We went to the early contemporary service because we like contemporary music. Not only did no one talk to us, but when we talked to them they were rude. So I thought I would be helpful and mention that to the usher handing out bulletins that someone might want to change that in the newspaper so that tourists and visitors would not come to their church at the wrong time. I guess it was the wrong thing to say. My son Ernest tried attending there for a while, but found it impersonal and now attends a smaller and much friendlier church.
Hospitality is one of the earliest virtues mentioned in the Bible.
From the very beginning of the history of Israel, the Hebrews were strangers. Abraham left his homeland and wandered as a stranger in a strange land as did his descendants. When hospitality was shown to him and his family they appreciated it greatly. There are several stories in Genesis that reveal the belief that inhospitality was seen as a great sin. It was, in part, for the sin of inhospitality.