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Date: 17 April 2011 13:33:42
It could just be me though!
We haven't been to church in the morning for months / years because Alien doesn't enjoy it and gets bored (and actually, so do I!!). A couple of days ago we were talking about the Easter story and Palm Sunday. I told her that at the Palm Sunday service everyone gets given a palm, and sometimes there's a little procession, to remind us of Jesus going into Jerusalem. She said she wanted to go to church.
I thought, since it was a family service, it might be good to show her that church isn't all boring. On the way, we realised that this was the first time she'd been since she'd learnt to read quite well, so she could join in the congregational bits on the service sheet and try to sing the hymns / songs. This was exciting too.
When the service started the interest / excitement was very much still there. The first hymn (You are the King of Glory) was fairly easy words and with the repeated bit. That was exciting and meant singing along and joining in was possible. There were congregational responses which were words that could be understood. The bible reading even talked about Jesus coming into Jerusalem. Cool. It was all making sense, and was engaging and interesting.
Then the constant voice talking started. It just seemed to keep going. It was using big words which didn't make much sense. Then there was a prayer with big words. Don't know what they said or what they meant. But that's okay, a trip to the loo meant a bit of a break. Then we were told we could shout 'hosanna' as loud as we could, cos Jesus even said the children could be loud too. So she did. Shame not many others did. Time for another hymn. Haven't a clue what this one was about. Big words again. Slow tune. Can't dance, clap or anything really. Can't even join in singing or reading the words.
Time to go outside. Witness to the world. Sing on the grass outside church in the beautiful sunlight. Shame we don't understand these words either. Or that it's a boring tune. Or that everyone is just standing still. Ah well, time to go back inside again.
Sermon time. Man talking. Big words. Talking. Still talking. Bored now. Shall we go home now?