Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

One year our congregation decided to hold an Old Fashioned Tent Meeting. They rented a huge tent, put it up in the local park, and invited several different ministers to speak. It was to last a week and they wanted someone different every night. We canvassed the town, knocked doors and spread flyers...

agricola wrote:Why are we even as sane as we are? Sometimes I think it is a marvel and a wonder we aren't talking to streetlamps and wearing shoes on our heads, or something.

OK, Agri, have you been watching me? Or are the streetlamp I was talking to?

Going back to the original post of this topic, I was not marginalized like some of the rest of you because I did not belong to the CofC until 1972, after I got married to my first husband. I was raised in the south, but it was south Florida, and I was exposed to just about all religions, including J...

Our last preacher said the slippery slope would lead to serving Doritoes and Mello Yello for communion. Not sure how he came up with that combination, but he brought it up more than once. Hmm. sounds like he was using some subliminal psychology there. He probably really wants Doritos and Mello Yell...

I was not raised in the CofC. My family did not attend regular church services anywhere, but my mother read us Bible stories (does anyone else remember that series that came out late 50's early 60's with beautiful pictures and great interpretations of the stories? I remember a lot of blue on the cov...

My ex was 25 when we got married and he had spent many years fending off rumors that he was gay. Of course that was back in the early 70's when coming out was greatly frowned on. He was glad to quiet the old biddies. My son was in his thirties when he met his Love of His Life. Then she died and left...

I remember pulling duty at the CofC booth at the state fair. We pulled the JOY bus in and set up card tables in front of the door, covered with tracts. We had a large cooler of water, which started off cold but ended up luke warm by the end of the day. Free water and we will save your soul while you...

At my Ex's funeral, I have been told, the minister preached the usual walk of shame BS, and then added that the Ex probably would have lived longer had our son not left the CofC and lead a more "Christian" life. Can you imagine how my son felt, sitting there, grieving over his father, and ...

I gave birth to my son on a Wednesday morning. I HAD to be at services on Sunday. I had surgery on my knee on Friday. I HAD to be at services on Sunday. We had a death in the immediate family on Saturday. We all HAD to be at services on Sunday. I attended services with bronchitis, laryngitis, shingl...

B.H. wrote:I'm special because I have a peni*s and testi*cles. But being humble and all I am not going to throw that into the ladies faces.

I had so many responses to this but none of them would have made it past the censor.