Tina,
I don't see a problem with that. I think we are speaking of grown adults. At least I am. lol!
The only adults I see at church with water bottles are the preacher (who rarely uses his, but it's there for him in case he needs it) And the music leader or whatever his title is. He puts all he's got into leading the songs... and since the temperature on the platform always seems to be 20 degrees higher than where the rest of us sit... I can understand why they have it.
Everyone else just gets up and walks out to the water fountain. At some services I feel sorry for the ushers-- because they stand at the back by the doors leading out of the sanctuary, and will open and close them every time someone enters/leaves the sanctuary. They get a workout in every service...
I take a bottle of water to church almost every service. My son takes an allergy medicine that makes him extremely thirsty. It's less distracting for me to give him a sip of water from a bottle than to get up and take him out to the water fountain several times during every service.
Uh oh.. I failed this one too. I keep tic tacs, lifesavers, skittles, etc in my purse. When my son sits quietly and pays attention to the sermon-- each 15 minutes, he's rewarded with a single piece. We're talking about an unmedicated ADHD child who finds it impossible to sit still and be quiet. I think my pastor must approve of such methods by parents to keep kids from disrupting the service for others-- because tic tacs, lifesavers and skittles are available for sale in the church library. Otherwise, I'd spend more time out of the sanctuary than in the sanctuary spanking his little rear end for acting up in church. Small sacrifices...
But Sister, dragging him out of the sanctuary to give him a good whippin is old style way of doing things and who are you to break tradition?
But Sister, dragging him out of the sanctuary to give him a good whippin is old style way of doing things and who are you to break tradition?
If he behaves in such a way to need that... His daddy comes out of the sound booth and takes him out. It doesn't have to happen that way very often. He remembers it for a while after it happens.
Uh oh.. I failed this one too. I keep tic tacs, lifesavers, skittles, etc in my purse. When my son sits quietly and pays attention to the sermon-- each 15 minutes, he's rewarded with a single piece. We're talking about an unmedicated ADHD child who finds it impossible to sit still and be quiet. I think my pastor must approve of such methods by parents to keep kids from disrupting the service for others-- because tic tacs, lifesavers and skittles are available for sale in the church library. Otherwise, I'd spend more time out of the sanctuary than in the sanctuary spanking his little rear end for acting up in church. Small sacrifices...
Tina, I'm not talking about mints or small stuff, I'm talking about sandwiches, chips, and even drinks.
Thankfully, nobody does that at the church I attend now.
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Uh oh.. I failed this one too. I keep tic tacs, lifesavers, skittles, etc in my purse. When my son sits quietly and pays attention to the sermon-- each 15 minutes, he's rewarded with a single piece. We're talking about an unmedicated ADHD child who finds it impossible to sit still and be quiet. I think my pastor must approve of such methods by parents to keep kids from disrupting the service for others-- because tic tacs, lifesavers and skittles are available for sale in the church library. Otherwise, I'd spend more time out of the sanctuary than in the sanctuary spanking his little rear end for acting up in church. Small sacrifices...
The candies you describe here and the way you use them are a far cry from eating sandwiches and chips in church...they are small candies that can be eaten very discreetly -- even used to cover dry mouth, soothe a cough or sore through or freshen breath... Dorito sister's makes a spectacle of sorts with the noise and smell....and he rarely even eats on the chips.
I also don't agree with food for children being in the church. It's on thing to have Cheerios for a one-yr old, perhaps, but I have seen people bring sandwiches for 3 and 4 yr olds.....not in the church I attend currently, but in churches I've been a member of. I don't think that's right.
My wife has stories about a lady who would bring a 2 liter tupperware jug to church for her and her 2 kids. When younger, milk was not good- she gave the kid Orange Juice. Imagine what that does to a stomach..... easy to clean off hardwood floors... Braaaaaap. Same children were equipped with a harness. Sad but true the mom would then use over 100 feet of rope and allow the child to weave a maze between the pews.
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I also don't agree with food for children being in the church. It's on thing to have Cheerios for a one-yr old, perhaps, but I have seen people bring sandwiches for 3 and 4 yr olds.....not in the church I attend currently, but in churches I've been a member of. I don't think that's right.
This is more the sort of thing I have issue with.... There is one woman in church who brings drink and chips for her little boy...So the few times I have sat near her I've had the joy of hearing the rattling of the bag as she opened it and then the aroma of Doritos filling my nostrils....makes it hard to do anything but crave chips or be completely annoyed... The way I see it is you feed your kids BEFORE or AFTER church -- not during...Unless in the case of babies who have not been weaned... I have no problem with water... There are several who have it at church and there's never a display about it.
Otherwise, I'd spend more time out of the sanctuary than in the sanctuary spanking his little rear end for acting up in church. Small sacrifices... 
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