Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

Everything was always about what other people thought. I remember more than one preacher talking about what you should do if your car were to break down in the middle of a storm right in front of a liquor store or bar. You were supposed to get out and walk down to the nearest place that wasn't a li...

we had a very earnest young man who loved to lead singing. Folks thought he was good at it, and everyone was sure to let him know after services. This baffled me, because, if you were to have put a stick that was illuminated, his hand, nay, whole arm, motions were that of an air traffic landing guid...

I can hear the barbershop harmony now. I always heard it more like a hoedown, along with "He Bore It All" :lol:; that tune is completely inappropriate for the lyrics. He Bore It All. Sounded like a carnival song, or like an actual merry-go-round.......it was a song that no matter who led ...

agricola wrote:Welcome back - and I TOTALLY get where you are coming from! I truly believe that growing up (esp female) in the coc set my social maturity back a decade, at a minimum.

PS did you find a church that DOES have Easter services?

Yes, an American orthodox church. It is good to be back!

I just recently found out that when my ex died, the minister actually stated from the pulpit that he probably would have lived a lot longer if his ex wife and adult child had continued to live good Christian lives. The fact that we both left the CofC probably contributed to his death. I can't imagi...

The Cry--Room Rooster: Gets up early in services and makes her way back to the cry room,. Walks gripping her stomach with a pained look on her face, sits in the cry room checking Facebook on her phone. As the communion plate makes its way to the back, she quickly puts phone away and resumes pained e...

Hello! I was on a long while back as IAmMiss40+. Can't remember why I stopped posting. But, I am back. I left the anti CoC in 2011. Ironically, I found this site as I was looking for a church to attend for Easter. The punchline? I was googling churches of Christ! This is, I suppose, due to the fact...