The church we used to go to had the musicians pre-record hymns to be replayed during zoom services. One evening, my friend and her daughter were at the church doing their pre-recording, all the lights on. This was in the late fall of 2020 in the Seattle area, so it was already dark outside at 5:00. Someone was driving …
The church we used to go to had the musicians pre-record hymns to be replayed during zoom services. One evening, my friend and her daughter were at the church doing their pre-recording, all the lights on. This was in the late fall of 2020 in the Seattle area, so it was already dark outside at 5:00. Someone was driving home from work and saw through the windows people singing and playing instruments without masks on and alerted the governor. The pastor got a letter from the governor’s office reminding him that people were not allowed to gather, or sing without masks on. After that, the musicians had to WEAR MASKS WHILE PRE-RECORDING THE HYMNS. Even if there was only one person in the building, or as in this case, two people of the same household. The decision was based on the verses about “avoiding even the appearance of evil”. SMH
My opinion Bryn is God used this man made hysteria to separate the wheat from the chaff. 'Who truly trusts Me and who doesn't'. The church and leadership that doesn't trust in the God they ascribe to are struggling to this day.
He did! He responded out of shame and excused it with the verse about avoiding the appearance of evil. We had stopped going there because, even in the summertime when the weather was beautiful (it doesn’t get hot much in Seattle) we couldn’t even have maskless services outside with people spaced out.
Funny/tragic story:
The church we used to go to had the musicians pre-record hymns to be replayed during zoom services. One evening, my friend and her daughter were at the church doing their pre-recording, all the lights on. This was in the late fall of 2020 in the Seattle area, so it was already dark outside at 5:00. Someone was driving home from work and saw through the windows people singing and playing instruments without masks on and alerted the governor. The pastor got a letter from the governor’s office reminding him that people were not allowed to gather, or sing without masks on. After that, the musicians had to WEAR MASKS WHILE PRE-RECORDING THE HYMNS. Even if there was only one person in the building, or as in this case, two people of the same household. The decision was based on the verses about “avoiding even the appearance of evil”. SMH
My opinion Bryn is God used this man made hysteria to separate the wheat from the chaff. 'Who truly trusts Me and who doesn't'. The church and leadership that doesn't trust in the God they ascribe to are struggling to this day.
And the pastor agreed to that dictate? I guess he missed Paul's instructions about being bold in one's faith.
He did! He responded out of shame and excused it with the verse about avoiding the appearance of evil. We had stopped going there because, even in the summertime when the weather was beautiful (it doesn’t get hot much in Seattle) we couldn’t even have maskless services outside with people spaced out.