Unchurched Friend Interview #1

This friend, Tracy(not really, but we're calling her that), said that she feels dirty here. She feels we need to clean up, and realize that cleanliness is important. Also, trying to come up with stuff to say, I believe, she said that we need stricter driving enforcement, because she's seen to many careless drivers. Although that isn't too specific, she tried. I don't think Tracy knew what to say on that one. She did start to get a little more talkative when I asked her about attending church. She said she hasn't since maybe 6th grade, although her mom still goes. Tracy is a very decidedly spoken person, and one thing she's decided is that church is boring. She says animal rights and such things are her most interested fields. She acts as a bit of a tree hugger, with her music and interests, but she's not yelling at anyone trying to change a food chain, yet (that was a joke). Tracy thinks that people don't usually go to church because they don't like it when they go, don't enjoy it, that and the thought of church being a hassle. Most people think that church is a waste of their time, to her. She says she might go to church if she found a laid back, soft-drink allowing church. She says she's gotten in trouble for having drinks in the sanctuary before, and that seemed really pretentious to her, that you couldn't have anything like a soda in service. If she was to give advice to pastors who really want to be helpful to people, she would say to stay "chill" and be a little more calm about church. Tracy wants her pastor to know that she won't always be there, and that shouldn't be reprimanded, but it should be praised when she is there, I believe she feels like churches is one big put-down machine that makes you feel bad about your life, just like many others. The pastor she would want can't attack you if you're late, or anything of that sort, either. Tracy wants a calm, collect, and pleasant church to attend, but I'm not sure that she believes that's even possible. Tracy is a fantastic person that I love to be around, but I think he ideas of church are a bit stereotypical, just like everyone's who hasn't been a part of what their talking about.