Sunday, February 06, 2005

The Ultimate in Seeker Sensitive... this proved to be a farce, but still~
Not unrelated to Joel's post yesterday, we have a church now selling sky boxes and reclining chairs...

FRESNO — On Sunday morning at the 18,000-member Calvary Church, tithers flash green Costco-like cards at greeters, who let them in early and usher them to special seating areas. "The seats have more padding, and they recline... read the whole story here. http://www.larknews.com/february_2005/secondary.php?page=4

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

You know that's a joke, right? The whole Lark site is "fake news"

Randy Buist said...

Didn't know...

Chad M. Farrand said...

Actually, if you look back through church history...this isn't that far fetched that a community would devolve into this. Back in post-midevel days...the scandanavian church (particularly in norway) was known for selling pew space to wealthy families. They would pay to have their names on "spots" in choice places inside the buildings. Hey, history is circular!

Anonymous said...

You all sound like the Church of Christ... In your attempt to be 'spiritual' you have become Pharisees. It is SATIRE!!!