Comments on: Treating the announcements at church like an open mic night at a comedy club.

By: Kendra Golden

Kendra Golden — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:20:25 +0000

One time the worship guy did a version of that beer commercial where a guy sings everything the person just said. It was much more fun that normal.

BTW, Eminem would the the person on the planet I would get the most exiced about if he were to come to Christ.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 08:54:52 +0000

My Dad used to make the announcements for our church. One Sunday he announced that the following Saturday night we would be having a "church-wide hay roast and weinee ride."

We had the largest attendance ever!

By: Pastor Alex

Pastor Alex — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:09:04 +0000

I give announcements at our church, because apparently people can't read….anywho….my comment is more of a question: Is it bad for me, when I announce potlucks, to try to influence people to bring apple pie rather than salads?

By: Bridgette CIAJ

Bridgette CIAJ — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:18:45 +0000

Matt -- I can't believe you DIDN'T go on that retreat! How much fun are those dudes!??!

Hey, is "dudes" still a culturally acceptable word? I'm over 40 now so I never know.

WV: pight
fighting with pie
"I don't care for this rhubarb pie, let's have a pight with it instead."

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:31:59 +0000

I am horrified to admit that, when I was a volunteer youth group leader, I pretended to be on a "double date" with one of my fellow male youth leaders and two of our students…two of our male students. Which meant that the other leader and I, both hairy, ugly men, found ourselves in dresses with wigs, using girly voices, to promote an upcoming dessert fundraiser.

Not a high point in my ministry career (or my adulthood, for that matter).

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:35:40 +0000

As a staff person at my church, I've been doing the announcements for THREE YEARS. Ugh. And every Sunday I think, "is anybody listening? why am I doing this? Can't they read the bulletin, the e-news, the big screen?". I constantly feel like an idiot on stage. But I laugh it up and folks seem to enjoy it….I can't figure out why.

By: Leigh Ann

Leigh Ann — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:02:32 +0000

Our church has just recently gone to pre-recording their announcements. I think this is to ensure nothing gets missed or to avoid the "open mic" thing, not sure which.

We've been doing it for the last month or so, but it still sounds like an airline stewardess who rattles off where the exits are & how to use your barf bag if necessary. My hubby & I get a chuckle every time – hopefully it will wear off soon so we can take them seriously. We've been missing the first two or three due to the giggles.

By: Saskia

Saskia — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:14:07 +0000

I think I might be missing out. Our announcements only cover things not in the bulletin (why otherwise print a bulletin?) and it's done by the head deacon. No jokes or anything..but we get plenty of those during the service, so I guess that's okay.

By: jkim

jkim — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:02:20 +0000

Oh goodness. I WISH announcements would be more like open mic night. For a while now, we haven't had anyone be man enough to handle our announcements so our pastor does them. They end up being entirely too long and drawn out. It's just his style of speaking really, but...

Seriously, by the time we end it's noon:30. And most of us are college-aged. HUNGRY college-aged people.

It's like the running of the bulls when we finish.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:32:32 +0000

I went to a church where anyone could make an announcement at any time they found a space in the service — like when collection was taken up, or between the time the special item singer left the stage and the pastor walked up. It was a lot of chaos but you can;t say it was not interactive