CCM is vile. When our “praise trio” gets on stage to sing their typical crap, suddenly nature calls and I MUST go to the restroom. I leave Hubby cringing in the pew.
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Totally agree!
Not to hijack your point, but I’m one of these “bad” people who are sick and tired of praise teams, and praise leaders! I don’t need people to tell me how to worship, when to be emotional, when I need to sing a chorus of a song for the 100th time etc. Their intentions might be good, but they are distracting in my Worship of God! There’s almost no time to have a quiet moment in Church anymore!
And the fog machines...don’t forget the fog machines.
“There’s almost no time to have a quiet moment in Church anymore!”
Really, the proper etiquette for church is — or used to be clearly written in etiquette books — as soon as you enter the sanctuary/auditorium, you take your seat and be prayerfully quiet. That’s how we grew up.
Now, people are fluttering around, chit-chatting, laughing, coffee-klatching, and being overall disrespectful about where they are, and why. (People drinking coffee in church ... arrrgh!) There’s plenty of time before and after the service outdoors, in vestibules, etc., for socializing.