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No, air conditioning isn't common in Australian churches. No church I've worked in, or regularly worshipped in, has had it. Generally cooling is some very ineffective fans (heating is better).
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In the United States, air conditioning is common in all modern buildings, including Churches.
That's quite interesting.
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Our new service time is 11:00 am, and this week it was 40 degrees Celcius. I suggested to the Vicar that if we were going to have an 11:00 am service, perhaps we should have air conditioning as well!?
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I think that maybe when I was a kid our church didn’t have AC because I remember the windows being open with a breeze blowing in. I know for sure the school attached had no AC.
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Maybe AC has become more common over the years? I don’t know. Very interesting, though!
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Yeah, but, again, let me remind you about that photo I posted on the last page. It's not for lack of heat that Australians don't prioritise air conditioning.
I think there is still a cultural twitch here - especially in churches - that air conditioning is something of a luxury. A sense that people ought to be resilient enough to cope with being in a hot building for an hour or so.
Now... I'd say that's debatable. I've had to call an ambulance for someone elderly who's collapsed in the heat. But I know that a lot of churches simply would not be willing to spend the money to install and run air conditioning.
I think there is still a cultural twitch here - especially in churches - that air conditioning is something of a luxury. A sense that people ought to be resilient enough to cope with being in a hot building for an hour or so.
Now... I'd say that's debatable. I've had to call an ambulance for someone elderly who's collapsed in the heat. But I know that a lot of churches simply would not be willing to spend the money to install and run air conditioning.
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There's always that one thing you realize you need for cooking at the last minute. Last night my daughters and I were making cookies when I discovered I was nearly out of foil. I dashed out this morning and got some while the stores are still open.
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Yes, I discovered that I had run out of food gift bags this morning. A kitchen full of chocolates, nothing to put them in. I tried the shop, but everyone else had already noticed that they had run out themselves, so none left. I did manage to find a way to make do.
It is just not Christmas without some emergencies and at least one mistake.
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