So after my last post I needed time to think about what I really wanted my church to look like and I have had ideas running in my head about it all week. I have a hard time articulating exactly what I want it to be like not exactly what i want it to look like. Some of the things that I have come up with are: I know that I want to have my church in a building that does not consume much energy. Not because I am going green, the reason I want it to not consume a lot of energy is because I want to give it to the community and for every penny that I don't have to pay to bills to keep my building up and running the more I can give to the community. I also would not take any more money from the church that what was absolutely necessary to put clothing on my family, food on my table, and a roof over my head, and when I say a roof over my head I don't mean a mansion, I mean a small house that is just big enough for my family. I read today that a priest make 44 thousand a year, (did you know that is more than I make) What do they need all of that money for? So now with that out of the way I will number what I want or what I think should be in a church, not in any logical order, just as they come into my head. I will try and explain my thoughts the best way I can.
1. The church will be open to the public 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.= in the old days Churches were open all of the time, they were a place to go and sit and reflect, if you were having a hard time and you needed to have a quiet place to be to sort through your thoughts you could walk into a church sit down and think. If you were in trouble and risking persecution you could ask the church for sanctuary and you were granted asylum within the walls of the church. The church was a place of protection, not a place that said if you don't follow theses rules and if you don't learn this than you will never get into God's Kingdom. Which brings me to my next #
2. Anyone is welcome in my church there will be no memorizing of bible verses or prayers, there will be no prerequisite for getting into heaven, or going to hell, if you make a mistke realize that you have done that, and ask for forgiveness all on your own, God will listen to you at any time of day or place.
3. There will be no set time for worship, if you feel the need to enter a building to get closer to God, you can come on in, if you want to sit at home on your front lawn sipping on wine and talking through things on your own so be it. You don't need to be present every Sunday at my church in order to get closer to God, he loves you no matter where you are.
4. I will have no worship services at all at my church, I want it to be an open discussion, if you have a question lets get in a group lets discuss it and lets look to see if we can come up with an answer. Not one single denomination agrees with any other one, and the bible has been translated so many times that not a single one of those is correct either, at least in my opinion.
5. My church will be filled with couches, if you want to come in because you need peace and quiet, and if you fall asleep fine, sleep as long as you need to, most people think that you have to be attentive and listen in order for God to hear you, that is not true you don't need to listen to a person tell you what God wants from you, you just need to know in your heart what he wants.
MORE TO COME LATER.
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