Comments on: Always sitting in the same seat at church

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:54:00 +0000

Is it sad that I’m more impressed that you know what CAD is than by anything else in this post? (Note: I’m not insulting the post, it was quite funny, I’ve even been fussed at when visiting a church and “sitting in so-and-so’s seat.” This was more to the fact that I am actually a huge nerd.)

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[...] other problem is that people sit in the same spots every week, so the back-of-the-head photo works only for the people in front of them. The church directory [...]

By: thoughtriver

thoughtriver — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:26:54 +0000

guilty. i have my seat, behind the pillar, in the direct path of an air-conditioning vent, left side. in the winter, i plan to change things up. i don't want that heat blowing on me.

By: Cate

Cate — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:29:48 +0000

I used to ALWAYS sit in the 2nd row on the left side right next to the center isle-ALWAYS. People knew NOT to sit in my seat…and even left it open when I was in Ecuador on a mission trip! One time while talking to my pastor(who's like a father to me, more than my own) I told him how I came across a "You know you're Southern Baptist when.." list and that one of them said "you know you're southern baptist when you have a little old lady beating you with her came because you're in her seat" and my friend that saw it told me as soon as she read it that it reminded her of me and could see me becoming that in the future(I'm 18) my pastors response? "uhm..that already is you!!" haha Well then I decided to do something crazy and made my new years resolution, which the entire church found out about cause they all somehow find out everything that goes on in my life, but it was that I would sit in a different seat EVERY sunday for the year 2010..its April and I can say I haven't died from "Seat Seperation" LOVEEE this site btw…seriously AMAZING!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:36:33 +0000

I know this is an old post but…

There's a man who has gone to my parents church for as long as the building has been standing..his name is Larry Shaw. He sits in the same seat every Sunday morning.

I almost freaked out a little when I read that.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:42:48 +0000

Sermon Blockers (aka tall and big-haired people) tend to move their heads a LOT. So you position yourself to see through that tiny, narrow window, only to have them move keep changing positions, forcing YOU to have to change positions, wow that is frustrating! (This happens at places other than church)

When I was a teenager, the youth at our church sat in the smack-dab front of our church, the 2nd, 3rd, and sometimes 4th pews in the middle directly in front of the pulpit. We'd pack in and just fill 'em up. It was great because we were involved and paying attention (for the most part). Now that church has hardly any youth attending, the few who do sit in the BACK row of the BALCONY and pass notes, while most of the front is empty. That makes me sad.

By: Travis and Michelle

Travis and Michelle — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:42:00 +0000

Discovered your blog and have been working my way through the old posts. Hilarious stuff, Christians sure are a funny lot, myself included.

My wife and I pulled a fast one at the church she had attended since childhood. After getting married we decided that we would sit in a different pew every Sunday. We methodically worked our way through a good portion of the sanctuary before moving away. We definitely got a few funny looks, but no requests to 'Scootch'. Great way to get to know everybody. We got a lot of 'are you new here'?

-Travis

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:28:00 +0000

Grr..Michael took mine. That’s okay. I will say that I always like to sit in the same seat so there is less of a chance that I won’t have anywhere to sit. Because I really hate standing there for 15 minutes looking for a spot. It’s sad.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:06:00 +0000

I learned in high school that if you sit in the same seat for all of the normal class days (classwork, studying, reading from the book, etc.) but then end up in a different seat on test day, it could greatly affect your performance on the test. You don’t want to sneak into church one day late and end up in the back row when you’re normally in the front and see the pastor handing out test papers about the different worship songs and scripture verses covered in the last month of church.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:02:00 +0000

My parents have sat in the same seats since time began. Because our sanctuary doubles as a gymnasium during the week, the floor has basketball court lines on it. There are two lines that intersect right at the end of one of the rows, about 4 rows from the front. My dad has discovered that if they sit at the end of that row, they have a perfect view of the pulpit right between the seats in front of them. They show up at church 10-15 minutes early just to sit there. Woe to anyone who dares invade. I haven’t lived at home for over 6 years now, but when I go home on vacation, I always know where to find them on Sunday morning!