Water In Church

[Rico]

Water in the church?!?! God forbid!!





















Wait a minute! What do you plan on baptizingin then?

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Tina

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...

Tina,
I don't see a problem with that. I think we are speaking of grown adults. At least I am. lol!

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Rico

Water in the church?!?! God forbid!!





















Wait a minute! What do you plan on baptizingin then?

[Rico]

Originally Posted by Tina

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?

[BoredOutOfMyMind]

Originally Posted by Rico

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?

This discussion used to drag Chax out of lurking...

[Tina]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

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...

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Tina

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 don't recall ever getting up during a service. I never allowed my children to do that until the end of the service. If the adults are going to keep getting up the kids will too.

All that is saying, IMO, is, "I am bored!"

When I'm bored, I just read my Bible. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!

[Rico]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

I don't recall ever getting up during a service. I never allowed my children to do that until the end of the service. If the adults are going to keep getting up the kids will too.

All that is saying, IMO, is, "I am bored!"

When I'm bored, I just read my Bible. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!

So, what are you saying here? That your church is boring, so you have to read your Bible to make it through a service?

[chaotic_resolve]

I live in AZ and here people take water ~everywhere~. For one, it's scientifically studied to be nearly as hot in AZ as that "other" place; and two it's less distracting than people getting up to leave the sanctuary to get a drink . . . plus then they usually end up standing around talking to other thirsty people.

Ask JT, when I led songs at my previous church, I'd not only have water . . . but I had a thing (little bear container) of honey. Sometimes I'd have a Hershey's Milk Chocolate bar in little pieces to coat the vocs.

[Tina]

Originally Posted by Rico

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.