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Hate to sound 'sexist', but wouldn't tissues be a woman thing?
I realise that you are in America, and I am in the UK, so we do have differences in our use of English, so I am just checking that by "tissue boxes" you mean boxes of disposable paper handkerchiefs. If so, what a strange reason for not attending that church. In my experience, people have their own handkerchiefs, whether disposable or washable. However, as I say, "tissue boxes" might have a completely different meaning in the USA!
My church uses sort of neutral colors. The walls are a light gray with white trim. There are a medium dark set of wooden beams. A dark burgundy carpet and flowers on the Lord's Supper table.Scarlett, men who don't go to church because of, ''decor'' use that as an excuse, not a reason. They don't want to be there regardless of what it looks like. Our pastor's wife does the decor in our church, and she does a tasteful job of it. Currently it's blue candles with blue and silver ribbon on the window sills and altar. Tasteful and on-one thinks it's overly, ''feminine''. Our little church is in the country, smack-dab in red-neckville. Most are hunters, fishermen, outdoorsmen, farmers, shooters, etc. deer heads, and mounted fish would probably be a shock to even us.
Their Shirt sleeve should work nicely.
Sounds about like our sanctuary minus the beams. Most dramatic thing, (besides tissue boxes) is above the double doors at the back main exit in large words, ''YOU ARE NOW ENTERING THE BATTLEFIELD". It's a small church, if filled maybe 90 people comfortably. Our normal Sunday morning worship service we have about 40 attending. Small cement block building painted white built in the early 1960's. Pastor's house off the road behind the church, he can hunt in his back yard. And I like the bulletin board in the lobby!
Here's a seven year old church that reaches out to unchurched men. FacebookSounds about like our sanctuary minus the beams. Most dramatic thing, (besides tissue boxes) is above the double doors at the back main exit in large words, ''YOU ARE NOW ENTERING THE BATTLEFIELD". It's a small church, if filled maybe 90 people comfortably. Our normal Sunday morning worship service we have about 40 attending. Small cement block building painted white built in the early 1960's. Pastor's house off the road behind the church, he can hunt in his back yard. And I like the bulletin board in the lobby!
I thought you were joking about the deer heads and mounted fish...I can't imagine.
Thanks. Yes, the same as here. I've not heard of churches providing them, but if a church did, it wouldn't be a reason for me to leave that church; I'd just see it as providing a need. Perhaps the church concerned had experienced people coming to services without their own handkerchiefs, and sneezing over each other.
They are there in our church because a certain group of women become uncontrollably emotional when the worship leader plays certain emotional songs.
As a small-church pastor I almost always led songs. When we got to the 3rd verse of "It is Well with my Soul" I often had tears and was thankful I was waving my arms already. Needed my handkerchief.
