At our 2013 Church Weekend, Greg Frost shared a notice he’d come across from a church wishing to welcome all comers. Should we take the sentiments to heart, do you think?
We extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, gay, filthy rich, dirt poor.
We extend a special welcome to those who are crying, to new-borns, to those who are skinny as a rake and to those who could afford to lose a few pounds.
We welcome you if you can sing like Pavarotti, or are like our Pastor (who can’t carry a note in a bucket). You’re welcome here if you’re ‘just browsing’, just woken up or just got out of prison.
We don’t care if you are more religious than the Archbishop of Canterbury or haven’t been in church
since little Jack’s christening.
We extend a special welcome to those who are over 60 but not grown up yet, and to teenagers who are growing up too fast. We welcome keep-fit mums, football dads, starving artists, tree huggers, latte -sippers, vegetarians, junk-food eaters. We welcome those who are in recovery or still addicted.
We welcome you if you’re having problems or you’re down in the dumps or if you don’t like ‘organised religion’, we’ve been there too!
If you blew all your money on the horses, you’re welcome here. We offer a welcome to those who think the earth is flat, work too hard, don’t work, can’t spell or come simply because grandma is in town and wanted to go to church.
We welcome those of you who are inked, pierced or both. We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now, had religion shoved down your throat as a kid or if you simply got lost and ended up here by mistake. We welcome tourists, seekers and doubters, bleeding hearts and you!
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