Church and Beer

We have a spirits group at our church. Please note that spirits is not capitalized. We've had events centered around whiskey, vodka and a number of beer functions. It's the largest social group in our church. What fun!

 

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Related article. Apparently this is not new. I like the Arthur Guinness story. ...and I though rock music in church was revolutionary!

 

Interesting, they should try that here as due to falling congregations ours are being converted into houses, climbing walls and thankfully bars

 

But if at the Church they would give us some Ale,
And a pleasant fire our souls to regale;
We'd sing and we'd pray, all the live long day;
Nor ever once from the Church to stray...

" The Little Vagabond"
William Blake 1757-1827

 

i'm actually working on a degree at a divinity school right now and people are always surprised to hear how much we drink. personally, i think beer is built into the idea of christian fellowship but given the history of puritanical temperance ideology in the US people assume that sobriety is next to godliness...

 

My church has had a discussion group at a local pub called "theology on tap." I keep meaning to go.

 

Churchkey is one of my favorite bars.

 

I think beer is divine. That should count for something.

 

Life imitating art...a Pastor, a Rabbi, and a Nun could really all walk into a bar...but then, what would the joke be??

 

Martin Luther liked to hold theological discussions with students in a pub. Good bloke to follow.

 

Get a keg of Pliny the Younger and everyone will convert.

 

A beer with dinner doesn't make you a sinner!

 

Nice try, Jesus.

 

This is a great idea, but Europeans are way ahead of us. My undergrad is in biblical studies, and one of my professors talked about a trip to Germany to visit sister churches of the same denomination. They had lunch with one of the deacons who also owned the local pub, and he had a mini-keg of beer to be served with lunch. Apparently, the alcohol ban in the Church of Christ denomination only exists in the US.

 

One need only consider the contribution of the Trappists, as well as the Augustinians, Franciscans, Carthusians, Benedictines, et al. to beer, alcohol in general and Catholic spirituality to pause for refreshment, if not enlightenment.

And remember, when the drink ran out, He made more...

 

I've been to one in Denver and it was quite a good time

 

http://www.churchbrew.com/ This is the only Catholic Church I set foot in!

 

Our church's men's beer group (we are Mennonite, thus we call ourselves: mennobeer group) is headed on a brewery tour in a couple weeks. RR, Bear Republic, Lagunitas, and anything else we stumble into. Make beer not war!