What I saw in church this week..............

[fishinnut]

I'm sure I have seen it before but I did not see a single Bible (in book form) except for the pastor's today among thousands attending. Rather what I saw carried in hands were phones & coffee cups.

With the Bible on smart phones...........I don't carry mine either.

I did see a guy carrying his wife's purse.... :.....which I have NEVER done.

 

[bgwilkinson]

Sunday AM Service October 22, 2017.

 

[bgwilkinson]

I'm sure I have seen it before but I did not see a single Bible (in book form) except for the pastor's today among thousands attending. Rather what I saw carried in hands were phones & coffee cups.

With the Bible on smartphones...........I don't carry mine either.

I did see a guy carrying his wife's purse....:.....which I have NEVER done.

I carry The Bible on my iPhone wherever I go.

When we stand for the Scripture reading it is done from that phone.

 

[fishinnut]

I'm sure I have seen it before but I did not see a single Bible (in book form) except for the pastor's today among thousands attending. Rather what I saw carried in hands were phones & coffee cups.

With the Bible on smartphones...........I don't carry mine either.

I did see a guy carrying his wife's purse....:.....which I have NEVER done.

I carry The Bible on my iPhone wherever I go.

When we stand for the Scripture reading it is done from that phone.

We would have never believed it if someone had predicted it 15 years ago.

 

[RAIDER]

I'm sure I have seen it before but I did not see a single Bible (in book form) except for the pastor's today among thousands attending. Rather what I saw carried in hands were phones & coffee cups.

With the Bible on smartphones...........I don't carry mine either.

I did see a guy carrying his wife's purse....:.....which I have NEVER done.

I carry The Bible on my iPhone wherever I go.

When we stand for the Scripture reading it is done from that phone.

We would have never believed it if someone had predicted it 15 years ago.

Personally, I like carrying my actual Bible to church.  I like looking at the notes I have written through the years.  There is just something special about it.  I like to see God's people carrying their Bibles into church.  I think it is good for a young person to be seen with God's Word.  From time-to-time I do read Scripture during the week on my phone.  The feeling just isn't the same.  When my mom, mother-in-law, and father-in-law passed away I was given their Bibles.  i can't tell you how many times I have been blessed looking through the pages and reading the notes they had written.  The next generation will miss out on this blessing.

 

[Baptist City Holdout]

I'm sure I have seen it before but I did not see a single Bible (in book form) except for the pastor's today among thousands attending. Rather what I saw carried in hands were phones & coffee cups.

With the Bible on smartphones...........I don't carry mine either.

I did see a guy carrying his wife's purse....:.....which I have NEVER done.

I carry The Bible on my iPhone wherever I go.

When we stand for the Scripture reading it is done from that phone.

We would have never believed it if someone had predicted it 15 years ago.

Personally, I like carrying my actual Bible to church.  I like looking at the notes I have written through the years.  There is just something special about it.  I like to see God's people carrying their Bibles into church.  I think it is good for a young person to be seen with God's Word.  From time-to-time I do read Scripture during the week on my phone.  The feeling just isn't the same.  When my mom, mother-in-law, and father-in-law passed away I was given their Bibles.  i can't tell you how many times I have been blessed looking through the pages and reading the notes they had written.  The next generation will miss out on this blessing.

And a big Huh Yay Men!!!!!!!

 

[bgwilkinson]

Sunday AM October 22, 2017.

 

[Baptist City Holdout]

Sunday AM October 22, 2017.

If i ever visit FBCH on a Sunday morning and want a picture of the back of my head on the FFF, I know where to sit!

 

[fishinnut]

Sunday AM October 22, 2017.

Except for a funeral I attended, I haven't been in a church with pews in over 10 years. BTW, it looks like a lot of space between the pews there. Did they take some out & spread them out?

 

[Baptist City Holdout]

Sunday AM October 22, 2017.

Except for a funeral I attended, I haven't been in a church with pews in over 10 years. BTW, it looks like a lot of space between the pews there. Did they take some out & spread them out?

that guy with the long legs does look mighty comfortable.

 

[Twisted]

that guy with the long legs does look mighty comfortable.

LOL!  If he was *really* comfortable, he'd have his shoes off.

 

[WESLEY]

Sunday AM October 22, 2017.

Except for a funeral I attended, I haven't been in a church with pews in over 10 years. BTW, it looks like a lot of space between the pews there. Did they take some out & spread them out?

that guy with the long legs does look mighty comfortable.

WOW... FBC is consistent.... EXACTLY the same offering 2 weeks in a row

 

[qwerty]

Sunday AM October 22, 2017.

Except for a funeral I attended, I haven't been in a church with pews in over 10 years. BTW, it looks like a lot of space between the pews there. Did they take some out & spread them out?

that guy with the long legs does look mighty comfortable.

WOW... FBC is consistent.... EXACTLY the same offering 2 weeks in a row

Sounds legit....

 

[bgwilkinson]

Sunday AM October 22, 2017.

Except for a funeral I attended, I haven't been in a church with pews in over 10 years. BTW, it looks like a lot of space between the pews there. Did they take some out & spread them out?

These are pew backed theater seats. The seats are spring loaded and move to the full upright position if you don't hold them down.

Because the seats flip up the space between the seat backs is wide enough to be rated as a fire aisle.  This rating allows the number of isles to be greatly reduced which greatly increases the number of theater seats in a given space.

In the pic, you see in the foreground an area where the seats have been removed so that an 80' lift can more easily be moved in and out without the hassle of taking the seats in and out.

Other than these few seats all other seats are installed as they were when the building opened in 2005. The building still seats around 6,200.

 

[bgwilkinson]

Sunday AM October 22, 2017.

