tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post115291043159347262..comments2024-03-23T14:04:57.635-05:00Comments on Father Hollywood: True Diversity in WorshipRev. Larry Beanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06705910892752648940noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-1153096312136353282006-07-16T19:31:00.000-05:002006-07-16T19:31:00.000-05:00Good post. This reminds me of something that's be...Good post. This reminds me of something that's been very much on my mind recently, and that's when a church divides up its services to try to appeal to different interest groups (i.e. "traditional" vs. "contemporary"). What happens is the old people are shifted off into a little huddle in the small service, and the rest of the hipper family crowd swells out the large service. What a terrible enforcement of segregation!!!Kelly Klageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05183748589797441794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-1152933176530939402006-07-14T22:12:00.000-05:002006-07-14T22:12:00.000-05:00Another good one. I imagine the response would be ...Another good one. I imagine the response would be that CGer's are just wanting to use the biggest net for the local catch. In other words, if your church is in suburbia, do the beatiful people thing, have a predominatly hispanic local, throw in a latina praise band. No matter how it's sliced though it smells like big business mass marketing, and it really does deny the continued worship of saints gone to glory. We must remember that the mega-churches and popular "free" churches are not just crowded because they have cool music, their message is also significantly different than what we confess. Varying from emotionalism to Law driven, it is also what the culture likes to hear, and neither may it be the Gospel. Ultimately I feel this is where our synod's "alternate style" worshipers wish to end up.<BR/>I could go on but won't, thanks for helping to clarify some of my thoughts on this subject these last few posts.<BR/>joannmski, thats the coolest picture I've seen yet.<BR/>Peace<BR/>JackWhey Layhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16066538365787177034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-1152914910147285322006-07-14T17:08:00.000-05:002006-07-14T17:08:00.000-05:00Father Hollywood, those are very great points you ...Father Hollywood, those are very great points you make. I hate the "relevant" church movement, and it is so true, they are trying to be "relevant" to the nicest, whitest, richest demographic possible. All the saints do not have beautiful toothy smiles.joannmskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16623513300054521348noreply@blogger.com