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While on staff at a church I endured the experience of watching another staff member coming to weekly meetings with a roster which indicated the ‘attendance’ records of parishioners. We were told to divide up the list and call the lesser attenders… not to check in and see if they were okay… but instead we were instructed to inform them that their lack of participation had been noted, and furthermore it was considered evidence of their lack of spirituality and dedication.

I refused to take my section of the list.

Which was the beginning of the end of my future as a pastoral staff member.

Posted by Jamie on 1 September 2006 @ 8am

This is explains so much.

Posted by Cory on 1 September 2006 @ 9am

Wow. The apex of seeker unfriendly. Yet another (not so) shocking addition to the ‘bride of Christ’ vows.

Posted by brad on 1 September 2006 @ 11am

I should clarify again that Lark News is a parody news site.

Posted by Cory on 1 September 2006 @ 11am

I got relatively the same letter from Judy’s Donuts in Oakhurst. I started coming back on a regular basis and I became twice the man I was before I was a hit and miss attender. I think it is a good thing. A big thing.

Posted by N Tony on 3 September 2006 @ 6am

Cory,

I had no idea this was happening: Scary trend…

Talk about a century driven by spreadsheet data with little consideration of the qualitative factors.

Posted by Kyle McFarlin on 3 September 2006 @ 3pm

Okay, just noticed that it’s Lark News, is this real or not?

Posted by Kyle McFarlin on 3 September 2006 @ 3pm

Not.

Posted by Cory on 3 September 2006 @ 4pm

Real or not, the topic of inclusivity or exlusivity is worth exploring. Those who believe they ” have the only answer”, that unless you accept concepts like “rapture” are recreating the centuries old traditions exemplified by the pharisees of the old testament…. Hmmm how little we have changed.

Posted by Bob Handwerk on 4 September 2006 @ 7am