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Megachurch Performs The Weeknd – Blinding Lights For Palm Sunday Service

Church by the Glades in Coral Springs, FL, led by David Hughes, is the embodiment of instituting worldly entertainment in the pathetic hope of catching the attention of wayward goatlings and luring them into staying.

Known for their extravagant attempts to keep their members entertained, in the past few months alone, they played a cover of Run D.M.C’s sleazy and sexual song Walk this Way in church, performed Kendrick Lamar’s N95, only cleaned up and sanitized for church audiences, removing the curse words and racial epitaphs for a sermon illustration, put on a Willy Wonka Christmas worship service’ put on crazy ‘Baby Shark’ mashup during service, replete with smoke and canons! and put on an Addams family themed service.

During their Palm Sunday service, the “hyper creative church” put on a performance of The Weeknd’s Blinding Lights song, tying it in to Matthew 5:14 where Jesus said the church should be “the light of the world.”

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Circus Church! Church Christmas Service Includes Pyrotechnics, Magical dissapearing acts, Circus Performers

Church by the Glades in Coral Springs, FL, led by David Hughes, is the embodiment of instituting worldly entertainment in the pathetic hope of catching the attention of wayward goatlings and luring them into staying.

Known for their extravagant attempts to keep their members entertained, in the past few months alone, they played a cover of Run D.M.C’s sleazy and sexual song Walk this Way in church, performed Kendrick Lamar’s N95, only cleaned up and sanitized for church audiences, removing the curse words and racial epitaphs for a sermon illustration, put on a Willy Wonka Christmas worship service’ put on crazy ‘Baby Shark’ mashup during service, replete with smoke and canons! and put on an Addams family themed service.

During their 2023 Christmas service, the church put on a…welll…. you’ll see.

Hughes previously explained his rationale for putting on wild church servives, using obscene bible twisting as his rationale:

Welcome to this… I don’t know what to call this anymore. I really don’t. The team does such a great job. Give it up for our creative people, if you would-thank you guys, for making this so much fun.

I guess technically we’d call it a service, it’s a worship service, that’s kind of short for worship service, a service, our Christmas service. But it’s an experience. It’s a Christmas experience. It’s now an event. In fact, I love my friends who don’t do church a lot, the last few years they say, “David, what time are your Christmas shows? What time of your Christmas shows?”

And it used to be I try to reframe that “no, it’s actually a worship..-” Guess what? It’s a show. Yes. Welcome to our Christmas show. And if you’re deeply spiritual that offends you, like we shouldn’t have show. No. We should have a show.

The church should have a show- every weekend we should have a show. I’ll tell you why. For my super spirituals right now, don’t log off, because Jesus promised and Matthew’s Gospel that anytime two or three or more would gather in his name, he would SHOW.

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Uncle Fester? Morticia? SBC Megachurch Performs Bizarre ‘Addams Family’ Song and Dance For ‘Spooky’ Sermon Series

Church by the Glades in Coral Springs, FL, above and beyond all other congregations, exemplifies the use of worldly entertainment and ear-scratching techniques in the pathetic hope of catching the attention of wayward goatlings.

Known for their extravagant attempts to keep their members entertained, the 8000-member Southern Baptist megachurch frequently features secular songs in their services, having a repertoire that includes a Beyonce song about Dominatrixes, a cover of Run D.M.C’s sleazy and sexual song Walk this Way in church, performing Kendrick Lamar’s N95, only cleaned up and sanitized for church audiences, removing the curse words and racial epitaphs for a sermon illustration, putting on a Willy Wonka Christmas worship service’ and having a crazy ‘Baby Shark’ mashup during service, replete with smoke and canons!

Now, they’re putting on an Addams Family themed sermon series called “My Weird Family!”

Transitioning from a praise and worship song to leaders dressed up as the Addams Family, announcements are given before the worship band plays a remixed mashup of the theme song while young women in costume dance and snap their fingers in some bizarre poetry-slam/ art installation piece.

Following the routine, lead pastor David Hughes welcomes congregants and guests to the “weirdest weekend of the year” at the church, telling them that they’re just “embracing the fun and spooky of the season.”

