Churches debate whether to marry gays

LOL.

Must be the Evangelical Megachurch answer to this:

A Tribute to Anglo-Catholics
(tune: Aurelia: The Church’s One Foundation)

Our church is mighty spikey
with smells and bells and chants,
And Palestrina masses
that vex the Protestants.
O happy ones and holy
who fall upon their knees
For solemn Benediction
and mid-week Rosaries.

Though with a scornful wonder
men see our clergy, dressed
In rich brocaded vestments
as slowly they process;
Yet saints their watch are keeping
lest souls be set alight
Not by the Holy Spirit,
but incense taking flight.

Now we on earth have union
with Lambeth, not with Rome,
Although the wags and cynics
may question our true home;
But folk masses and bingo
can’t possibly depose
The works of Byrd and Tallis,
or Cranmer’s stately prose.

(Here shall the organist modulate)

So let the organ thunder,
sound fanfares “en chamade”;
Rejoice, for we are treading
where many saints have trod;
Let peals ring from the spire,
sing descants to high C,
Just don’t let your elation
disrupt the liturgy.

That is what we plan to do, try different churches and see where we fit in.

Our religions differ so much we are having trouble finding a middle ground. I’ve been Assembly of God since I was 14. He has been in the most formal churches all his life. We both are conservatives.

He is a retired Navy Senior Chief, loves to sing in the choir (Bass), I can’t carry a tune in a tin bucket, but love singing the old hymns. For me they have a message and a meaning that these praise choruses don’t come close to having.

We thought we would start out at Bethel Assembly next to Bartlett UMC, which he said is to big for him as he has never been in a Assembly of God church.

We have become use to churches with 65-75 OLD people, with a few grand kids coming with them.

We were going to Schoolfield UMC until it closed (a church built for 400, down to 65 old people), and the congregations scattered to other UMC churches.

We have just gone through the process of looking for a new home church as well. I took the opportunity to visit a lot of different churches...even ones that I knew we would never attend as a home church. I have been in Assembly of God or Christian Missionary Alliance churches most of my adult life but we finally settled into a Baptist church. My advice would be to take your time and just visit churches...God will show you where you should end up.

God bless

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