How long church supposed to last

[kittenheels]

Depends on the denomination.

Protestant types might take two hours.

Black Baptists will have you there all day. Church be in session for 2 and half, three hours, then break for lunch like it's halftime and then back at it.

Black & white Catholic? Maybe an hour fifteen, hour and a half, depending on the type of mass and if it's a vigil or not.

One Christmas Day Mass was done in under 50 minutes.

Catholic, lol ain't no 1hr and 15mins. 59 mins to an hour, not a minute late or people up and leaving.

 

[IslandG]

Was 9:30 to about 12:30 for me but it depends on who was the preacher. When some preachers would get in a groove, there's no telling when the service would end. For the Divine Hour when the preachers et al would come out, the seat where they would sit would indicate who would be doing what for that service. e.g. the preacher sits in the middle, the one who would pray sits to his right. the one who leads the songs would sit on the left, etc. As a child I would be so keen on seeing who sits where when they come out of teh vestry, because I know when certain people sit in the preacher's chair that it was gonna be a loooong day.

And the person who sat in the 'prayer's' chair as well. because when some of these people would do the prayer you'd be on your knees for near 20 minutes. Even the most ardent religious folk would start grumbling and get up off their knees mid prayer...but the guy on the pulpit would keep on praying. lol.

Not to mention after the church service is finally over but you have to wait for your father to greet everyone after church and socialize. Meanwhile you're in the car waiting and waiting. lol. Good times.

 

[Won Won]

When I was growing up in COGIC

8-9am Bobby Jones Gospel
9:30-11 Sunday school
11:15-1:30/2 morning worship service
3:00 service at another church for pastor appreciation/ church anniversary etc
6:30-8 night service

don’t let them be having a revival or guest preacher; all bets are off and you might not get out of a weekday church service until 10:30-11 and have school in the morning

I’ve seen an offering portion of the service last damn near 20-30 minutes as they collected about 6 different offerings, counted them up and then told the people how much more they needed to raise to bring the offer I my to a round number. Say they raise 534; they wasn’t starting shyt back up until they reached 600

part of the reason I haven’t felt a need to go after I turned 18.

This is batshyt insane

 

[Buckeye Fever]

When the pastor preaches and tries to make you feel guilty for watching the nfl:

That bucket, HA! We all gon' kick it, HA! You put God to the side, HA! For NFL Sunday Ticket, HA! You worried about field goals, HA! But what about God's goals? HA!

 

[Neuromancer]

She knows I don't have a religion but it's my mother all the way from Louisiana bruh

Oh. Yeah nah ya'll in there for the long haul. My condolences.

 

[I AM WE ARE]

I remember back home going to New Home in New Orleans and it'll be like working 1st shift, we'd be in there from like 630/7 until 3 sometimes. I remember missing whole Saints games at times

 

[Spence]

Went to one tent revival when I was 8 and never been back to church since

 

[Son Goku]

Catholic, lol ain't no 1hr and 15mins. 59 mins to an hour, not a minute late or people up and leaving.

That's not true at all.

We already said it depends: black Catholics tend to take longer than the yt ones (no idea about Spanish Mass) IME. Any hymns being sung and not just read will take longer. Extra sacraments and readings automatically add time on. Long-winded priest? You're finna sit longer. Vigil Mass for a holiday? Easily an extra hour, hour and a half beyond normal duration.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Speaking of church, my former supervisor moved back up to Chicago and got a virtual church service



A couple girls at work accused him of sexual harrassment. One Black chick and the other was a fat white broad.

Vern was a cool supervisor

 

[Cyrus' Wife]

When the pastor preaches and tries to make you feel guilty for watching the nfl:

That bucket, HA! We all gon' kick it, HA! You put God to the side, HA! For NFL Sunday Ticket, HA! You worried about field goals, HA! But what about God's goals? HA!

Yes indeed! And you know that for real there is a gospel song called "Dropkick Me Jesus Through the Goalpost of Life" right? It's actually pretty catchy!




Lyrics:

Dropkick me Jesus
Through the Goalpost of Life
Dropkick me Jesus
Until it makes me wanna do right

When I get beside myself
And things get a little bit tight
Dropkick me Jesus
Through the Goalpost of Life!

 

[RedCloakBlackWraithe]

tithes & offerings

Building Fund collection plate

Sunday school fund collection plate

10-15 minutes for each of those

 

[RedCloakBlackWraithe]

Speaking of church, my former supervisor moved back up to Chicago and got a virtual church service



A couple girls at work accused him of sexual harrassment. One Black chick and the other was a fat white broad.

Vern was a cool supervisor

gotta hustle however i guess.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

gotta hustle however i guess.

Exactly

 

[Son Goku]

gotta hustle however i guess.

Exactly

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Cause I'm not trying be in here all day
Moms came in town and asked me to go and I can't tell moms no.
I got extreme a.d.d. I hope he knows my heart because my mind
I woke my son up and he hit me with the
I'm leaving after an hour. Anything longer than that he just trying hear himself talk

In the south?

In a southern Baptist black church?

The answer to this thread is “for as long as it takes”