Hands up 'Who goes to church?'

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Last time I went was my sisters funeral' few years now -never been keen on weddings -
and so i dont really go unless really called too...i have nothing against the church' i do
find them rather calming when iam in there ...

So do go often especially on a Sunday ' or did you stop attending for a reason .
 

I usually say that "the last time I went to church, they called me names and threw water at me." 🤣 As a child I was dragged to church by Scottish Presbyterian parents and I hated it. I never had any real belief in religion.

I only got married in church because there was not the broad choice of venues that there are today. In Scotland, Humanist weddings now outnumber all others. My children have never been baptised and since getting married (46 years ago) I've only been to church for a couple of weddings and funerals.

I'm only aware of one person in the village who attends church regularly. The village church closed many years ago. The nearest village has both Church of Scotland and Episcopal churches. I don't think they have big congregations.
 
I usually go every Sun {weather permitting} to our early service which starts at 8:15
Its held in our chapel,we have communion each wk,no choir the service is over around 9
 

I religiously avoid church services.

I grew up in a church-going family and attended regularly until I was old enough to make up my own mind about such things.

When I was a tweenager, I remember having to put green stamps in books for my mother on those Sundays when I didn't go to church with her. I never told my mother that instead of licking them I used a sponge to wet them.

I think the last time I was in a church was for a funeral in the late 80s early 90s.

I have nothing against attending church or those that get some comfort from it, it's just not for me and my personal beliefs.
 
Nope.

I was raised Catholic, and attended church every Sunday with my parents. Once I left home I never went back. I've been in churches over the years, for weddings, baptisms, funerals etc., but don't go to routine services.

While I am not particularly religious, I am very spiritual.
 
treeguy64 said:
As a ULC Ordained Minister, I'm good at carrying on my own services, right at home, when the spirit hits me.
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No disrespect intended @treeguy64, just a question. Was this an online certification?

I have several friends who became ordained through online certifications, and now, at least in Tennessee (I have no idea if this is a State or Federal mandate) those certifications are no longer valid. The marriages they performed were legal, they just can't perform them anymore. At least not legally.
 
Usually, we go on Saturday night to mass, but if my wife gets up in time, I enjoy the 6:00 a.m. Sunday morning mass the best. The Sunday choir is better than the Saturday evening choir. I truly enjoy and am inspired by our choir singing the music that I haven’t heard, especially at Christmas time.
 
A young boy was staring at the pictures of veterans on the wall outside of church..The pastor saw him and asked the boy what he was staring at? The boy asked "who are these men in the picture?" The pastor replied that they where men who had died during the service. Then the boy asked "8:00AM or 10:00AM Serivce"?
 
I was raised Catholic and because the school was close to where we live, my mother sent me to Catholic school for 8 years. During that time I was in church for one reason or another 7 days a week. Luckily my parents weren't very religious so I didn't grow up in a house like that. Once I went to public high school, I left organized religion behind and never looked back. I understand that some need or want that in their lives, that's their choice and I respect it, but no, it's not for me. Years back when my sister came to visit, I took her to church a couple of times on Sunday, she still is a practicing Catholic. We were married by a justice of the peace, not in a church, by choice.
 
Go to Bible Church: Preacher reads straight from the bible--not his opinion, rather what the bible says.
He will attempt to explain difficult passages, but immediately returns to the bible.
I do not go to church to hears opinions, I go to hear the 'word.'

I know all about sin, really difficult to live spiritually, but I feel a bit cleaner when I go to church.
 
I went to church regularly during my youth, stepped away for about 15 years, then returned for at least 20 years. After a time I became very disillusioned with organized religion and left it altogether. Hubby and I miss our friends terribly, but not enough to sit through an hour of exclusionary messages that we simply don't believe.
 
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Aunt Bea said:
I religiously avoid church services.

I grew up in a church-going family and attended regularly until I was old enough to make up my own mind about such things.

When I was a tweenager, I remember having to put green stamps in books for my mother on those Sundays when I didn't go to church with her. I never told my mother that instead of licking them I used a sponge to wet them.

I think the last time I was in a church was for a funeral in the late 80s early 90s.

I have nothing against attending church or those that get some comfort from it, it's just not for me and my personal beliefs.
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Nor mine. What you describe is probably the case with most people; they'll participate in religious activities because they were brought up that way, then they'll do what they want when they get older.
My parents were Jewish. They were not especially religious; they liked the "cultural" aspect of it. My mom was a Hebrew school teacher & I frequently heard Rabbis scolding her for "not giving her children a Jewish upbringing." It always made me laugh.
The couple of times I was taken to synagogue, I was amused at how many people were napping during the Rabbi's sermon, but how quickly they woke up when refreshments were served.
There is nothing wrong with people doing whatever gives them comfort.
 
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I haven't been to church since some time in the 90s when a minister friend invited me to his church. Haven't been there since that one time.

I was raised Catholic and went to a Catholic school for the first four grades of school. I really couldn't stand the church services and it was torture sitting through them because they were in Latin and lasted for 2 hours or so.

I decided church is not for me.
 
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