A Sign of Apathy

A church near me recently had a Christmas concert. Good on them. But on Dec 16, their sign was still promoting the Dec 11 concert.


Then they changed it - to nothing! For a number of days it sat there completely blank. Right into the week of Christmas.


Then for a couple of days it showed the usual sunday worship times (despite the upcoming sunday being Christmas) before someone realised this and changed it (late in the week) to display the Christmas times.

Is there something on Christmas Eve? What time is Christmas Day worship? Is there a choice of times so we go to church before the family get-together? All these questions and more are left unanswered until it's practically too late. Are we trying to keep people away?

Sure, the information has probably been in the church bulletin for weeks. But the general public doesn't get the church bulletin. When the sign says nothing, and the church website looks as though Christmas doesn't exist, it doesn't exactly lay out the welcome mat for someone thinking of joining church the Christmas.