An English friend of long standing (I don’t say “old friends” these days <g>) just advised my wife and me that our parish got a very nice write-up in Ship of Fools, a satirical UK Web site that uses mystery worshippers to review church services (and whose reviews can be quite acerbic).
Excerpt:
How would you feel about making this church your regular (where 10 = ecstatic, 0 = terminal)?
9 – as an average. I’d give the service a 7 but I’d rate the community as a 10. If I were to relocate my family to Houston, this might well be the church of choice. I suspect it would be perfect for a family with teenagers. As far as personal liturgical taste goes, I would prefer an even stronger choral tradition and a higher liturgical practice, but could be happy here.