Aqueous

This weekend, I saw a sign for Aqueous Church, which apparently meets every Saturday night at the elementary school auditorium in the college town of Isla Vista. My curiosity having been peaked, I visited their webpage to discover that they are basically a young adult, "pop-culture" frontend to the Goleta Foursquare Church. They use the name aqueous as a reference to the waters of baptism and to the living water spoken of by Jesus. As is mostly the case, aqueous is their attempt to reform themselves into something that seems to be fresh and new, something modern and relevant. It seems these types of pop-churches abound now more than ever in our culture in the attempt to reach young adults who are lost on old-school religion.
Initially, I thought the name aqueous was a little too new-agey. I love the fact that the Roman Catholic Church has tradition, a profound sense of history and depth built on years of reflection, guidance, and perseverance through every type of human tragedy and world change. The Church has traditionally reached cultures by adapting elements while remaining true to its own history and teaching, sustaining doctrinal unity throughout the world. These pop-churches that spring up only appeal to one type of culture, one type of epoch in history; Hence, I am very suspicious of them.
Where else can you find a guy with a mohawk and black fingernails releasing a dove? On a more interesting note, one of the expectations listed on their webpage is:

To create an atmosphere so saturated with joy that people can barely fight the urge to "shake it like a Polaroid picture."

But we, Catholics, are joyful too! Our joy echoes through the centuries, for mohawks and all.