Blessing of the Bikes (I'm not kidding!)
In my travels I occasionally get to attend other churches on a Sunday morning. Often it is an enjoyable experience as I find a kindred spirit. Sometimes it is a horrible experience as I find an anti-gospel message dressed up to look like the Christian church. But I would say most times I find what I found in a recent trip: the church is a truly Christian community but is employing every worldly gimmick in the book to attract people. For instance?
I found this as I entered the lobby of one church...
And then found a brochure on my pew/chair advertising an upcoming Sunday morning service called "Blessing of the Bikes" complete with a Harley-Davidson logo. They have a special guest coming. "Dennis Rogers: Named pound for pound the world's strongest man" will "hold back Harleys from taking off at FULL THROTTLE!"
To begin the service there was a 30 minute rock concert in which we were supposed to sing along, but it was distractingly loud and most people simply stood and watched. The lyrics of one song went like this...
Count me in.
Come on count me in.
And you can count me in.
Count me in.
Ooh ooh.
Ooh ooh.
Yes, they actually flashed up on the screen the "word" ooh four times.
On the way out I used the men's room. (Readers know I don't usually give such detail, but I can't resist.) Hanging over the men's urinal was this...
You may not be able to read the caption but it begins, "Excellence is never an accident...." Over the men's urinal?
Out of the men's room I passed "Hebrews Cafe" where I could have purchased a latte had I been so inclined, but I was anxious to get to my car. Fortunately, the church put large speakers in the parking lot blasting Christian music to accompany me.
Here's to EXCELLENCE!
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