Tuesday, June 28, 2005

meet me at "the G spot"

on saturday evening kellie and i, along with our friend erik kerr, made our way down to the emergence gathering on the south shore. as we encircled the city on I-95 we talked about our respective churches, our allusive vocations and other emerging churches we had visited.

during the latter part of our conversation erik mentioned that he had visited an emerging church that once met in warwick, rhode island. he said great things about the congregation and wondered whether their leaders had anything to do with the worship service we were planning to attend. erik said the only funny thing about the church was the name. when i inquired about the name his face broke out into a rather mischievous grin. "it was called the grace spot." "what's so odd about that," i countered. "nothing" he admitted, "except for the fact that their logo was a large circle in which was a upper case, bold font G with the word 'spot' scrawled underneath." at this point the three of us cracked up and kellie mentioned that "only conservative Christians could make such an oversight." to this, erik replied, "early on their attendance was remarkably high."

this morning, while dr. james, rhys and i laughed about the g spot we started rattling off the worst church names we have ever heard. of all of the ones i have run across, the g spot is the worst. the good dr. says that the worst he has ever heard of is the backside redemption church that meets in Maine.

ready to waste time? here is your assignment: let us in on the worst church names you have ever heard. by the end of the afternoon (5 p.m. e.s.t.) we are going to compile an all-time top five list. if anyone unseats the g spot, which is currently slotted at #1, they will receive the coveted "poo dollar."

11 comments:

james said...

Throw me down for one:

"Finger Christian Fellowship" out of Finger, Tennesee,

one "Bad Axe First United Methodist Church" out of Bad Axe, Michigan

one "Cowboy Church in Plain-View" out of Plainview, TX

and one "Slaughter United Methodist Church" out of Slaughter, LA

and in the sub-category of worst with the longest name...

"Our Lady's Chapel, Friary Church of our Lady, Queen of the Seraphic Order" out of New Bedford, Mass.

ahbahsean said...

One of my aunts got married at "Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church" when I was a kid. I don't know if that counts, but we thought it a very sad church name for a wedding.

g13 said...

how about guts church. it's a wonderful little postmodern, seeker sensitive, prosperity driven church in tulsa, oklahoma that i have actually attended.

"finger christian fellowship" cracked my ass up.

g13 said...

the all-time, top 5 bad church names:

1. "the g-spot" in warwick, rhode island
2. "finger christian fellowship" in finger, tn.
3. "backside redemption" in hancock, maine (no shit)
4. "guts church" in tulsa, oklahoma
5. "rockatorium" of duncanville, texas

honorable mention:

"cowboy church in plain-view" out of plainview, tX

"slaughter united methodist church" out of slaughter, la

participation ribbons:

becks for "our lady of sorrows." it wasn't that funny, but thanks for participating!

whoiam for "riverdance christian fellowship." reminding us that michael flatly wasn't the first creative arts director who was light in his tights.

Mike Murrow said...

well, this was not a church but it was a church affiliated school,

Friends University of Central Kansas... if you still don't get it imagine a line up of coeds with their respective school hoodies on, ther is MIT, KU, NYU, and then... OH come on... FUCK

g13 said...

fletch,

thanks for reigniting my lust for a Bob Jones University sweatshirt.

you would think that fundamentalists, who are rather adept at utilizing the acronymn, would have recognized the issues inherent in that name.

Before Girl said...

From gentry: 3. "backside redemption" in hancock, maine (no shit)

I worked for a company that had a salesguy whose name was Jeff Hiscock. And if he got any phonecalls for him we had to page him over the intercom. I always tried to slur his name: "Jeff Hizick, please dial the operator.."

joolz said...

Backside Redemption! Oh, shit, this keyboard will never be the same as I just spit coffee all over it.

That's my first spittake on Gentry's blog. Mark it.

DJ Word said...

I wish I had participated.

But-

X Factor is a church in San Jose

X-Changes is in Richmond

and we attend

Relevant Church in Tampa.

Unlike many of the unintentionally bad names (usually named after a person or place), these churches actively sought out these names, which has to be worse.

R

g13 said...

come on, man. you did participate. our conversation provoked this entire post.

DJ Word said...

I was meaning that I wish I had participated during the contest and in a timely manner.