How Many Here Attend Church?

[Lightkeeper]

Do you attend church. Do you have an alternative to church?

 

[standing_on_one_foot]

Well, synagogue, yeah...not weekly, but still, not just holidays either.

 

[Bastet]

I think I've set foot in a church 3 times in the last 10 years (once to be polite to the people I was staying with - I lasted until the first hymn before I walked out; once for a christening; once for a funeral). They make me very uncomfortable.

 

[Lightkeeper]

I don't attend church regularly, but I love churches. I especially like to go into them during the week when no one else is there. I feel very at peace.

 

[Ceridwen018]

Yeah, I go to church....why are you laughing?

Lol, my mom makes me. She suffers from acute denial. I don't mind too much though. Who knows? Maybe I will experience that unexplainable and sudden conversion she's hoping for.

 

[Green Gaia]

I attend a UU church, whenever I can get the kids up and organized early enough to go, which hasn't been enough lately. Gotta get back in the habit, I really miss it.

 

[meogi]

Yeah, I go to church....why are you laughing?

Lol, my mom makes me. She suffers from acute denial. I don't mind too much though. Who knows? Maybe I will experience that unexplainable and sudden conversion she's hoping for.

Me too! At least when I'm in America... I go more as support for my mother though... she's going through some tough stuff right now

 

[Doc]

I go to church but I get more out of meditating at home in my room before I go to bed each night. It helps clear my mind and I sleep better at night. If I go to church too often whether serving or not, I feel like I am going through the motions I mentally wander off.

 

[Druidus]

My church is nature, and I go every day.

By the way Doc, could you explain Franciscanism? Does it have anything to do with St. Francis? Back when I was Catholic, St. Francis was my Patron Saint.

 

[Feathers in Hair]

I kind of attend church... I write poetry, essays about the joys I find in the the plant/ earth/ mineral/ animal kingdoms and about my beliefs, and I try to organize others into gathering for a religious worship (what is that phrase about 'herding cats'?) There isn't really any organized meeting place that I feel comfortable in spiritually, at the moment, though.

 

[Engyo]

I chose other; my situation is a bit hard to describe. My sangha is still very small; while we are incorporated, and recognized by our national group as a temple, we still meet in my home. We also participate in a local CRS center; mostly with their youth group, as our sangha isn't large enough to have established a youth group as yet.

 

[martha]

I used to go to church every day. It grew increasingly more difficult to be there by 7:30 am considering I have to get dressed, walk the dog and then walk twelve blocks to get there. It is easier in the winter because I don't have to worry about what I am wearing, I can go in my pajamas if need be as long a I have my long coat on.
I attend Mass on weekends and I am a lector ( someone who reads the Word at Mass).
I enjoy Church and sometimes wish Mass was longer. I would love to sing and praise God longer. Perhaps I should be a Baptist, eh beloved?

Joyfully in Jesus,

Martha

 

[SoulTYPE]

Does this apply to churches of all religions?

 

[Scott1]

I attend Mass every Sunday and usually 2-3 times during the week.

 

[robtex]

I attend a UU church. I would love to hear meogi thoughts on it since you are an athiest....the church that is. I do more study on my own though....I consider this part of my study.

 

[cardero]

Lightkeeper writes: I don't attend church regularly, but I love churches. I especially like to go into them during the week when no one else is there. I feel very at peace.

For many years previous, I couldn’t quite understand Churches but a close friend of mine shared with me this same explanation and since I Understood her I UNDERSTAND why some people enjoy BEing in them.

Druidus writes: Back when I was Catholic, St. Francis was my Patron Saint.

If I REMEMBER CORRECTLY that is like your Confirmation name, right? My Confirmation name was The Apostle Peter.

SOGFPP writes: I attend Mass every Sunday and usually 2-3 times during the week.

SOGFFP besides mass, are there other responsibilities you are involved in with the Church? Do you teach?

 

[Scott1]

SOGFFP besides mass, are there other responsibilities you are involved in with the Church? Do you teach?

Thanks for the question carrdero.
I teach a RCIA (classes for new Catholics) for adult converts in my parrish and do a few non-theological things like work at the parrish school bingo etc.

 

[Master Vigil]

My church is where I can meditate. So that includes my house, the woods, my school, my girlfriends house, my parents house, etc... I do often go to many different churches. Different christian churches, jewish temples, buddhist temples, I even went to a muslim service once. I find the woods, catholic churches, and buddhist temples to be the most spiritual. So I go to those more often than the others.

 

[jewscout]

Well i go to shul not a church but same difference i suppose.:jiggy: I also attend functions during the week and i'm trying to get in the habit of praying 3 times a day but it's hard.

 

[huajiro]

Not to offend anyone, but I am completely against Churches. I feel that once you get something like a building involved in religion/spirituality it turns it into something material, as the building creates an expense, this allows someone the opportunity to capitalize on others. A building isn't even necessary.