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‘U Can’t Touch This?’ SBC Church Plays M.C. Hammer, Beyoncé, AC/DC Medley During Service

Church by the Glades in Coral Springs, FL, above and beyond all other congregations, exemplifies the use of worldly entertainment and ear-scratching techniques in the pathetic hope of catching the attention of wayward goatlings.

Known for their extravagant attempts to keep their members entertained, the 8000-member Southern Baptist megachurch frequently features secular songs in their services, having a repertoire that includes a Beyonce song about Dominatrixes, a cover of Run D.M.C’s sleazy and sexual song Walk this Way in church, performing Kendrick Lamar’s N95, only cleaned up and sanitized for church audiences, removing the curse words and racial epitaphs for a sermon illustration, putting on a Willy Wonka Christmas worship service’ and having a crazy ‘Baby Shark’ mashup during service, replete with smoke and canons!

In a newly unearthed video from their May 2019 sermon series “Heroes, Villains, and Sidekicks,” the church did a five-song medley to get the congregants pumped up and primed for the preaching, singing Taylor Swift’s Look What You Made Me Do, Estelle/Kanye West’s ‘American Boy,’ AC/DC’s Back in Black, M.C. Hammer’s U Can’t Touch This, and Beyoncé’s Run the World (Girls.)

It’s shameful as it is unsurprising. Lead impastor David Hughes has previously rationalized including these sorts of segments as part of his liturgy and services with this phenomenally stupid bible twist:

The church should have a show- every weekend we should have a show. I’ll tell you why. For my super spirituals right now, don’t log off, because Jesus promised and Matthew’s Gospel that anytime two or three or more would gather in his name, he would SHOW.

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To the Glory of God? SBC Megachurch Dances to Rave Song by DJ Who Committed Suicide

Church by the Glades in Coral Springs, FL, is the embodiment of instituting worldly entertainment in the pathetic hope of catching the attention of wayward goatlings and luring them into staying.

Known for their extravagant attempts to keep their members entertained, in the past few months alone, the 8000- member Southern Baptist megachurch led by David Hughes played a Beyonce song about Dominatrixes, a cover of Run D.M.C’s sleazy and sexual song Walk this Way in church, performed Kendrick Lamar’s N95, only cleaned up and sanitized for church audiences, removing the curse words and racial epitaphs for a sermon illustration, put on a Willy Wonka Christmas worship service’ and put on crazy ‘Baby Shark’ mashup during service, replete with smoke and canons!

For their new sermon series ‘Trending,’ they performed a cover and dance routine of the song Nights by Swedish DJ Avicii (real name Tim Bergling.)

It’s an ironic choice, given that the song is about living life to the fullest – One day, you’ll leave this world behind. So live a life you will remember. My father told me when I was just a child These are the nights that never die.”- was given a tragic specter after Bergling killed himself in 2018 at the age of 28, decidedly not living life to the fullest. 

This church wants to be entertained by worldly means, however, and this was certainly that.

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SBC Church with Pixar-themed Sermon Series ft. Eminem/Ciara Cover as Part of Their Liturgy

Church by the Glades in Coral Springs, FL, is the embodiment of instituting worldly entertainment in the pathetic hope of catching the attention of wayward goatlings and luring them into staying. During new sermon series based on the Pixar Film “Up” service, the 8000- member Southern Baptist megachurch led by David Hughes continues its celebration of all things fleshly with a mashup of rapper Eminem and hip hop artist Ciara.

Known for their extravagant attempts to keep their members entertained, in the past few months alone, they played a cover of Run D.M.C’s sleazy and sexual song Walk this Way in church, performed Kendrick Lamar’s N95, only cleaned up and sanitized for church audiences, removing the curse words and racial epitaphs for a sermon illustration, put on a Willy Wonka Christmas worship service’ and put on crazy ‘Baby Shark’ mashup during service, replete with smoke and canons!

This is not part of the sermon illustration, but rather is purely meant to entertain. Their service outline includes several worship songs, announcements, a secular cover song, frequently with all the curse words and sex and violence modified out, and then the sermon.

