church hunting week #2
this one was nice, too, though, again, lacking in young people. i have a feeling this will continue to be a problem as i look at smaller, quieter, city-er (as opposed to suburban) churches. they do have two services, though, and i went to the traditional one, so perhaps they do have younger people at the contemporary one. the two services thing doesn't bother me so much here, as the sanctuary is small, so room-wise it might warrant two. i'm thinking i might try the other service sometime, though i currently have two other churches to try (one of which i was actually going to go to today but was running late, so i ended up at this one cuz it started a half hour later). we shall see.
posted by melilotnfosco | 9:22 PM
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The late service was the traditional service?? That's different.
I went to my regular church yesterday because I had greeter duty. Last night we had training for all the volunteers on the hospitality team, and I decided that maybe I could try being an usher instead. Because at least then you have something to do -- hand out bulletins -- instead of just stand there awkwardly saying "Good morning." I haven't heard back yet though on that. Honestly, the volunteer coordinator is probably getting sick of my emails.
But a student's parent today told me to check out a church near me. This parent is a pastor and knows the pastor of this other church. However, it turns out this is a charismatic church, and so is the church where my student's parent pastors! I had no idea. He was laughing about it. But how this came up in the first place? My student told me he was baptized yesterday. :D His dad said that the church is small, so the family that was there meant the church was pretty much double in size yesterday. I pointed out that they didn't invite me! :P But isn't that exciting? :)
that's very exciting! and how nice of them to encourage you in your church search. :D
i've heard of the traditional service at a couple other churches, and it seems odd to me. 1) childless young people don't want to get up and 2) young people with kids have to be able to get them out the door. but whatever works for them i guess.
and if the coordinator is getting sick of your emails, oh well. it's important that you find your place if you stay there (or if you don't - it will give you an idea for what to do at the next church).
"Church search" would be a great target for articulation therapy. :)
:)
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