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Originally Posted by another Linda
I wish I could say that was typical for all RC churches in Syracuse. Ours used to be but got closed (many used to be but got closed.) Personally I'm still feeling homeless. Between that and what my kids have gone through regarding weddings, baptisms, birth control, you-name-it, I'm finding it rather hard to be Catholic these days. I still attend Mass on Sundays although I've stopped going to daily Mass. Sigh.
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Many of us know the starvation diet all too well--sour amateur music; tomb-like atmosphere; territorial parishioners who fear newcomers want to usurp their power base...oops...ministry; people going thru the motions, walking mechanically up to communion like robots at a funeral; barely-breathing, unhappy priests who teach nothing understandable nor applicable about the Gospel just read, but always manage to work Notre Dame football into the mumbling somewhere as they put you to sleep . . .
But we were pleasantly surprised and
refreshed when we tried an
alive and growing non-denominational church like Fairway Christian here (there are many like this).
Soaring music with everyone singing their hearts out praising the Lord, and meaningful,
relevant teaching of Scripture that can be applied in real life as soon as you walk out, is a worship format that does not fail to keep us wishing every Sunday would come sooner. Don't give up . . God is waiting with open arms for all who search to know Him and to be with Him forever.