One thing I just absolutely
cannot stand is a minister, broke and needing to take up offereings, telling you that you need to give . . . . and he has a cell phone hanging from his belt!
OOOOOOOOO, that gets to me something awful!
But yes, I firmly beleive that if you are going to have a pager or cell phone in your possession at church, set it to vibrate and set it to save your messages. And tell anyone that may contact you that you are at church at you are not to be bothered except for emergencies.
If you are not a surgeon needed to perform a life-saving procedure, turn your communications system completely off.
I have to carry a pager from time to time for my job, and I just stay at home during those times, rather than disturb the church.