what I wouldn't give for a weekday evening service
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Anonymous
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We are Christians and believers...but seriously what we wouldn't GIVE for a weekday (or weekend!) evening service. Sunday morning are brutal. I just want to rest...truly.
I know that we are supposed to rest and give time once a week to God, but if you're a working parent family then you only have two precious mornings without the rush. If you go to church, then you have ONE morning a week without the rush. (We aren't in DC so I don't need suggestions.) My family in California goes to church on Thursday nights and I am SO JEALOUS. |
Anonymous
| I agree. A church near me had a weekday evening service pre-COVID but got rid of it post-COVID. I’ve become a weekly churchgoer and it has totally wrecked my ability to rest and get things done on weekend. |
Anonymous
| Livestream a service. |
Anonymous
It's not the same as worship in person, for sure, and we're so distracted. |
Anonymous
| If you want the experience of worshipping with others, try a Catholic Church. Lots of options for times! |
Anonymous
I hear you! Sometimes Sundays feel like another workday. A few things that helped me. -Pick a church a church closer to home, and one that does not have a long service. i am ok with hour long services, but I am happy to sing a few old school hymns and be happy with that. Once contemporary music comes into play, and guitars, and lots of melodies, etc, time is added to the songs. Nothing wrong with contemporary music, just saying it adds time. Find a church that is super structured. For example, they pray a certain number of prayers every week, of the same time (prayers of thanksgiving, adoration, confession, and usually the people saying the prayers have written them out ahead of time)-churches with extemporaneous everything, everything takes more time, and all this extra "time" isn't by default more edifying. I know what I wrote might sound unsensitive, even "cold", but God knows our hearts and if your goal is to worship and learn about him truly and be with his people on the Lord's day on Sunday's, you can choose to go to a place that is very thoughtful with time, to serve those like us with busy weeks. |
Anonymous
| We go to Mass at 5 pm on Saturday evening and then dinner afterward. It's always between 45 minutes and an hour. My friend who is evangelical was completely floored by this since basically her entire Sunday is consumed by services. |
Anonymous
We aren't Catholic anymore but I do miss this option. The service is only an hour...but most of the time is yelling at everyone to get in the car, get dressed, etc! |
Anonymous
| Many parishes all across the DMV have weekday daily Mass in the evenings after work (and mornings before work too). It’s really such a nice addition to the day. |
Anonymous
| Sometimes really large churches have a weekday service. Or maybe try one that is Sunday evening? That way at least you can still sleep in. |
Anonymous
| My husband is a pastor and we loved evening services when we first started them but they quickly got old. Finally switched back to mornings. |
Anonymous
An evangelical is not going to go to mass and vice versa |
Anonymous
An evangelical is not going to go to mass |
Anonymous
Evangelical and catholic doctrine are not compatible |
Anonymous
It’s a thing in this board. Someone posts looking for a “Christian” church and the Catholics and Unitarians think that describes both of them and start suggesting their churches. |