Senior pastor and Chief Entertainer David Hughes previously offered that they are a “hyper-creative church,” and they embrace a “whatever it takes” mentality in order to “entice a lot of families to come check out our church.”

The church should have a show- every weekend we should have a show. I’ll tell you why. For my super spirituals right now, don’t log off, because Jesus promised and Matthew’s Gospel that anytime two or three or more would gather in his name, he would SHOW.

With the Eminem portion, they sing his “Lose yourself” hit, though this is not a true cover as they frequently have the real artist playing as part of the backing track. For Ciara’s Level up, some of the lyrics include:

All this on me, so yummy, all this oh so yummy
You know you want this yummy, yummy all in your tummy
Level up, level up, level up, level up, level up
Level up, level up, level up, level up, level up
All this on me, so yummy, all this oh so yummy
You know you want this yummy, yummy all in your tummy

Them old mistakes are gone, I won’t do them no more
That’s old news, there’s new news, I done did that before
I turned nothing to something, my comeback on one hunnid’
Less talking, more action, you just gon’ CiCi coming
I just keep elevating, no losses, just upgrading
My lessons, made blessings, I turned that into money
Thank God I never settled, this view is so much better
I’m chilling, I’m winning, like on another level





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SBC Megachurch Liturgy Includes Beyonce Cover Song About Queens and….Doms?

Church by the Glades in Coral Springs, FL, is the embodiment of instituting worldly entertainment in the pathetic hope of catching the attention of wayward goatlings and luring them into staying. During their New Year’s Eve service, the 8000- member Southern Baptist megachurch led by David Hughes continues its celebration of all things fleshly with a Beyonce cover (who herself frequently dresses like a whore in order to entice the flesh) that has become an anthem for the Black LGBTQ community.

Known for their extravagant attempts to keep their members entertained, in the past few months alone, they played a cover of Run D.M.C’s sleazy and sexual song Walk this Way in church, performed Kendrick Lamar’s N95, only cleaned up and sanitized for church audiences, removing the curse words and racial epitaphs for a sermon illustration, put on a Willy Wonka Christmas worship service’ and put on crazy ‘Baby Shark’ mashup during service, replete with smoke and canons!

In fact, almost all services include a secular music cover right after the worship and before the sermon, so much that it’s become part of their liturgy. In this case, Beyonce’s “Break My Soul” which includes the lyrics:

I’ma let down my hair ’cause I lost my mind
Bey is back and I’m sleepin’ real good at night
The queens in the front and the Doms in the back
Ain’t takin’ no flicks but the whole clique snapped
There’s a whole lot of people in the house
Tryin’ to smoke with the yak in your mouth

According to Genius, which seeks to explain unclear song lyrics:

Beyoncé is likely referencing the queer Black origins of house music, a genre she pulls from heavily on “BREAK MY SOUL” with its four to the floor beat and use of drum machines and synthesisers.

The most popularly accepted origin of the term “house music” stems from the Chicago nightclub The Warehouse…. While The Warehouse originally started as a members only club for gay Black men, it eventually found diverse audiences from all over Chicago, driving its popularity up until its closure in 1983.

They continue:

“Queens” could refer to drag queens: primarily gay men and transgender women who take on oftentimes exaggerated female personas as a performance of gender. A “house” is a found family of queens who might compete against other houses in ballroom and pageant competitions

…while “Doms” likely means bottles of Dom Perignon, a luxury vintage champagne brand, the word “doms” can also have a queer context, referring to “dominants” in BDSM subcultures who take on a more controlling (and stereotypically, but not necessarily, masculine) position in a relationship.

BDSM has a long history with queer culture; “doms in the back” could be Beyoncé’s way of including all facets of queerness in her music, but making sure the feminine origins of house music’s queens are at the forefront.

This is what Hughes wins them with, and what he keeps them with.

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SBC Megachurch Christmas Service Features Spaceships and Aviation Themed Songs?

Church by the Glades in Coral Springs, FL, is the embodiment of instituting worldly entertainment in the pathetic hope of catching the attention of wayward goatlings and luring them into staying. During their Christmas service, the 8000- member Southern Baptist megachurch continues its celebration of all things fleshly with an aviation/ passport/ flight-themed Christmas service. 

