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‘Twist and Shout?’ UMC Church Replaces Worship Songs With Beatles Tribute Band
Protestia ^ | July 19, 2025 | staff

Posted on 07/19/2025 8:28:21 PM PDT by Morgana

San Dieguito United Methodist Church is a progressive UMC congregation in Encinitas, CA. Led by Rev. Dr. Mark Maddix, they pride themselves on being a “welcoming and inclusive community” that endeavors to “think critically, love authentically, and serve passionately.”

Rather than believing the bible is inspired and inerrant, they instead “view Scriptures through the lens of church tradition, human reason, and lived experience.”

This low view of scripture perhaps explains a recent church service, where rather than have their usual worship set consisting of songs that praise the Lord and give him glory, they invited a Beatles tribute band to play Beatles tunes, including Let it Be, I Want to Hold Your Hand, Eight Days a Week, and, Twist and Shout.

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1 posted on 07/19/2025 8:28:21 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

UMC is beyond redemption it seems.


2 posted on 07/19/2025 8:32:13 PM PDT by iamgalt
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To: Morgana

Well, that makes sense. They are not a Christian church, so why would anyone expect them to have Christian songs?


3 posted on 07/19/2025 8:32:24 PM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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To: Morgana

Lived experience?? Really?


4 posted on 07/19/2025 8:38:44 PM PDT by SpirituTuo ( )
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To: Morgana

Honestly, that was probably a better use of everyone’s time and less soul-damaging than it they had attempted something “religious.”


5 posted on 07/19/2025 8:39:10 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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To: Morgana

All this to justify perversion.


6 posted on 07/19/2025 8:45:48 PM PDT by From The Deer Stand (Mp)
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To: Morgana

Encore: “Hey Judas”.


7 posted on 07/19/2025 9:06:03 PM PDT by alstewartfan (Old admirals who feel the wind Are never put to sea. Al Stewart)
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To: Morgana

“Jojo was a man who thought he was a woman”

See, it’s perfect!


8 posted on 07/19/2025 9:22:47 PM PDT by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back)
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To: Morgana

Twist and Shout was first released by the Isley Brothers.
Surprised the band didn’t play “Imagine”.
Future dead congregation....why they didn’t play “Highway to Hell” is beyond me.


9 posted on 07/19/2025 9:33:06 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find. )
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To: Morgana
They’re not the only ones. All of the Welcome, LBGTQGQMSPMSXYZ brxs “churches” are doing this crap.

It is asymmetrical warfare against Western Civilization.

10 posted on 07/19/2025 9:45:21 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: bigbob

That was actually “Sweet Loretta Martin”.

Jojo just thought he was a loner, and then took off from Tucson AZ for “California grass”.


11 posted on 07/19/2025 9:58:24 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Getready
Twist and Shout was originally by the Topnotes (1961)
12 posted on 07/19/2025 10:51:48 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Morgana

Church? Who knew.


13 posted on 07/20/2025 3:35:07 AM PDT by dynachrome (Auslander Raus!)
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To: Morgana

When the women of the church all got up and started line-dancing to country music is when I got up and left the last one I attended. Not a lick of respect for the Lord or the church. Righteousness? Holiness? What good is that stuff in this day and age? Toss all that old-fashion “religeous crap” out the window and crank up that Hank Williams Jr. music!!!! Let’s dance, girls!
Me? Gone.


14 posted on 07/20/2025 4:48:38 AM PDT by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: Morgana

Satan’s Army never rests.


15 posted on 07/20/2025 6:36:24 AM PDT by antidemoncrat (In a way ge is right as)
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To: Morgana

The church is just getting back to its pagan roots.


16 posted on 07/20/2025 8:05:34 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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