tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581050.post3778512940928599638..comments2024-03-21T05:10:57.134+00:00Comments on Mustard Seed Shavings: False CommunitySteve Tilleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17400505989949096631noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581050.post-57189297659267943892010-01-07T17:08:48.520+00:002010-01-07T17:08:48.520+00:00st wrote:
What does this say to those of us who g...st wrote:<br /><br /><i>What does this say to those of us who go to a lot of trouble to make the worship experience in our churches a great event? Will we find it easy to get newcomers to a special event but increasingly difficult to get them to listen, watch or take part? </i><br /><br />What a fascinating question... growing from reflections on what seems to have been an interesting programme... where can I see it?<br /><br />But I wonder if question might miss a possible answer. Maybe, 'getting people' in is just not what's needed nowadays? Maybe, we need to be 'out there', finding ways of doing-spirituality-with others in different ways? <br /><br />hmm, some more thinking to do...Caroline Toohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751846730467721675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581050.post-42302367100252102742010-01-07T15:09:21.499+00:002010-01-07T15:09:21.499+00:00Outside of the bastions of the chattering classes,...Outside of the bastions of the chattering classes, I think we are still quite well behaved at concerts in the UK. However, I am always amazed at the amount of constant background chatter that goes on at American concerts (I listen to a lot of American concert recordings). What is it with them? Don't they pay for their tickets? If someone talked at the Sage, Gateshead in the middle of a performance they would be cast out of society for the rest of their lives.MadPriesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120376342802143188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581050.post-86034670583361755012010-01-06T19:22:53.992+00:002010-01-06T19:22:53.992+00:00You just need to get out more.You just need to get out more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581050.post-4690472907685601662010-01-06T15:31:14.978+00:002010-01-06T15:31:14.978+00:00Thanks Steve, good reflections. I saw it as well -...Thanks Steve, good reflections. I saw it as well - it's quite unusual for me to catch any evening telly at the moment. I was wondering how the 'kidulthood' thing worked with church - if people want to act young, and church is associated with the old, then the only church things they might go for are either the Heritage Experience, or events with kids/grandchildren that bring back wispy memories of childhood (Christmas)David Keenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11872644403415655350noreply@blogger.com