Some of my clients sent this over to me as they were pretty certain I’d enjoy a little stab at church.
One of the elements I like about this is the blatant ‘we will cater to whatever whim you have’ when it comes to programming & worship in the church. Now, providing some services for people is fine, but often times they are provided under the ‘keeping up with the Jones’s’ motivation versus an actual mission of the church. When church is, essentially, a place of transactional goods and services then it is an option for me to choose from (like any other business). When church is a community and place of transformation then it is harder to call it an option versus an integral part of ones life.
Excellent clip by the duo from Portlandia – willing to poke fun at both the church for trying to fit in. In some ways the changes are great – as they are only superficial; however, some of the other changes are a little deeper making church another option to put somewhere in a long list of busy priorities as part of our lives, that competes for our time…