leggo to church

Gives a new perspective on ‘playing at church’!

October 31, 2007 | Filed Under funny |

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23 Responses to “leggo to church”

Peggy on October 31st, 2007 4:03 am

…I notice that even the Lego Land Churches have trouble filling their pews
Mark on October 31st, 2007 5:21 am

Ok… so whose going to make a Leggo Emerging Church?
Janet on October 31st, 2007 5:53 am

This is OBVIOUSLY fake. None of the lego people are yawning or asleep. One can only suspend disbelief so far…
Janet on October 31st, 2007 5:56 am

“Whose going to make a Lego Emerging Church?”

Done. It’s a group of lego people sitting in a circle. But again, it’s a struggle to suspend disbelief because I couldn’t find ANY lego coffee cups or wine glasses.
Jonathan Brink on October 31st, 2007 6:47 am

I also think its fake. There are more people sitting in front than in back.
Peggy on October 31st, 2007 8:00 am

…that’s just because the coffee drinkers never get in there until after the announcements, so these thoughtful congregations obviously save them the rows in the back. I say that’s very big of them

…and Janet, few people actually sleep through the announcements, really….
brad on October 31st, 2007 12:10 pm

what a marvelous representation of “the branded church”! is it available in a do-it-yourself kit yet, or has someone put cheat-notes up on the internet to ruin all the fun of DIY? perhaps if we sell enuff kits, it will be noted as a movement. and is anyone doing “The External Lego Church” yet? or maybe the “Missionego Church” … and surely we will eventually find toxic leaders involved whose ego is bigger than the Lego. or mebbe there’s a critique coming of the “weak leader” who submits his ego to the Lego. (of course, women leaders would never do this, but since they are not allowed to be senior leaders, they have no ego to put into the Lego, ergo, they go no mo to lego.

well, my alloted 90 seconds of riff time is up.

i think i have spent entirely too much time the past 10 years analyzing all church-related movements in the North American context…
brad on October 31st, 2007 12:15 pm

okay, another 60 seconds to re-riff. this is just tooo good to pass up.

do they do all worship music alLego? if they did, it would be a permanent fast.

but then, they could do slow smooth worship music: Lego-gato.

this church can’t be real; everyone has a plastic smile on. but actually i suppose they reason they’re there is that everything resinates with them. in fact, polyresinates …

oops. went another 90 seconds. obviously the puns are going downhill, so it’s time to vent, repent, and give it up for lent.
brad on October 31st, 2007 12:19 pm

but then again, surely there must be an apropos Lego acronym:

L ive
E xcellent
G odliness
O urselves

L et
E xuberosity
G o
O ut

L ight
E xtrudes
G raciously
O nward
Peggy on October 31st, 2007 12:26 pm

…alright Brad, the Abbess is sending you into timeout–lent is too far away to be a reasonable vehicle for reflection on the level to which these puns have sunk

I must say, however, that it has been fun having you around the ’sphere. And I think your CamoClashMan comment picture I’ve been seeing around is perfect!
Celtic Son on October 31st, 2007 1:53 pm

Hmmm…

Brad - you’re an inspiration… though the Abbess may have a point… so I figured I might as well lower the tone a little further!!

Would this be classified as a church filled with plastic people - a “Crystalline Cathedral” where the congregants have had some plastic work done!? Is it a case of art imitating life or life imitating art?

For further creativity involving LEGO building on a Christendom model (recommended only if your temperament thermostat is set to humour rather than outrage!) I’d suggest checking out the Reverend Brendan Powell Smith’s “Brick Testament” series… He does aim to push some hot buttons, but it did make me laugh!

See for example…

http://www.thebricktestament.com/epistles_of_paul/instructions_on_marriage/1co07_03a.html

and of course follow the arrows, outlining the Rev’s interpreation of some passages of Scripture

The question that the “Crystalline Cathedral” raises is what lessons can be learned? In respect of Brad’s LEGO acronym I wondered “is is part of the mission to move people who are…

L azy
E gocentric
G reedy
O pinionated

to a place of

L ocal
E mpowerment
G lobal
O bjectives

… some Light Entertainment Gratefully Observed!!

Slainte

A Celtic Pun!
brad on October 31st, 2007 3:22 pm

ummm … i wasn’t going to go there, but i guess it would be legogitimate to ask: in a predominantly Lego church, would a Doctor of Ministry automatically be considered a plastic surgeon?
brad on October 31st, 2007 3:23 pm

and the moral of the story: Abbess-induced time outs do NOT last forever!
Peggy on October 31st, 2007 4:11 pm

FYI, Brad…the rule for time out is one minute for each year of age…thereby

L etting
E veryone
G et
O ut

eventually…so you were good to go! They are, however, repeatable as required!

I was wondering whether there are predominately Legoford Wives in this congregation…they all seem a little, well, stiff…entirely too pristine for this Abbess
Richard Clarke on November 1st, 2007 12:12 am

Love it. Keep it up. My blood pressure is coming down quickly!
Fred on November 1st, 2007 2:02 am

The plastic smiles may be the only realistic thing in the church.
Alan Hirsch on November 1st, 2007 5:00 am

Hey Pegs, instead of Abbess, perhaps Mother Superior is better. Just a thought! You really are superior!

Brad, funny boy!
joe troyer on November 1st, 2007 5:54 am

my first thought is that it is so “sanitary”. Is that how we look at church? Also, it seemed to resemble the “crystal cathedral”.

maybe the kid who made that could have spent less money and time building such a large church and better use that money to feed the poor people of legoland.

Plus - is this some kind of joke? how can people learn the word of god, if they cant even fit in the building?!

ok, i’m done
joe troyer on November 1st, 2007 5:56 am

oops, didnt see the crystal cathedral jokes already. doh!
Peggy on November 1st, 2007 6:42 am

Alan,

Thanks for the vote of confidence, brother!

I’ve answered your question over here at my blog: http://abisomeone.blogspot.com/2007/10/why-abbess-instead-of-mother-superior.html

Blessings
Justin Mayfield on November 1st, 2007 9:12 am

Haha, that’s awsome.
Tim on November 1st, 2007 1:26 pm

You know, the sad thing is: This place looks like my old church. It was a beautiful building with a lot of people in the church. The only problem is that the church was not active in the community and cared more about the amount of asses in the pew and their financial gain.

I guess the old statement is true. You can’t judge a church by its building…
dave on November 1st, 2007 8:18 pm

Theres something wrong here.. the aisle is wide enough to drive the leggo popemoble down..

The people on the left are smiling more than the people on the right. Nobody is yawning. Its obviously not spirit filled - nobody is raising or clapping hands, and there are no children. Theres no diversity - everyone appears to have the same colour face and eyes.

Nobody has any facial hair. Time to take part in Movember and grow a mo…could be the new church project for the month.