Church Service Attention Quiz

Do you pay attention in church?

Of course you do some, maybe a better question is: how well do you pay attention in church?

It can be difficult to stay engaged in the pew. Especially, if you suffer from ADD, ADHD, or even humanity.

How do I know?

Because I thought up the idea for this post during church. Just the idea, not the actual post.

That's no slam on my teaching pastor. He's one of the best communicators out there.

But I get distracted easily. Like a cat in a butterfly garden easily!

Does this ever happen to you?

Have you ever wondered how closely you pay attention during the service? Don't worry, I'm here to help.

Take this quiz to see how well you pay attention. There are nineteen quick questions. Grab a pen and a piece of scrap paper and tally your total.

1) You turn your cell phone totally off for the message. +5

2) If you thought, "Yeah right!" about turning your phone off. -5

3) Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter get hit up more than if you were at the movies. -3

4) A continuing stream of status updates and church related tweets flow from your phone as if you were an inspired author of a book in the Bible. This includes Instagram photos. -1

5) You're a Bible Cover Christian, who uses the pockets to keep items in assisting in note taking or distracting annoying children. +3

6) On Tuesday, you can still remember what the sermon is over. +5

7) On Tuesday, you can remember what the pastor wore. +3

8) On Tuesday, you can remember whether you were even at church or not. +1

9) You take notes on the sermon. +2

10) You take notes in the form of a grocery list. -2

11) You use the bulletin to play tic-tac-toe or the square game. -2

12) You keep winning at tic-tac-toe or the square game. Everyone likes a winner. +1

13) You stare at the preacher, but you are really only seeing how long you can go without blinking. -2

14) Unless you can stare for longer than two minutes. Like I said, everyone likes a winner. +1

15) You are working on the lyrics to your debut Christian rap album. +1

16) You aren't paying attention, but you are keeping your kid from bugging your pew neighbor (unless your kid is super entertaining and in that case cut him loose). +1

17) You bring your dog to church. -5

18) You can repeat the Greek word your pastor used after lunch on Sunday or you even realized he used any Greek. +3

19) You don't go to church for the message, but to meet hot chicks and drink free coffee. -5

Figure up your score and check the "Church Attention Scale".

Question:
How did you do? By the way, if you are figuring this up during the sermon on Sunday, you probably aren't going to score so well.