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.