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A place for my religious ABW members to congregate.


When's the last time you've been to church?
 
Goldie said:
A place for my religious ABW members to congregate.
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We normally go weekly... But we haven't been since school started.. We really need at least one day to sleep in, and Saturdays have been ridiculous.

Talked to 2 of our church family today. Our presence is definitely missed, but they know I'm ridiculous.. and no one makes too much of a big deal about it
 
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Great morning, God is the greatest!

“Stand firm”

When you are on the winning team you stand firm no matter what it looks like.
Fixate your posture, keep your chest up walk bold with confidence and embody the champion mindset.

Father God we thank you for a new week! We thank you for sending your holy angels to war on our behalf. You didn’t let enemy eat us up in our sleep. We thank you for keeping us in our right mind. We take this moment to show you gratitude And say thank you.

1 Corinthians 16:13
"Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong."

1 Peter 5:9
"But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world."

Today stand firm in the Lord! Continue to preserve through trials and tribulation. Walk in peace with everything. Don’t give situations a peace of your mind but give that situation the peace of God!

The truth is Gods word use it throughout your day. War with scripture, move in faith , speak life and water your situation with love.

Have a blessed Monday and a fantastic week.
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In Jesus Christ name
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I go every Sunday and also some Saturdays when I help out with different things.

When I was a kid I was forced to go to church. When I was a young adult I never went. Now that I'm older and married with kids, I better see the value in it. I actually enjoy going to church. That said how much you get from Church really hinges on finding the right church. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that as many as 50% of churches out there are just dens of corruption.
 
Goldie said:
A place for my religious ABW members to congregate.


When's the last time you've been to church?
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Haven’t stopped going since 2019.

I teach the Jr High and High School ministry, also the children’s ministry (4y-7y). I sometimes teach in the main sanctuary. I serve on security, ushering, and sometimes hospitality, and I co-lead a men’s Bible study every other Monday.

So yeah, it’s busy and there’s no room for missing any days.
 
My personal issue with church is super specific.

Our pastor is the son of the church's founder and Bishop. And he just passed. Like maybe 2 years ago...

So now that his son has taken over, it just feels like him and his wife pull on us just a little much. Like I ain't tryna be nobodies Deacon, and my wife Aunt tryna be the First lady's secretary. But I'm 100% sure if they had their way.... That would be our roles in church.

They try to involve us in everything, and so much of the church's activities are essentially work for us. I enjoy church, but I didn't sign up for a second job. And we do a lot to help, like a lot. I just printed like 100 obituaries for one of the ministers. And we got pulled up in Walmart cuz one if the trustees was like they need us in the finance room, cuz these old people be too slow.

And it's just a lot. I think we would enjoy church more if we could just go and go home. But the pastor and his wife will have us in there all day if they could. We got this triple braided core marriage ministry zoom with them Friday evening at 7 this week.....

Like shit, I don't wanna spend my Friday evening on zoom with 5-6 other married couples talking about what it means to be married for 2 hours. And I know we'll do it, but that shit gets annoying.

They always act like they wanna get together and hang out, but nobody drinks. 😐 That's not my idea of going out.
 
Duwop said:
My personal issue with church is super specific.

Our pastor is the son of the church's founder and Bishop. And he just passed. Like maybe 2 years ago...

So now that his son has taken over, it just feels like him and his wife pull on us just a little much. Like I ain't tryna be nobodies Deacon, and my wife Aunt tryna be the First lady's secretary. But I'm 100% sure if they had their way.... That would be our roles in church.

They try to involve us in everything, and so much of the church's activities are essentially work for us. I enjoy church, but I didn't sign up for a second job. And we do a lot to help, like a lot. I just printed like 100 obituaries for one of the ministers. And we got pulled up in Walmart cuz one if the trustees was like they need us in the finance room, cuz these old people be too slow.

And it's just a lot. I think we would enjoy church more if we could just go and go home. But the pastor and his wife will have us in there all day if they could. We got this triple braided core marriage ministry zoom with them Friday evening at 7 this week.....

Like shit, I don't wanna spend my Friday evening on zoom with 5-6 other married couples talking about what it means to be married for 2 hours. And I know we'll do it, but that shit gets annoying.

They always act like they wanna get together and hang out, but nobody drinks. 😐 That's not my idea of going out.
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I feel you on this. My wife and I were heavily involved a while back. It takes a toll on you after while. And you’re right, it starts to feel like you can’t really just enjoy the word. You always pulled in this direction and the next.

My wife and I hit a rough patch and stopped going for a while. When we did go back we decided to not be as involved. It caused us to be a little more distant from the people we did things with at the church, but it had to be done. I figure if we were all really friends we’d still hang, but those relationships were explicitly church specific, and not to anyone’s fault. Just was what it was.
 
MorganFreemanKing said:
I run sound and visual on Sunday mornings plus choir rehearsals on Saturdays. Last time I didn't go, I was vacationing with family
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That’s exactly what I did at my old church until this decade. I was the only one doing it


They kept relying on me and I was having some mental issues that I wanted to take a break from doing that kind of work every Sunday but they wouldn’t let me so I left before 2020. Haven’t been back since
 
TheNightKing said:
I feel you on this. My wife and I were heavily involved a while back. It takes a toll on you after while. And you’re right, it starts to feel like you can’t really just enjoy the word. You always pulled in this direction and the next.

My wife and I hit a rough patch and stopped going for a while. When we did go back we decided to not be as involved. It caused us to be a little more distant from the people we did things with at the church, but it had to be done. I figure if we were all really friends we’d still hang, but those relationships were explicitly church specific, and not to anyone’s fault. Just was what it was.
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Bruh, it can be a lot. Like y'all chose this life, you wanted to be a pastor. Your wife WANTED to be a first lady. I think she wanted to be first lady more than he wanted to be pastor. But the point is they both ran head first into these positions, and I understand that it's a lot. But we didn't choose that... So sometimes we take breaks, cuz they definitely will drop a lotta shit on us at one time. And I'm like.... Naw boundaries.

And we still cool as shit, the pastor hits me up for little shit like grabbing something at best buy, like I know he can Google the shit, but he just wants to reach out, and keep me posted with what's going on at church.

He's a good dude, he's about 10 years older than me... Bro even married me and my wife... We've been super cool for like 30 years.... And I totally get WHY he would want me at his side for this journey. It does make sense, and when his pops was alive, it was very clear his pops wanted this for me too. But I've always maintained that when I want to be in a leadership role.... I'll tell y'all. Don't assign shit to me... Cuz I'll push back every time.
 
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Treated her like a old pimp when his hoe didn’t bring him enough. Sad thing is she’ll probably will still continue to attend. You can’t buy your way in heaven with money. Pastors are some of the biggest scam artist ever! When you stop doing it for the love and do for financial gains or for the influence you don’t need to be speaking gods world.
 
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Been going semi regularly for the last couple years

My relationship with god really suffered after my mom passed suddenly over 10 years ago
 
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