creepy Easter Bunny" pictures for the 1950s/1960s, usually with some little kid crying on Easter Bunny's lap. I never understood that. I was in a mall with my small granddaughter once and they were doing Easter Bunny pictures. She took one look at the Easter Bunny and said no. OK, her choice.

DS teaches Sunday School and one year a kid asked if the Easter Bunny was real. It was at an age when some of the kids already knew the truth and DS said one kid was eyeing him waiting to see what he said. DS took a deep breath and said no, but they weren't against all the fun eggs-and-bunnies traditions.

 

[HFWR]

…if you can get through the door you're welcome here.

“Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

 

[Lorenzo]

So after our lamb kebab dinner we ended the Easter weekend by watching Life of Brian.

 

[ERD50]

I'm not religious (was raised Catholic, but it didn't stick), but the family gets together for the tradition. Wife and I had a nice breakfast, and I played a recording of Bach's St Matthew Passion for a while, but she got a bit tired of it. So then I put on Jesus Christ, Superstar, which I probably hadn't heard all the way through in over 50 years. Quite an album. I have to say, the streaming services are nice for digging through those rarely played pieces.

 

[HFWR]

I'm not religious (was raised Catholic, but it didn't stick), but the family gets together for the tradition. Wife and I had a nice breakfast, and I played a recording of Bach's St Matthew Passion for a while, but she got a bit tired of it. So then I put on Jesus Christ, Superstar, which I probably hadn't heard all the way through in over 50 years. Quite an album. I have to say, the streaming services are nice for digging through those rarely played pieces.

See my purse, I’m a poor, poor man.