Posted on 12/20/2022 9:29:13 AM PST by Sam's Army
It might be more pleasant to stay at home around the fire with the family, but worship on this holy day matters more than you think
What they will not have is church on Sunday, Dec. 25. On Christmas Day, StoneBridge will offer a simple community breakfast, but no religious services.
“We still believe in the Sunday morning experience, but we have to meet people where they are,” Mr. Chitwood said.
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I am not sure the weather will be cooperative..,,l
"You should be in church on Christmas. This is non-negotiable. Christmas morning and Sunday morning are only in tension with one another because Christians have their priorities screwed up."
I’ll be at Church on Christmas Eve, but not Christmas day. This has mainly to do with I’ll be driving my Dad, and his fiance to my Sister’s house which is 2 hours away, and he wants to leave at 10am which is when my Church service starts. But I am normally in Church every Sunday.
Pretty sure those weren't the instructions Christ gave to the Apostles when he sent them out....
It is not actually more pleasant to stay home.
I like to be where God wants me to be. We are called to weekly assembly for worship unless providentially hindered.
2 years ago, the lawmakers declared that churches are “unessential” in america.
The vast majority of churches across the country agreed and closed up.
Good call. It’s not “Go forth and meet people where they are.”
It’s “Go forth and make disciples.”
One can’t avoid meeting people where they are when meeting people but the point remains.
It is midnight mass for me and mine.
Wife and I are planning on going. Temp here in NW GA should be about 14F at sunrise, with the high of 35F late afternoon. Maybe not truly cold for northern freepers, but darn cold here in GA.
I don’t go where pedos roam.
Using the Jewish say structure, Christmas would start at sundown on Dec. 24, so going to a Christmas Eve service in the evening would be going to church on be going to church on Christmas Day.
That said, we will be attending church at 4:00 Christmas Eve and again at 9:30 Christmas Day. Why would a Christian NOT be at church on these days if they possibly can?
I was thinking I had to get a substitute teacher for my Sunday School, but then I found out church was cancelled. Silly me, I thought Christmas on Sunday was a BOGO. I’m visiting my son this Christmas and I will join his family for Sunday/Christmas mass. When people say to me they can worship God anywhere, even on top of a mountain, I reply “when was the last time you went up the mountain?”
Why?
So I can be instructed by a Prog America Hating Doofus, sit next to pretentious climbers, or give money to a gang of Illegal Alien abettors?
Better to sip some single malt, and massage the feet of my Everyday Gift from Heaven.
She’s happy with that idea too.
No Latin Mass in the area or I would.
What's really disheartening is how many churches are canceling or rearranging services as if they were the lesser priority, or not holding Christmas even services that used to be so universal. Better to have an empty service and let the shame of it come home to the congregation than let the anti-Christian culture govern their actions.
We’ll go to Communion on Saturday at 2:00, and regular service Sunday morning. Looking forward to it.
I’m churched out. Started going when I was 2 (Nursery), then every Sunday School, Sunday Morning Service, Sunday night service, Wed night service. Dad was the choir director so Sunday Night Practice Wed Night practice. To top it off I went to the church associated school through 12th grade. I have had enough church in my life. Never going back.
Great article! Thanks for posting.
Last time I went to a church on Christmas Eve, we got to “watch” Mass on a close-circuit TV in a crowded, hot, and stuffy overflow room.
Time after that I dropped off family and stayed in the car waiting in a nearby mall parking lot since the parking was full.
Modern churches are not really suited for bringing one closer to God.
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