I used to involved in a church that was primarily gay and lesbian, and that drew a lot of its members from Baptist backgrounds, and a lot from Catholic backgrounds. The members wanted and needed to keep Jesus in their lives, but their former churches taught a message that you can't be actively gay and actively a member of that church (and I know that there are people within those churches that believe you can). It left some people wanting worship just like what they are used to, whether that was ritualized and contemplative, or joyful and exhuberant...and others wanting something different in a worship style.
My own experience of St. Tim's is that it IS a good choice for the kids, but that in choosing to be kid-friendly (and to attend the kid-friendly service, which makes sense for him), it means not getting as much in terms of what might be spiritually nourishing for him.
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Re: Worship services
Date: 2005-12-21 03:54 am (UTC)I used to involved in a church that was primarily gay and lesbian, and that drew a lot of its members from Baptist backgrounds, and a lot from Catholic backgrounds. The members wanted and needed to keep Jesus in their lives, but their former churches taught a message that you can't be actively gay and actively a member of that church (and I know that there are people within those churches that believe you can). It left some people wanting worship just like what they are used to, whether that was ritualized and contemplative, or joyful and exhuberant...and others wanting something different in a worship style.
My own experience of St. Tim's is that it IS a good choice for the kids, but that in choosing to be kid-friendly (and to attend the kid-friendly service, which makes sense for him), it means not getting as much in terms of what might be spiritually nourishing for him.