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forgotmylogin

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13. Question was "what can a church do for you" (in person as opposed to remotely)

Reply to leftieNanner (Reply #10)

Fri May 22, 2020, 01:00 AM

May 2020

And my response was that the choir cannot perform if they're not all in the same room.

It was just an attempt to answer the question of what churches lose by not being able to congregate. I agree that worship doesn't need to happen in a crowd.

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What can a church do for you at their building [View all] Mr.Bill May 2020 OP

The Eucharist, Sir The Magistrate May 2020 #1

Not necessarily, Sir PJMcK May 2020 #2

Interesting, Sir The Magistrate May 2020 #8

It's a crappy cracker. Voltaire2 May 2020 #16

They May Well Have, Sir The Magistrate May 2020 #17

Interesting story on NPR yesterday that sort of related to this. progressoid May 2020 #3

The choir can perform. forgotmylogin May 2020 #4

The choir can perform on Youtube. Mr.Bill May 2020 #6

I don't know if the choir can perform *live* by teleconference. forgotmylogin May 2020 #14

But it would be quite spectacular if they did. Mr.Bill May 2020 #15

I actually did find an example... forgotmylogin May 2020 #18

The choir cannot perform together as a unit leftieNanner May 2020 #10

Question was "what can a church do for you" (in person as opposed to remotely) forgotmylogin May 2020 #13

As an atheist and former Christian, allow me to voice some observations PJMcK May 2020 #5

But don't you feel like you Mr.Bill May 2020 #7

Of course, Mr. Bill PJMcK May 2020 #12

and why a monster like trump? for 3.5 years? NRaleighLiberal May 2020 #20

Isn't God everywhere ? rickford66 May 2020 #9

That's the rumor I heard in Catholic school. n/t Mr.Bill May 2020 #11

0. What can a church do for you at their building AlexPontik May 2020 #19

choir singing Normanart Jun 2020 #21

One other thing they can't do while quarentined and online... NeoGreen Jun 2020 #22