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hvn_nbr_2

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17. Depends on the speaker and what else they do in the service
Mon Dec 29, 2014, 11:50 PM
Dec 2014

A good speaker can go 30-40 minutes, BUT it all depends on how much other stuff they try to do. If they want to do three hymns plus a choir song plus a solo plus three formal prayers plus a doxology plus a long fundraising speech before offering plus ten minutes of announcements plus a children's program plus a closing song plus a benediction and another prayer or two plus assorted ritual elements and then bring the children back for a children's song before the benediction and closing song, well, then they better cut the sermon to five minutes because I want to get home before halftime of the afternoon games.

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How long is too long for any lecture? cbayer Dec 2014 #1
Episcopal high masses do tend to go on. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #3
When you can hear snoring it was too long. n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2014 #2
Lmfao! yes this is true! hrmjustin Dec 2014 #5
The church I went to TexasTowelie Dec 2014 #4
Well we get out at 12:45 usually so I can just make the Jets and Giants. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #6
Depends on the sermons and sermon giver. Cleita Dec 2014 #7
Sounds about right. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #8
We went to Duke Chapel today - the sermon was absolutely wonderful - at 20 minutes was just about NRaleighLiberal Dec 2014 #9
Episcopal or Presbyterian? hrmjustin Dec 2014 #10
It is ecumenical - kind of a Methodist flavor with a dash of Episcopalian (esp in the music) NRaleighLiberal Dec 2014 #11
sounds good. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #12
Thirty minutes, give or take a bit, is standard for my church. ColesCountyDem Dec 2014 #13
In my Catholic parish, they try to keep the masses under an hour Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2014 #14
I think you can go a little more than 10 minutes goldent Dec 2014 #15
When my pastor first introduced himself to the congregations No Vested Interest Dec 2014 #16
Depends on the speaker and what else they do in the service hvn_nbr_2 Dec 2014 #17
It depends on the style of the service. TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #18
I believe in Douglaston Dorian Gray Jan 2015 #19
I applied to go there but was rejected. hrmjustin Jan 2015 #20
Their loss. okasha Jan 2015 #21
Thanks. hrmjustin Jan 2015 #22
Life turns out Dorian Gray Jan 2015 #24
That's funny you know it Dorian Gray Jan 2015 #23
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