Church Hopping Score Card

Posted by: admin on Friday, March 20th, 2009

Thanks to Prodigal Jon over at the StuffChristiansLike blog for this scorecard rating church hoppers. For anybody involved in ministry…..you know the type!

The Church Hopping Score Card

  1. If you leave without even getting out of your car because you can’t find a good parking spot = +1 point
  2. While visiting a new church you park in the pastor’s assigned parking space = +1 point
  3. You get a free first time visitor’s gift = +2 points for each gift
  4. You only visit once but still have the boldness to say, "I just didn’t feel like I connected with the people at that church" = +1 point
  5. You refuse to come back to a church if not enough people said hello to you = +1 point
  6. You refuse to come back to a church if too many people said hello to you = +1 point
  7. Like the closely guarded secret formula of Coca Cola, you’re the only one that knows the correct number of people that should say hello to you = + 2 points
  8. You visit on the Sunday the church is having a first time visitor’s lunch = +1 point
  9. You take leftovers home from the first time visitors lunch = +2 points
  10. You bring your own cooler to first time visitors lunches in anticipation of the leftovers = +3 points
  11. You sit in a seat someone has sat in for 14 years running and they do the awkward stand and pause move right next to you before shuffling away in complete bafflement at who this person is = +3 points
  12. You come long enough to benefit from everything the church offers but never actually volunteer for anything = +1 point
  13. You have a pre planned little speech you give in case the church asks first time visitors to stand up and introduce themselves = +1 point
  14. You have a "Hello My Name” is _______ sticker ball at home that is bigger than a soccer ball. = +2 points
  15. You can easily name the three churches in town that have the best coffee = +1 point
  16. During the "meet and greet" you use a pseudonym because you’re not sure if this is where God wants you to go to church yet = +1 point
  17. You have a secret list of "if this happens at this church I’m outta here" = +1 point
  18. You’re more than happy to tell the people around you why you didn’t like your last church = +1 point
  19. The amount of traffic in a church parking lot weighs heavily on your decision to attend = +1 point
  20. You have a scrapbook made entirely of bulletins to chronicle your travels = +1 point
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