I'm not a fan. That goes for all services based around secular holidays.
Are there any others? I suppose Mother's/Father's Day but those are always on Sunday anyway.
This church I was at over Memorial Day weekend this year did this really creepy thing where they used 'America the Beautiful' as the communion anthem.
I don't find Mother's/Father's Day services objectionable, actually, partly (but not only) since there's Christian precedent for them even though they're not currently religious celebrations.
I understand that this sends a bit of a mixed message, but the entire song is a prayer for God to render America more Godly:
I'm not a big fan of "Patriotic Services" because much of it provides apologia for a number of facets of our nation that I consider un-Godly.
America, the Beautiful is, however, a song that calls for God to perfect our Nation, and that is very much in the spirit of 2 Chronicles 7:14
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