Distractions during sermon

[Claudya]

Yes....this is a poorly worded message.

Although I agree on a fart being poorly worded I wonder in what way a fart would be considered as a message....

 

[Obadiah]

Obadiah...I really hope you find other ways of worshipping Him. Though I think your work counts as worship in God's book. But you need some kind of worship for yourself, to recreate and refill yourself if you know what I mean.

Yeah, I know what you mean, but it doesn't happen very often. This is the price you pay to serve God in a church. Since I'm paid staff they expect me to be more perfect and more reliable then the engineers that run the major professional concerts and events for a tiny fraction of the pay. Other than the pastor (who understands) very few care that I never get a chance to worship. They don't even think about it. God does though, and that's what's important to me and probably to you too. But hey, it's not just against me or you! Read some of the opinions by some people in the threads about church staff right here on CF.NET and you can see what we all have to deal with. :-(

 

[Obadiah]

a fart

And Kiwidan was the only one brave enough to post what we all were thinking.

(Except Kathi.)

 

[Kathi]

And Kiwidan was the only one brave enough to post what we all were thinking.

I wasn't thinking that :neutral

 

[Obadiah]

I wasn't thinking that :neutral

Ok, fixed it.

 

[Kathi]

Ok, fixed it.

Ya,you are trying to make me out to be miss perfect?Well,I am not.

 

[Claudya]

I wasn't thinking of that either.

In the dirty part of my mind I was thinking more like, I would be distracted by a hot guy I never seen before sitting in my church without female company and with no ring on his finger. I would spend the entire sermon going over all christian pick up lines I ever heard.
"Dude you look so unblemished I would sacrifice you!"

 

[jasonc]

I wasn't thinking of that either.

In the dirty part of my mind I was thinking more like, I would be distracted by a hot guy I never seen before sitting in my church without female company and with no ring on his finger. I would spend the entire sermon going over all christian pick up lines I ever heard.
"Dude you look so unblemished I would sacrifice you!"

when I was single, I was never distracted by the opposite sex.:biggrin

 

[Claudya]

when I was single, I was never distracted by the opposite sex.:biggrin

You were distracted by the same sex??!? :shock

 

[jasonc]

You were distracted by the same sex??!? :shock

lol only if he was a german formerly named claudya

 

[Edward]

Well, my first impulse is to reply that if it is a good message and delivered well, that I am extremely attentive and taking notes and so forth. But after pondering it for a few while reading more posts, I would also have to say that it is me also. I have to take responsibility for it because that's probably the truth of the matter.

But the fact stands that if it is a good message that I am attentive and not likely to be distracted, this is true, but...it seems like even in the good churches, that they will not touch on certain subjects. They seem to stay safely in the feel good basics of Christianity. I can't say that's bad, because there is very probably babes in the audience that need to learn the basic fundamentals.

One guy that I watch on the computer always keeps my attention though. He is Pastor Keith Moore of Faith Life Church out of Branson MO. This is BrotherMikes church that he referred me to and I keep going back to (online). He always has a good message, and his delivery is superb. He even touches on spiritual awareness but does it in such a way that it comes across very...non-new age or weird as can sometimes happen when one is not a good speaker.

 

[Classik]

a fart

Don't people try to hold or suppress it...or maybe sneak outside to launch the bomb?

 

[Kathi]

Don't people try to hold or suppress it...or maybe sneak outside to launch the bomb?

TMI

 

[Classik]

I wasn't thinking that :neutral

Me neither

 

[Classik]

Maybe some are being kind of cheated:
1. Those taking care of the children - they either miss the entire message or don't come at ball
2. The media people. You need to pay attention to the recording
3. Keyboardist - you are playing background music
4. Ushers - receiving people
5. Your devices - you go online
6. Taking notes during messages can also distract you
7. Cute opposite sex
8. Body odour from someone
9. Members of your own group - my choir people talk a lot
10. Where-toes from here - where do I go?
11. Pictorial views in your mind or comparisons of what the preacher mentioned a while ago.
12. Yourself
13. Goooooooooooal ;-) ;)
14. Shouting pastor or the very silent type. You can still make any of the two better

Etc

 

[Kathi]

Maybe some are being kind of cheated:
1. Those taking care of the children - they either miss the entire message or don't come at ball
2. The media people. You need to pay attention to the recording
3. Keyboardist - you are playing background music
4. Ushers - receiving people
5. Your devices - you go online
6. Taking notes during messages can also distract you
7. Cute opposite sex
8. Body odour from someone
9. Members of your own group - my choir people talk a lot
10. Where-toes from here - where do I go?
11. Pictorial views in your mind or comparisons of what the preacher mentioned a while ago.
12. Yourself
13. Goooooooooooal ;-) ;)
14. Shouting pastor or the very silent type. You can still make any of the two better

Etc

When my kids were little the Church used to have a crying room.That was a good place to sit with a fussy baby.

 

[Classik]

When my kids were little the Church used to have a crying room.That was a good place to sit with a fussy baby.

They had audio there? Crying babies are a big problem

 

[Kathi]

They had audio there? Crying babies are a big problem

Yes.

 

[evenifigoalone]

I start to lose focus about ten minutes in...well, I don't know how long, actually. I just know that my mind goes all over the place.
I find it easier to learn in small groups, especially if we're discussing things as a group. Or when this one guy speaks who makes it an open forum.

 

[Obadiah]

Don't people try to hold or suppress it...or maybe sneak outside to launch the bomb?

If you sneak outside make sure you're not accidentally standing by an outside air intake for the ventilation system or you will create a distraction for those still inside. Yes, this is something I have learned.