I’m an old fashioned type baptist and I HATE the hand shaking with a passion. Seriously, if you want to shake hands and say howdy, get there ten minutes early.
I hear you. The church I attend does this couple minutes of greeting people and shaking hands in the middle of the service, which I find very disruptive and honestly, hypocritical.
People will come up and smile and shake my hand who otherwise, have never and do not, give me the time of day otherwise.
I can live without their hypocrisy. If they can't be bothered to talk to me outside of that two minutes of the service, don't bother then either.
I am also beginning to wonder about the wisdom of that considering the circumstances out country is finding itself in between the possibilities of an Ebola outbreak, and the disease that is coming in over the borders with the hugh influx of illegals.