Our pastor suddenly started the hand shaking thing recently, after the second week, I got the cold the family near me has, and I still have some symptoms after two weeks. I am insulin dependant and getting ill affects my blood sugars. I avoid sick people like they have O’Bola. Forced hand shaking with sick people alarms me.
I spoke to the assistant pastor about it, since every church member I talked to after week two of the hand shaking during services was very upset about spreading colds and flu this way.
I hope that this Sunday the sharing of the germs will no longer be going on.The assistant pastor had no idea why the pastor started doing the sharing of the germs during services.
Ours is a very close and friendly congregation and we always have felowship time between services. The forced contact during services is the only thing I have ever found objectionable at our church. I hope the pastor will stop this germ spreading. No one likes it.
Our former pastor always shook hands as people left and then immediately went to “wash off the fellowship” after everyone was gone. LOL I like meet and greet but mostly when I get to visit with friends that I can catch up on. Then it’s hard to stop talking but when I am a stranger or talking to strangers it is awkward especially if one of us are not really new to the church!