Known for their extravagant attempts to keep their members entertained, in the past few months alone, they played a cover of Run D.M.C’s sleazy and sexual song Walk this Way in church, performed Kendrick Lamar’s N95, only cleaned up and sanitized for church audiences, removing the curse words and racial epitaphs for a sermon illustration, put on a Willy Wonka Christmas worship service’ and put on crazy ‘Baby Shark’ mashup during service, replete with smoke and canons!

Pastor David Hughes, wanting to highlight the “movement” theme he sees in the Christmas story, tells congregants they should “frame up” the Christmas story against the backdrop of their financial and relational struggles.

How do I make (the Christmas Story) personal? Anybody here going through like, a really serious problem this time of year? Set of problems-it’s financial or it’s relational, you got this stressed out situation your kid uh you know, it’s a health issue, you’ve lost something or someone….why don’t you kind of frame up the Christmas story, this is the story we love we know so well, against the backdrop of your problem?…And I want to tell you this; God as we see in Christmas is really, really good with problems.

He reiterates that “embodiment of the Christmas story is God is with us, God is with you” as you struggle with your addictions and dysfunction, and that “God is really good at dealing with problems” like the virgin birth. He notes that because he was able to solve the problem of the virgin birth, he can solve the problems in your life.

Because the birth of Jesus was based on ‘movement’, his church service featured interludes like this:

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SBC Church Performs Crazy ‘Baby Shark’ Mashup During Service+ Smoke and Canons!

Church by the Glades in Coral Springs, FL, an 8000-member Southern Baptist megachurch, continues its celebration of all things fleshly. Known for their extravagant attempts to keep their members entertained, in the past few months alone, they played a cover of Run D.M.C’s sleazy and sexual song Walk this Way in church, as well as performed Kendrick Lamar’s N95, only cleaned up and sanitized for church audiences, removing the curse words and racial epiteths for a sermon illustration.

Now, as part of their month-long pirate-themed church sermon series, to close it all out, they performed a mashup of ‘Youngblood’ by 5 Seconds of Summer (edited to remove offensive lyrics) & the viral ‘Baby Shark,’ by Pink Fong. 

This is not part of the sermon illustration, but rather is purely meant to entertain, with senior pastor and Chief Entertainer David Hughes previously explaining that they are a “hyper-creative church,” and they embrace a “whatever it takes” mentality in order to “entice a lot of families to come check out our church.”

Check out the last 30 seconds or so. This is part of the church service.

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SBC Megachurch Sings Sanitized ‘Astronauts in the Ocean’ Song for Pirate-Themed Church Service

Church by the Glades in Coral Springs, FL, an 8000- member Southern Baptist megachurch continues its celebration of all things fleshly. Know for their extravagant attempts to keep their members entertained, in the past few months alone they played a cover of Run D.M.C’s sleazy and sexual song Walk this Way in church, as well as preformed Kendrick Lamar’s N95, only cleaned up and sanitized for church audiences, removing the curse words and racial epitaphs for a sermon illustration.

Now, as part of their month-long, Pirate-themed church sermon services, they played a cleaned up cover of Masked Wolf’s 2019 hit ‘Astronauts in the Ocean’ for reasons senior pastor and Chief Entertainer David Hughes explains below:

Happy Spooktacular weekend. If you’re new to the church and you’re confused I get it, most churches don’t do something quite like this. But we just got to wrap our arms around this time of year and embrace the costumes and the spooky and the candy to hopefully entice a lot of families to come check out our church.

…So thanks for being the kind of church that just does this to reach people, man. Thank you for being a ‘whatever it takes’ kind of church. And Jesus says something I thought was so intriguing the same way, the same way., uh you know pirate stories have been around for a long time…

To make it “church friendly” the performers removed a couple curse words from the lyrics, including s****, a few “damn’s’ and the word T.H.O.T (that hoe over there.)

By the way, look how quickly they transition from the show to the worship portion. It’ll give you theological whiplash!

It’s incredible jarring, but goes to show that in the grand scheme of things, it’s all just more of the same; designed to entertain, and not bring glory to the Lord.