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.
I see. Praise the Lawd, Sista! You still believe in them old paths!! HA!!!
I'm in a good mood today, in case you couldn't tell.
I live in a very dry climate so I think it is sometimes necessary. And I would agree that it is less distracting to have a sip of water at your seat than to get up and go to the drinking fountain multiple times (like many children in our church do).
While I realize that the Preacher almost always has a glass of water, do you/your Church frown on anyone having water in Church?
I especially am thinking of the other leaders, musicians, etc.
We allow it as long as it is discreet.
When we attend other Churches though, we refrain.
What say ye?
contrary to popular believe that church building really is NOT God's house...our bodies are. However it should not be trashed because we all use it and that would be disrespectful to each other...we invite visitors and that would be disrespectful to God to not care what they think
We have water in the sanctuary for anyone on the platform. I usually have one at my seat that someone brings in and leaves for me, but I don't always open it. If we do alot of praying for people at the altar, sometimes I do want it. I CANNOT stand for anyone to bring in anything other than water though. We have a coffee bar in the lobby, but we have big signs that says that nothing but water can come in the sanctuaries. However, once in a while, someone misses the signs and brings one in anyway.
I have been in one service where there was a coke machine in the sanctuary and all during service, you could hear the money drop and cokes falling. It was insane!!
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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Little children are somewhat different, but school age children can make it through service without needing a drink.
I'm sure they aren't excused from the classroom everytime they want a drink, are they?
This irritates me with kids that are allowed to leave service to go potty three or four times a service. We are there for two hours!! Even a toddler doesn't go three or four times in two hours!!
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I wear a podemeter as part of a health and fitness program @ work. I put 1,500 - 2,000 steps easy during a service. We are preparing the sanctuary for video services and the lights get extremely hot. I've had a bottle of water while someone got the Holy Ghost. If your church is like ours, the only people complaining about the water bottles are the spectators. Participators have no problem with them.
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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 wear a podemeter as part of a health and fitness program @ work. I put 1,500 - 2,000 steps easy during a service. We are preparing the sanctuary for video services and the lights get extremely hot. I've had a bottle of water while someone got the Holy Ghost. If your church is like ours, the only people complaining about the water bottles are the spectators. Participators have no problem with them.
If the church was full of nothing but adults, I wouldn't have a problem with it, perhaps, but since there are children and teens of all ages, it presents a problem when some have water and others don't.
All it takes is one kid that has water and then they all want some, and if they don't have a bottle, they want to go downstairs every ten minutes.
This happens with teens even. One goes downstairs and suddenly, bladders all over the congregation have suddenly filled or the demon of thirst has taken over their minds.
I don't personally care if everyone but me has water. I'm an adult and able to control myself. However, children are different and I don't think it's fair to them.
Maybe it's because I was raised in a church where we went to the bathroom and got a drink before church and we didn't go again until after church. That was the rule.
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