Saturday, August 20, 2005
CHURCH DRESS CODES - PRO AND CON
Mostly the article is about dress standards in Baptist churches, but the Catholics got their spot:
Church leaders may agree that members of their congregations should give their best when it comes to God, "but what's considered best?" asked the Rev. George Limmer, of St. Mary's Catholic Church.
St. Mary's doesn't require members to dress formally, but Limmer said blue jeans fall on "the lower end of what is acceptable."
The church posted guidelines in its church bulletin this summer. According to those guidelines, "clothing that might be fitting at a picnic or the beach is not acceptable for church."
But Limmer said the church wouldn't turn anyone away for wearing clothing that some might consider to be inappropriate.
For Scott Powell, 22, of Greencastle, Pa., "Sunday's best" is a T-shirt, shorts and sandals.
The last paragraph sums up the dress-down argument:
"Jesus wore sandals," Snyder said.
The question, though, is were they His good pair?
