Church ?

[catswhiskas]

I recently lost my husband ,and felt the need to visit a church,used to be a church goer but the last time was in the 80s, am confirmed always visited on holiday etc. These days due to vandalism and theft you can't just walk in, so I thought with it being Easter Sunday I would go.

I couldn't wait to leave it was like being in an American gospel church, people swaying and clapping and hugging one another after it was all finished, is this what it's like now? I know the church has to move on and be modern, perhaps I'm a dinosaur,  what's it like were you live ?

[Khandro]

I don't attend church services, but from what I read of late, the C of E has become dreadfully woke.

You don't have to attend a service to go quietly alone into a church and pray though. 🙂

  

[barry1010]

Not so sure about CofE being woke. Gay couples can't get married in a CofE church

[Old_Geezer]

One may have trouble going quietly alone into a church to pray if the doors are locked between services to avoid theft and/or vandalism.  But in any case the requirement may be for a reverential communial service, not something turned into a social participation pageant.

[Khandro]

 //what's it like were you live ?//

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[vulcan42]

I have found even funerals have become more uplifting these days by celebrating the persons life often with music chosen by the deceased. Sometimes humour is inadvertantly introduced when things go wrong. A few years ago a lady named Sally, wanted a disc of Gracie Fields singing the song "Sally" to be played. Unfortunately the wrong track was played and poor Sally disappeared to Gracie singing " Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye".

[fiveleaves]

You go to a church service to primarily worship God and that can often include lifting your arms, clapping, dancing etc. Nothing at all wrong with that. Just normal human behaviour