Tonight was a community pep rally for the high school football team.
I like the idea of bringing the community together to support our
teams, and Gonzales does a better job then most other cities I've lived
in. We bleed orange here.
But the problem with that first statement is tonight is Wednesday night.
Now
I'm not one for we do it that way because it's always been done that
way UNLESS there is a valid reason for something. In our society
Wednesday nights have been sacred, second only to Sundays. If you were
an organization, you didn't meet on Wednesday nights out of respect for
church.
PTA, Scouts, boosters, etc, etc etc met
Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thurdays. Rarely Fridays, but they were open if
necessary in non-football season.
I know many members
of the booster club that sponsor these rallies and know that they
belong to churches that meet on Wednesdays, so I know they understand that Wednesdays are the time many churches teach our teens about God and responsibilities. And yet they continue to schedule these rallies on Wednesdays.
So my questions are, is football really more important that God? What are we teaching our kids about priorities?
God Bless,
Dennis
Nice thought, but think about it. If only 1/4 of all those that were at the pep rally were to go to church on Wednesday evening, all the churches in the city of Gonzales couldn't hold them.
ReplyDeleteThe youth of today are missing the religious education that we were given. Why? And it obviously shows.
Did you ever check the soccer field and other facilities at Independence Park on Sunday morning (church time)?
ReplyDeleteOr the field between the football field parking lot and the Lutheran Church on Sunday evening (church time)?
I agree it obviously shows that we've taken God out of our schools, AND that we've prioritized school and so many other activities above God.
ReplyDeleteBut if those of us who see this don't speak out then it will continue to be regarded as 'Okay' and in my books it's not, so I said something.
Amazing how times have changed. When we worked together you didn't even go to church and now your complaining about other peoples priorities. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones!
ReplyDeleteAs a past booster member we scheduled them on Wednesday because of jr high volleyball on mondays, high school volleyball on tuesday, and fresh/jv football on thursday night. But, we also started them after the church youth groups were released so we wouldn't interfere.
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