Policies for the Regulation of the Glen Waverley Uniting Church

This page is intended to be a compendium of all church council policies (and also such policies of the congregation as determined by groups under the aegis of the Church Council).

On Appropriate Attire in Worship Services

Church Council would not want to turn away any person from the saving grace of God. Accordingly, Council believes that it is neither appropriate nor acceptable that it should regulate a dress code for attendance at worship services.

Having said that, Council would urge all regular attendees to take into consideration the feelings of others in the congregation when they do dress to attend worship. If we recognize that some articles of clothing (or lack of them!) may upset others, and distract them from their devotions, we may choose to be more discreet in what we wear.

The words of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount may also be worth keeping in mind: "So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these."

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