.....noticed the church wasn't even half full. Sure, it was 6:30am, but you'd think there'd be more worshipers. At least that's the way it was in years past. Anyone else had a similar experience?
Went to Christmas morning mass and....
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I'm not Catholic, so I'm not sure of the specific importance of special days like Christmas (Jesus' birthday) or Easter (Resurrection Day) as far as special worship services. I'd also be curious to know if the population of Catholics in general in the USA has gone down due to all the bad publicity regarding the child molesting priests and the seemingly apathetic stance taken by the Papacy.
My views on the Christian religion in general involving attendance are as follows. I'm in Kentucky, so I think this will be pretty accurate for the South and for other rural areas around the country.
There are 2 types of churches now. Churches that are dynamic, singing contemporary songs, having alternative worship styles (like drums, guitars, bass, dance, etc.) that are growing, and churches that are dying, made up of folks who are mostly 40 and above and want to do everything like they did it in the past. That said, the churches around here that are dynamic have more attendance than ever before. The second type are poorly attended and well off their traditional attendance highs.
Now, being dynamic does not mean that u have to change your doctrine or what u stand for, I wanted to make that clear. So, in answer, I think it depends on what type of church u attend. Personally, we have more than we ever had. I would guess that the Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopal, and possibly Methodist churches are down in numbers secondary to the traditional, ritualistic, non-dynamic nature of the services (I'm not dogging somebody's religion here, just stating my observances).
My views on the Christian religion in general involving attendance are as follows. I'm in Kentucky, so I think this will be pretty accurate for the South and for other rural areas around the country.
There are 2 types of churches now. Churches that are dynamic, singing contemporary songs, having alternative worship styles (like drums, guitars, bass, dance, etc.) that are growing, and churches that are dying, made up of folks who are mostly 40 and above and want to do everything like they did it in the past. That said, the churches around here that are dynamic have more attendance than ever before. The second type are poorly attended and well off their traditional attendance highs.
Now, being dynamic does not mean that u have to change your doctrine or what u stand for, I wanted to make that clear. So, in answer, I think it depends on what type of church u attend. Personally, we have more than we ever had. I would guess that the Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopal, and possibly Methodist churches are down in numbers secondary to the traditional, ritualistic, non-dynamic nature of the services (I'm not dogging somebody's religion here, just stating my observances).
hi , just got back from the christmas parties....!!!
being raised in the roman catholic faith...( never said i was a role model...)
IMHO: the popularity ( was there ever..?) of roman catholicism seems to be on the wane. Even more so with the current globilisation of greed and corruption that has been bred into our world as we know it.
I tend to ignore all of it ( cause ignorance is bliss...)
but what the fawk, 630am in the morning???
that's too early for me.
i prefer the saturday 445pm Mass.
being raised in the roman catholic faith...( never said i was a role model...)
IMHO: the popularity ( was there ever..?) of roman catholicism seems to be on the wane. Even more so with the current globilisation of greed and corruption that has been bred into our world as we know it.
I tend to ignore all of it ( cause ignorance is bliss...)
but what the fawk, 630am in the morning???
that's too early for me.
i prefer the saturday 445pm Mass.