Except for a funeral I attended, I haven't been in a church with pews in over 10 years. BTW, it looks like a lot of space between the pews there. Did they take some out & spread them out?

that guy with the long legs does look mighty comfortable.

WOW... FBC is consistent.... EXACTLY the same offering 2 weeks in a row

This happened once before. I suspect the second one is not accurate, but that is what I saw in church this week.

 

[Twisted]

I saw Gene's teeth fall out.

 

[Tarheel Baptist]

Sunday AM October 22, 2017.

Except for a funeral I attended, I haven't been in a church with pews in over 10 years. BTW, it looks like a lot of space between the pews there. Did they take some out & spread them out?

These are pew backed theater seats. The seats are spring loaded and move to the full upright position if you don't hold them down.

Because the seats flip up the space between the seat backs is wide enough to be rated as a fire aisle.  This rating allows the number of isles to be greatly reduced which greatly increases the number of theater seats in a given space.

In the pic, you see in the foreground an area where the seats have been removed so that an 80' lift can more easily be moved in and out without the hassle of taking the seats in and out.

Other than these few seats all other seats are installed as they were when the building opened in 2005. The building still seats around 6,200.

Completely off the OP?s topic, but why ?pew backed theatre seats??

 

[16KJV11]

Sunday AM October 22, 2017.

Except for a funeral I attended, I haven't been in a church with pews in over 10 years. BTW, it looks like a lot of space between the pews there. Did they take some out & spread them out?

These are pew backed theater seats. The seats are spring loaded and move to the full upright position if you don't hold them down.

Because the seats flip up the space between the seat backs is wide enough to be rated as a fire aisle.  This rating allows the number of isles to be greatly reduced which greatly increases the number of theater seats in a given space.

In the pic, you see in the foreground an area where the seats have been removed so that an 80' lift can more easily be moved in and out without the hassle of taking the seats in and out.

Other than these few seats all other seats are installed as they were when the building opened in 2005. The building still seats around 6,200.

Completely off the OP?s topic, but why ?pew backed theatre seats??

Maybe the best of both worlds?
Sits like a seat, looks like a pew?
COMPROMISE? ??? 
To be honest, I like chairs, but they get out of whack at every service and it takes a lot of effort to keep them in place.

 

[bgwilkinson]

Sunday AM October 22, 2017.

Except for a funeral I attended, I haven't been in a church with pews in over 10 years. BTW, it looks like a lot of space between the pews there. Did they take some out & spread them out?

These are pew backed theater seats. The seats are spring loaded and move to the full upright position if you don't hold them down.

Because the seats flip up the space between the seat backs is wide enough to be rated as a fire aisle.  This rating allows the number of isles to be greatly reduced which greatly increases the number of theater seats in a given space.

In the pic, you see in the foreground an area where the seats have been removed so that an 80' lift can more easily be moved in and out without the hassle of taking the seats in and out.

Other than these few seats all other seats are installed as they were when the building opened in 2005. The building still seats around 6,200.

Completely off the OP?s topic, but why ?pew backed theatre seats??

Sorry, I thought I explained the reasoning. When the seats automatically flip up you can easily walk between the seats and the pew back of the unit in front of you. This gives you a greater density of seating because you need fewer aisles.

I believe there are 30 inches available as a walkway so it is rather easy to walk between the seats as if they were not there, because of this spacing it counts as a fire aisle and means you can have 20 to 30 or more seats in a row and still abide by fire egress regulations. There is no need to wiggle sideways as we did in the old auditorium. Every row of seating is in effect a legal fire aisle.

The old pews did not meet fire regulations and were a hazard to our safety. They were highly illegal and opened us up to massive litigation had something happened that required speedy evacuation of the old building. That is why we have so few aisles in the new building compared to other auditoriums using pews.

The old building now uses far greater chair spacing than the old pews used. No, you can not cram or stuff as many people in the building now, but they are a whole lot safer should rapid egress be required. Of course, that means the old building now holds about 20% fewer people than it did with those old pews.

 

[Tarheel Baptist]

Sunday AM October 22, 2017.

Except for a funeral I attended, I haven't been in a church with pews in over 10 years. BTW, it looks like a lot of space between the pews there. Did they take some out & spread them out?

These are pew backed theater seats. The seats are spring loaded and move to the full upright position if you don't hold them down.

Because the seats flip up the space between the seat backs is wide enough to be rated as a fire aisle.  This rating allows the number of isles to be greatly reduced which greatly increases the number of theater seats in a given space.

In the pic, you see in the foreground an area where the seats have been removed so that an 80' lift can more easily be moved in and out without the hassle of taking the seats in and out.

Other than these few seats all other seats are installed as they were when the building opened in 2005. The building still seats around 6,200.

Completely off the OP?s topic, but why ?pew backed theatre seats??

Sorry, I thought I explained the reasoning. When the seats automatically flip up you can easily walk between the seats and the pew back of the unit in front of you. This gives you a greater density of seating because you need fewer aisles.

I believe there are 30 inches available as a walkway so it is rather easy to walk between the seats as if they were not there, because of this spacing it counts as a fire aisle and means you can have 20 to 30 or more seats in a row and still abide by fire egress regulations. There is no need to wiggle sideways as we did in the old auditorium. Every row of seating is in effect a legal fire aisle.

The old pews did not meet fire regulations and were a hazard to our safety. They were highly illegal and opened us up to massive litigation had something happened that required speedy evacuation of the old building. That is why we have so few aisles in the new building compared to other auditoriums using pews.

The old building now uses far greater chair spacing than the old pews used. No, you can not cram or stuff as many people in the building now, but they are a whole lot safer should rapid egress be required. Of course, that means the old building now holds about 20% fewer people than it did with those old pews.

I understood about the logistics of individual chairs and spacing. But why not simply have chairs? I would assume the pew look added cost to the project.