• GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk
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    22 days ago

    It’s like if you went to church, and the vicar said:
    “You know what? I don’t fancy delivering this sermon with moral guidance. Lets just sing 10 hymns in a row.”

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      22 days ago

      … Y’all never had that happen?

      “The Lord has other plans for the service today, so we’re going to continue in this state of worship.”

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        22 days ago

        I grew up JW, and their meetings were very structured and organized. They do sometimes show videos and such, but a congregation is organized around not one pastor or anything but a whole group of them, any of who could do the main Sunday surmon (and I have seen subs often enough). They also have “ministerial servants” who are I guess basically elders(pastors I guess?) in training, and they often handled a lot of stuff too.

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          That makes sense. This church was ‘non-denominational’, which meant that if they could just have the church band play a jam session and still make money, they would.

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      22 days ago

      Honestly? I love hymns. Especially if the congregation sings in four-part harmony. I’d probably enjoy that more than a sermon.