Jun. 2, 2008 - FOUND A CHURCH, MAYBE?
Most of you know that we left our church 3 months ago. Well, in those three months we went to visit a couple churches and decided that was not going to work for our family. We didn't want to keep going to different churches every week, because we wanted some stability for they kids (there's 6 of them age 9 and under). So, for three months we have had "church" in our living room. We decided that we'd do this until God showed us otherwise. Well, He did.
Saturday evening, I was going to pick up some Freecycle things. A friend of mine had told me that some people who had been in our small group went to a church that they really liked. Well, my Freecycle pick up was in that city, so since I was passing the street of the church, I thought I'd drive by and see its service times. Well, I did, but across the street were three people standing outside what seemed to be a church.
Reluctantly, I drove across the street to talk to the three people. They were the Pastor and two elders of this church. I asked them what the name of the church was and they said, "Well, as of tomorrow it will be called..." They began to tell me Sunday would be their first service, and that they were renting the church from the ministry that was across the street (the one where I'd just been looking at the service times). They were wonderful people, so I asked hubby what he thought, and he said, "Let's go!" So that is what we did.
Today, we went to the service, and it was very nice. It was almost scary. My husband, who had said that he probably would never sing in a church again, actually sang there today, even though we knew no one. The children did well, and the service wasn't too long, though it was longer than what we'd been acustomed to over the last two years. After service they had a reception. We stayed and talked and asked a lot of questions about their beliefs and mission. Needless to say, we plan to go back next week. We don't know what God is doing, or even if this is it, but we are willing to go along for the ride, again!
The funny thing is that when I talked to my friend this week ( I mentioned her earlier), she asked if we'd found a church. She said they had, but it was by their house which is quite a distance from mine. I told her that I didn't want to travel to church, because I'd end up not going. I also told her that I knew a lot of the churches in the area and didn't think they were what we were looking for. Then I jokingly said, "It would take God to create one!" Funny, it looks like that is what He did!
Unitl Next Time,
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