My wife and I went to our local Greek Orthodox Church’s annual ‘Greek Glendi’ this past weekend.
It’s their yearly shindig and fund-raiser held on the grounds of the Church.
They had something like a flea market with lots of Greek food and goods for sell. The food was great, the culture was interesting, and the music with the traditional Greek dancing was a lot of fun to watch also.
Now, I’m no fan of Eastern Orthodox “Theology” whatsoever (Don’t get me started on their “Iconography” and Church traditions)
But as I was sitting there, staring at the two Budweiser trucks with draft taps on the side, along with the tables full of Greek wines and beer, for sell, I started thinking…
…”Is it okay for a Church to have a community fund raiser like this?” and if so…
…”Is it acceptable to sell wine and beer at that Church fund-raiser?”
I know that it’s fine to MODERATLY drink wine and beer, that’s not the issue. Something just doesn’t seem right to me about this, but I can’t put my finger on it.
So here’s the question:
Are my old SBC ‘Fundy’ ways of seeing things messing with me, or is there something scripturally wrong with all this?
Btw..I had a bottle of Greek beer (Mythos brand-with a little unicorn image on the bottle), it paired fantastically with the Greek Salad.
