Got a flyer in the mail advertising a NEW exciting church. I think I might go..

[BlestOne]

Out here in the middle of nowhere we actually have a cowboy church. No kidding, I had to ask what a Cowboy church was. They told me it was a casual dress church…???

 

[lak611]

Out here in the middle of nowhere we actually have a cowboy church. No kidding, I had to ask what a Cowboy church was. They told me it was a casual dress church…???

Do they wear boots and hats to service? What denomination is it?

 

[BlestOne]

Not sure what the denom is…I really think it is a non denominational “christian” church… I dunno… being a cradle Catholic from the East coast didn’t prepare me for a midwest cowboy religion.

 

[lak611]

Not sure what the denom is…I really think it is a non denominational “christian” church… I dunno… being a cradle Catholic from the East coast didn’t prepare me for a midwest cowboy religion.

It’s nothing that I ever heard of either. There aren’t too many cowboys around Cleveland.

 

[Hastrman]

I dunno… being a cradle Catholic from the East coast didn’t prepare me for a midwest cowboy religion.

In the West (as in Arizona), where we still have *real *cowboys, they’re mostly Catholic (because Mexican) or else fairly old-fashioned evangelical.

Except for the ones who practice Navajo Way or belong to Hopi katsina societies.

And unless “midwest” includes Oklahoma, I don’t think there ever were cowboys in the midwest. But hey, back East, the West begins at Ohio, right?

 

[BlestOne]

But hey, back East, the West begins at Ohio, right?

That’s right!!! Any state that is more than 3 hours from the Atlantic Ocean…

 

[CatholicChick]

There is one of these types in my area I got a flyer for one that said if you don’t want to attend service you can sit in their cafe and order a latte and watch the service on the big screen!

 

[JonathanKinsman]

quote=BlestOne;1809768]Out here in the middle of nowhere we actually have a cowboy church. No kidding, I had to ask what a Cowboy church was. They told me it was a casual dress church…???

Cowboy church? Hhmmmm…is that where you gotta hoof it along a trail to git to Sunday mornin’ services an’ all you hear is a buncha bull and people with beefs and jangly spurs and chaps and stuff??

 

[BlestOne]

JonathanKinsman:
Cowboy church? Hhmmmm…is that where you gotta hoof it along a trail to git to Sunday mornin’ services an’ all you hear is a buncha bull and people with beefs and jangly spurs and chaps and stuff??
I reckon’

Actually, I have never set foot in that church… I prefer a good 'ol fashion mass any day!

 

[DJgang]

There is one of these types in my area I got a flyer for one that said if you don’t want to attend service you can sit in their cafe and order a latte and watch the service on the big screen!

Even in the small (in comparison) rural city that I live in, we have a Mega Church like this.

Cafe…they serve breakfast, lunch and dinner on Sundays. During the week, they serve dinner for weekly services. Fancy cafe, with wrought iron tables, glass tops, big screen TV. Over beside their Library, they have a crying room which is sofas, chairs, etc in living room fashion, all around a large screen TV. I mean, I could go on and on about this church. I had a jaw dropping experience when I went for a visit (my friend was baptized). I felt like I was at the Mall.

 

[colliric]

Even in the small (in comparison) rural city that I live in, we have a Mega Church like this.

Cafe…they serve breakfast, lunch and dinner on Sundays. During the week, they serve dinner for weekly services. Fancy cafe, with wrought iron tables, glass tops, big screen TV. Over beside their Library, they have a crying room which is sofas, chairs, etc in living room fashion, all around a large screen TV. I mean, I could go on and on about this church. I had a jaw dropping experience when I went for a visit (my friend was baptized). I felt like I was at the Mall.

Yeah these Prosperity Gospel types like to turn church into a sort of Cafe Smorgesboard. And God’s paying for all of it with a blank check… all you have to do is “accept Jesus!”.

 

[CatholicChick]

Even in the small (in comparison) rural city that I live in, we have a Mega Church like this.

Cafe…they serve breakfast, lunch and dinner on Sundays. During the week, they serve dinner for weekly services. Fancy cafe, with wrought iron tables, glass tops, big screen TV. Over beside their Library, they have a crying room which is sofas, chairs, etc in living room fashion, all around a large screen TV. I mean, I could go on and on about this church. I had a jaw dropping experience when I went for a visit (my friend was baptized). I felt like I was at the Mall.

Wow! That is more over the top than the one in our town! I have never been there but a friend has now she is trying to get me to go and I am trying to get her back to Mass!

 

[lak611]

Cowboy church? Hhmmmm…is that where you gotta hoof it along a trail to git to Sunday mornin’ services an’ all you hear is a buncha bull and people with beefs and jangly spurs and chaps and stuff??

I reckon’

Actually, I have never set foot in that church… I prefer a good 'ol fashion mass any day!

I have worn cowboy boots to regular Mass at my parish before. When they are cleaned up and polished, they look nice. One of my cousins lives in Texas. He came here to Cleveland for weddings and funerals wearing cowboy boots.

 

[lak611]

Even in the small (in comparison) rural city that I live in, we have a Mega Church like this.

Cafe…they serve breakfast, lunch and dinner on Sundays. During the week, they serve dinner for weekly services. Fancy cafe, with wrought iron tables, glass tops, big screen TV. Over beside their Library, they have a crying room which is sofas, chairs, etc in living room fashion, all around a large screen TV. I mean, I could go on and on about this church. I had a jaw dropping experience when I went for a visit (my friend was baptized). I felt like I was at the Mall.

In the Akron, OH area there is a buffet restaurant called the Cathedral Buffet. It is owned by a famous Protestant minister (I forgot who). It’s been open for many years. I remember going there for dinner with my parents probably 30 years ago when I was a little kid. It’s just a restaurant, though, there’s no service in the dining room.

 

[Sixtus]

There is one of those churches near my house. They wear thier short shorts and harley t-shirts. Some even come in flip-flops.

The Holy Spirit goes where He will.

It is no good rebuking HIm, He will not listen

 

[Sixtus]

Cafe…they serve breakfast, lunch and dinner on Sundays. During the week, they serve dinner for weekly services. Fancy cafe, with wrought iron tables, glass tops, big screen TV. Over beside their Library, they have a crying room which is sofas, chairs, etc in living room fashion, all around a large screen TV. I mean, I could go on and on about this church. I had a jaw dropping experience when I went for a visit (my friend was baptized). I felt like I was at the Mall.

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