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They "Very Kindly" Let Us Sing....

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Posted by: Eddie2sox Sunday 23rd December 2007, 11:27am

One thing I forgot to mention was something that Sam told me yesterday as we were travelling up the A17 towards Sleaford....

....he said that when his school had gone to St John's church for carol singing, to quote, "The grown-ups very kindly let us sing Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer."

Very kindly? What? So they were kind enough to let you and your friends brighten up their gloomy church for once?

I was pretty shocked to hear that. Is this the message "the church" is passing onto our children when they're at school? "You're privileged that we let you sing something happy and joyful in our precious, draughty, dark, cold old building"? I would have thought that "Please come to brighten our routinely dull and soul-less meeting place, and sing whatever makes us all feel happier" would be more appropriate. No wonder less and less people give the church a second thought.

Sam repeated the phrase "the grown-ups very kindly let us" several times, so they must have had it drummed into them over and over again.

Shocking!

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