Holiday skipping

Note: This isn't a dig at anyone in particular, I've seen it happen at every church I've attended. I've also partaken in the holiday skip myself.

It's the holidays and unusually, churches had more people in them than normal. It was Easter Sunday.

But there were also a chunk of the regulars who were absent. Perhaps they were busy with family commitments. Perhaps they had an emergency. Perhaps they are on a well deserved holiday. Perhaps they fell down a well.

Or perhaps they just decided to skip church.

The trend to miss church whenever there are school holidays is common. I struggle to understand it.

If following Jesus is the central thing in your life, then why would you allow church attendance to slide just because it is school holidays (especially if you are a young adult and there is a chance that you're not on holidays anyway!)? Why would you let the most important thing in your life go off the boil just because you don't need to slow down in a school zone?

To make things worse, some churches even plan for the drop off. Why would they do this? Why would they send the message that this is okay?

The most disappointing occurrence is when it happens this morning. It may just be me, but I find it odd that a Christian would miss the pinnacle of the Christian year. Sure, if they're away, they may have gone to church elsewhere, but Easter Sunday seems like a pretty lame day to sleep in...