The Great Lakes Church in Kenosha, Wisconsin, rented a space at a local elementary school in which to hold their weekly Sunday service, but once parents started seeing their flyers floating around, officials had to show the church the door.

The Rev. Dave Nelson just wanted to talk about sex. And porn. And homosexuality.

But he won’t be doing it at Nash Elementary School.

The Great Lakes Church, a new church which has rented space at Nash for four weeks, lost its permit late last week after sending a colorful flier that proclaimed, “Thank God for Sex.”

The flip side listed Nash as the location for the service, and a series of topics scheduled over the next five weeks, including:

- Great Sex (Bedroom: From Battleground to Playground)

- Sexy and Single (Why God Doesn’t Care About Your Virginity)

- Sex Secrets (Porn, Homosexuality and Stuff Like That)

The Kenosha Unified School District called the flier obscene, disruptive and a violation of Policy 1330, which covers renting Unified space to private organizations.

Nelson said he was stunned at the outcome, and was just trying to attract non-church-going Christians to a new kind of service, while dealing with topical issues. The flier also advertised “loud music, a casual atmosphere, short services, and fun for kids.”

Read the full article here…

I checked out the Great Lakes Church Web site and they really seem desparate to draw people in… The worship service music is described as “loud.” … What on earth are they trying to drown out? The loud video titled “See our service” sure is an eye and ear-opener.

This is also how they describe the event on their site:

Sunday, February 8th, 2009 Thank God For Sex
WHAT: Thank God For Sex (New Series)
WHEN: February 8th – March 8th (9am and 10:30am)
WHERE: Tinseltown Movie Theater
WHO: Everybody

Good or bad, right or wrong, the word sex conjures up a variety of images and ideas in everyone’s mind. As much as we think we’ve got it all figured out, sex is a pretty complicated topic evidenced by the wide range of emotions that people connect with it. Join us as we look at how to be more free and have more fun in our sex lives!
CONTACT: info@greatlakeschurch.com

I’m still trying to find out what all of this has to do with Salvation and getting into the Kingdom of GOD…

[HT: Slice of Laodicea]