And you thought our buildings were Gothic
Will a Goth eucharist bring the Goth kids back into the Gothic buildings?
The candlelit Goth Eucharist services feature a specially written liturgy and music from bands like Depeche Mode, Joy Division and the Sisters of Mercy.
I doubt it, because it’s not about the music.
When I was in my early teens down at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, someone tried a “folk [music] Mass.” Folk Masses were big in the mid-1960s. Tambourines and guitars in church–whee! I get to bang the tambourine! Cool!
But I still walked out the door at age 15. Not because I was mad about “adult hypocrisy.” Not because the probably gay curate tried to molest me in the sacristy–to my knowledge, he never tried anything with any of the altar boys.
But because the Church’s explanation of the universe did not make sense to me. Playing “my music” would not have helped.
Tags: Episcopal Church, Anglicanism