The most useless part of any church service is the greeting. The idea is to provide a time for each person to get to know those people around them. I’ve yet to attend a church that allows more than 5 minutes for this part of the worship service. No more time is really needed. Strangers only smile, shake hands and occasionally exchange names (then promptly forget them). People usually spend the time speaking to those around them they already know, whom they most likely already greeted earlier that day. Occasionally those leader the worship service will attempt to remedy this problem. The best solution I experienced was when everyone was asked to only greet one person they did not know (or know well) and spend the 5 minutes talking to that person. This Sunday, we were asked to share an interesting fact about ourselves after our introduction. What a bad time for a brain fart. I could not think of one interesting thing about myself! Take heed, dear reader! There are two things the human mind can not conjure when they are needed: joke and interesting biographical facts. The solution is to think of them now. Take possession of them and call them your own! Here are mine:
Joke: So this sandwich walks into a bar and asks for a beer. The bartender replies, “I’m sorry, we don’t serve food here.” >drumRoll /<
Interesting Fact: I do not wear shoes while I am in the office.