Nicked from robingal1 . This is about what most of service was like last night.
Attn: People who are going to church this Easter!
I give you what I call "Church Aerobics".
Speaker/Preacher/Pastor/Deacon/Whatever: Morning Brethren! Let's all stand and sing such and such song on page 97 in your hymnal.
Everyone: *stands* *sings*
Speaker: You may be seated.
Everyone: *sits*
...
Speaker: Now let’s stand and sing...
Everyone: *stands* *sings*
Speaker: You may be seated.
Everyone: *sits*
...
Speaker: Let us stand and pray.
Everyone: *stands* *bows their heads*
Speaker: Amen. You may be seated.
Everyone: *lifts heads* *sits*
...
Speaker: And to end our service today, let us sing...
Everyone: *stands* *sings*
Speaker: God Bless you all and have a Happy Easter!
Everyone: *mass hugging ensues* <-- Think of this as the "cool-down" excercises. *mass exodus from Church*
See? Church Aerobics!
This is about what service was like last night, only our mass exodus was from the chapel to the kitchen. Plus, it was a very quiet mass exodus, as the ending of Maundy Thursday services are rather somber, what with the stripping of the alter, and that taking down of stuff, and the trying not to trip on the chapel stairs while holding a bucket of crosses. The quiet dinner confused Meredith a bit and we were both glad when we all started talking again. It was a bit weird: bunch of people, sitting on couches, eating, looking at each other, not saying much if anything.
It will probably be about the same this afternoon! I have been asked to carry the cross in the Good Friday service today. Bit nervous about it. It is supposedly a big cross and I don't want to drop it on my foot and start swearing like a sailor in the middle of church. Okay, I might not curse. But I don’t want to drop it. That wouldn’t be, uhhh, kosher. Otherwise it should be fun.
What I want to know is why is it called Good Friday? The Greeks call it Black Friday, and the Malkits and Armenians call Holy Friday or Dark Friday, depending on the context of the translation into English. So why do we call it Good? What's so good about it? That Man got nailed to a cross, for Christ's sake (pun intended). Sunday is supposed to be Good. It is the response to the bad. To call what is negative positive, however, is to negate the negative. Good things should be a reaction to bad things or stem from good things. But we usually call the crucifixion bad. So is it in fact good? Or are our definitions skewed? Wouldn't that make the universe explode? I'll ask Pastor later.
For now, I have to do some stuff with Pragmatism and then go to class and then church. So filled with questions and bagels right now.
TTFN =P
I give you what I call "Church Aerobics".
Speaker/Preacher/Pastor/Deacon/Whatever: Morning Brethren! Let's all stand and sing such and such song on page 97 in your hymnal.
Everyone: *stands* *sings*
Speaker: You may be seated.
Everyone: *sits*
...
Speaker: Now let’s stand and sing...
Everyone: *stands* *sings*
Speaker: You may be seated.
Everyone: *sits*
...
Speaker: Let us stand and pray.
Everyone: *stands* *bows their heads*
Speaker: Amen. You may be seated.
Everyone: *lifts heads* *sits*
...
Speaker: And to end our service today, let us sing...
Everyone: *stands* *sings*
Speaker: God Bless you all and have a Happy Easter!
Everyone: *mass hugging ensues* <-- Think of this as the "cool-down" excercises. *mass exodus from Church*
See? Church Aerobics!
This is about what service was like last night, only our mass exodus was from the chapel to the kitchen. Plus, it was a very quiet mass exodus, as the ending of Maundy Thursday services are rather somber, what with the stripping of the alter, and that taking down of stuff, and the trying not to trip on the chapel stairs while holding a bucket of crosses. The quiet dinner confused Meredith a bit and we were both glad when we all started talking again. It was a bit weird: bunch of people, sitting on couches, eating, looking at each other, not saying much if anything.
It will probably be about the same this afternoon! I have been asked to carry the cross in the Good Friday service today. Bit nervous about it. It is supposedly a big cross and I don't want to drop it on my foot and start swearing like a sailor in the middle of church. Okay, I might not curse. But I don’t want to drop it. That wouldn’t be, uhhh, kosher. Otherwise it should be fun.
What I want to know is why is it called Good Friday? The Greeks call it Black Friday, and the Malkits and Armenians call Holy Friday or Dark Friday, depending on the context of the translation into English. So why do we call it Good? What's so good about it? That Man got nailed to a cross, for Christ's sake (pun intended). Sunday is supposed to be Good. It is the response to the bad. To call what is negative positive, however, is to negate the negative. Good things should be a reaction to bad things or stem from good things. But we usually call the crucifixion bad. So is it in fact good? Or are our definitions skewed? Wouldn't that make the universe explode? I'll ask Pastor later.
For now, I have to do some stuff with Pragmatism and then go to class and then church. So filled with questions and bagels right now.
TTFN =P