Most churches offer two Sunday morning services these days. Often the first or early service is the more traditional platform while the second service is usually the more 'contemporary' format. There are three distinct ways in which folks can identify the differences between the two services:
1) men's wearing apparel; traditional service men are decked-out in sport coats, ties and smart leather shoes while the contemporary fellas are seemingly more comfy in jeans, pullover shirts and tennis shoes. 2) music, ah, the music. Traditional pew-sitters sing out the old gospel hymns, i.e. Amazing Grace and How Great Thou Art trying to be heard over a rather loud organ. The contemporary service-singers will find themselves repeating thirty times a four sentence-phrase while guitars and drums aid the effort. 3) Of course, you've already guessed that the third distinction between services is found in age differences. Older grey-beards who cannot sleep in on a Sunday morning attend the traditional service and the younger folks prefer the later offering.
I'm relatively sure that the Lord cares little about what we wear or how we sing as much as He cares about the 82% of professed Christians who didn't attend either service on any given Sunday.
(Touch)Do I Hear a Train Whistle?
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