While in Cincinnati this weekend we saw some interesting church signs.
One was the big black sign along the freeway that Dan Edelen referred to in this post:
A Church for People Who Don't Like Church.Our friends wanted to make sure we noticed that one too. I wonder if it's really effective at bringing people in that wouldn't come otherwise.
Better still were two changeable church signs within about a mile of each other. The first was this:
All the world's a camera, look pleasant please.Yeah, that was a real sign on a church. I had to ask Maria to repeat it for me (I was concentrating on staying behind our friends). Maybe it was intended as a sarcastic commentary on our culture or perhaps there was more to learn if I had been to the service that Sunday, but what Maria and I both thought immediately was "If you come to church here, please leave your problems at home and smile when you come in." Things that make you go hmmm ...
Just down the road was this sign, which made my laugh:
Sign broken. Come inside for message.Heh.
Sign broken. Come inside for message.
My very fav. ours is and you do have to.
I also like the one about the broken sign!
I think the one about the camera is intended to remind folks that people are watching our example.
I typically dislike these signs but I too like the broken sign one.