if I may be totally unfair

I'll preface this by saying I know it's unfair and I haven't had enough experience to form this impression, but we do it all the time and here it is:

The United Church of Chapel Hill has lots of nifty ads on the local buses about being a different kind of church. So I went there a few years ago and after the service no one talked to me. I've never heard of that happening to visitors to any church. I just kinda stood around at fellowship. So a bad first impression.

Yesterday I was walking down a minor street in Carrboro. A car came to a stop sign as I was crossing the intersection. She clearly saw me, but cut me off. She had a UCC bumper sticker and the one from there that said "ask me about my church." Makes me want to get the one that says "How would Jesus drive?"

So, they've done a good job of making a bad first and second impression...

Sometime I should post about how what I want from a church is logically impossible: basically a diverse church where everyone is just like me.