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25 May 2019, 5:51 pm

IsabellaLinton wrote:
See if your church has night services. They're usually more relaxed with fewer young families.

They don’t, just a 8:30 am and 10:15 am
Might be 9:30 and 11:15


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25 May 2019, 5:52 pm

sly279 wrote:
IsabellaLinton wrote:
See if your church has night services. They're usually more relaxed with fewer young families.

They don’t, just a 8:30 am and 10:15 am
Might be 9:30 and 11:15


:( That's unfortunate. My church has quiet, candlelit services at night. They're really pretty especially in the winter.


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26 May 2019, 1:26 pm

...When I go, I go to High Church Episcopal ones - which have rather wuietold-fashioned services. A large portion of the service is the sa.e every week, the same prayers and creed - with spaces for the sermon/homily and parish announcements and that week's Bible verses.


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26 May 2019, 2:07 pm

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28 May 2019, 4:25 am

There's a local church I've been to a few times because the pastor is a friend of the family. The old pastor that is. He's retired and his son is the acting pastor. They are both genuinely nice people. I have attended a couple of Wednesday night services. There's only a few people there and they're all nice and easy going. They are a good combination of being welcoming and letting me be.



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16 Oct 2019, 3:39 pm

I've been using the Salvation Army's food bank lately, and I've also attended a couple of functions there. It's a good organization, and I've tried to be open-minded about their beliefs, even picking up a New Testament from them, but I doubt they're going to convert me any time soon. My inner skeptic won't let me. :P On the plus side, they don't make me feel uncomfortable the way most churches do.


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17 Oct 2019, 1:04 am

mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:
I've been using the Salvation Army's food bank lately, and I've also attended a couple of functions there. It's a good organization, and I've tried to be open-minded about their beliefs, even picking up a New Testament from them, but I doubt they're going to convert me any time soon. My inner skeptic won't let me. :P On the plus side, they don't make me feel uncomfortable the way most churches do.


The Salvation Army is vociferously and hypocritically anti-LGBT. There are many, many, many other churches and denominations who can offer the same without spreading discrimination and hate.



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17 Oct 2019, 4:12 am

PurpleReject wrote:
mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:
I've been using the Salvation Army's food bank lately, and I've also attended a couple of functions there. It's a good organization, and I've tried to be open-minded about their beliefs, even picking up a New Testament from them, but I doubt they're going to convert me any time soon. My inner skeptic won't let me. :P On the plus side, they don't make me feel uncomfortable the way most churches do.


The Salvation Army is vociferously and hypocritically anti-LGBT. There are many, many, many other churches and denominations who can offer the same without spreading discrimination and hate.

But in my town? Nada. There's good people in the organization. They've helped me out a lot.


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