Who wears a tie to church?

I always wear a suit and tie to church on Sunday morning. To be accurate, I wear it to and from church and Sunday School. I'm in the choir so I hang up my jacket in the robing room and wear my beautiful, long, flowing, gorgeous choir robe during the service.

 

Since I have always been involved in the music ministry, I have always worn a suit with a tie Sunday morning and evening. Wednesday evening is a lot more casual. In Florida some people wear shorts to church; that caught me by surprise the first time I encountered that.

 

Sloppy, yes, but that depends on your definition of sloppy. I'm sure that someone who is used to haute couture in Paris would consider your "Sunday best" quite sloppy.

 

Of course, you might also wear white tie and tails to a formal evening event, does that mean you esteem such an event more important than addressing Congress?

Such a direct comparison is overly simplistic, IMO.

 

What's interesting in when you run across those who dress casually who automatically assume that those who do dress nice are being legalistic, yet isn't it the one who judges the motive of the other who is being the "legalist" on this issue regardless of which dress is preferred?

Personally I dress very causal, but I completely understand why some prefer to dress up and am fine with it. The only problem I have is with those who look down their noses at others as not being as "holy" because they prefer something different, and the common misconception is to think that tendency is only on one side.

 

Suit and tie here. Couple years ago the assist pastor who normally wore jeans, plaid shirt, and dirty leather jacket with fringe walked up to me one Sunday and said something along the lines of "My look at you, you make me look like a slob." I don't know what he thought of my silence as I walked over to my seat.

Well, what could I answer when he did look like a slob (using his terminology)?

 

"it's becoming the hottest church in NJ"

Hummm "hottest" isn't the term I would like to have to use for a place of worship, but to each their own as the old saying goes Guess there is one Biblical character that might like it

 

Had a preacher show up wearing what looked to be a pajama top under his jacket. Claimed it was a "dress T" [?]

 

Lets see...this past Sunday I wore orange cargo shorts, solid t and boat shoes.

 

EWF...

Whew, none of that for me.

Thats my standard attire for church.

Me too. Its the only way to go, imo.

 

Although our pastor is quite fundamentalist and conservative, we are expected to dress the way we would dress if going before a judge in a court-room for trial. In other words, if you can dress that nice for a human judge, you should dress at least the same way for God. I do not disagree with him and because I run the sound, all that work for the church, such as ushers are all expected to wear coat and ties. The only exception is the pastor may remove his jacket when preaching due to the high temperatures we have been having in Oklahoma (110 or so).

He also believes we should stand out from a non-Christian crowd where-ever we go and that includes nose studs, short-shorts and women should be careful they don't dress in a way that causes a man to lust after them. That is for their husband only.

I must say that I have to agree with him because as we tend to move towards liberalism it will not stop until it enters the theology itself.

 

Suit and Tie or Blazer and Tie in the Autumn or cooler months. Shirt and tie and nice slacks in the warmer months.


I'm a retired Funeral Director and I used to wear a suit every sunday in case my pager went off and I had to leave. After over 30 years of wearing a suit and tie it's hard to break the habit. :smilewinkgrin:

Not trying to be legalistic, I'm just more comfortable that way.

 

My husband always wears a tie to church. Most often he will wear a suit and tie but sometimes in the summer he may wear a blazer and grey trousers. Winter is is always a suit and tie.

 

Always suit and tie or a clergy collar.

Cheers,

Jim

 

A properly fitting suit shouldn't be uncomfortable. People who dress like slobs for church show a lax attitude for worship.

 

And your basis for this would be?

 

No. A properly fitting suit in 100 degree weather is uncomfortable.