church #6 and the thoughts preceding

after going to numerous churches, it was dawning on me that i was going to these churches looking for a church, when i should've been going to them looking for GOD. i also started questioning whether or not wanting a group of singles was me focusing on the wrong thing. it would be nice, yes, but should that be a basis for looking for a church? the same thing can happen to me at a new church that has happened to me at my last one - they may just all move on and get married. no church is going to be perfect. the most important thing is that it's Biblically sound, and i really want some place to serve.
when i was looking last night for a church to attend today, i was happy to see that on church #6's website, under their list of ministry connections, there were links to two different recovery programs, one of which is that one that (sadly 6 months ago now) i'd thought about looking into to volunteer at. i got the feeling this is a small church, so i wasn't too sure about the young people situation, but i liked the prospect of the church encouraging serving those who have been through addiction.
i got to the church today, and i was right. it is a small church. fewer than 70 people, of whom probably 7 were under 70. but i liked it. i was ever so welcomed and introduced to people and invited to lunch. i liked the music, and the sermon's title was the name of the wednesday night ministry i attend, which caught my attention right away.
gonna have to put some prayer into this one. a problem that i am going to run into forever is that i like old people. i like them, their style of worship, and, to be honest, their church buildings better than young people and all of their rigamarole. and how are these churches going to thrive if the young people don't attend them? perhaps if young people were added to their numbers, new people wouldn't think, 'i really like it here, but there are no young people,' and then leave, disappointed that they 'couldn't' go to that church.
and if i want a place to serve at the church i attend and like old people, not kids, wouldn't it make sense to go to a church with plenty of old people? and if it's a church where i can serve old people, and one that also encourages serving former addicts, wouldn't that make sense? and angie from work and i have been hanging out outside of work, so i have a friend now. do i need to keep insisting on young people at the church?
so this one needs some prayer. i'll be out of town the next couple sundays, but i'll try to listen to a couple sermons online between now and when i get back, and then decide if i want to try it again. we'll just have to see.

why am i so bad at going to bed!?!

i had decided on a church to go to tomorrow, but changed to a different one cuz it starts later and i wanted more sleep. so i just stayed up an extra hour. oops.

you guys...oh my gosh...you guys...

i found my travel journal!!!! :D :D :D :D

church #5

i don't know why i'm reviewing all of these on here for you girls. probably because i have nothing else going on. i've felt quite uninspired of late.
the sermon wasn't bad, though the pastor twice used 'commendation' when he meant 'condemnation,' which means something quite different. the music was a little loud, and all songs i don't know, and i must say, it greatly bothered me that one of the guys on the worship team had his pant legs rolled up and bare feet. that's just not respectful. so this one's a no.

church #4

okay, this time i wasn't really church-hunting, so much as i needed an early service to go to as i also needed to visit the old lady i visit before spending the afternoon with hobbitsister.
when i was in england i went to three weekday masses. i liked them very much. and so i decided, why not go to sunday mass at the catholic church by my house. so not the same thing. a sunday mass is twice the length of a weekday one, and the church was packed so it lost it's intimacy. i could hardly hear anything anyway, but then add to it the fact that apparently catholic babies are far crabbier then protestant ones, and it made for a lot of 'are we done yet?' someday i hope to go to another weekday mass, but i'll leave sunday ones for the actual catholics.

small group last night

i felt myself relaxing just driving to church. and then i got there and people were so happy to see me and said they had been asking each other if anyone had my phone number to try to find out where i've been and one of the women said she's been thinking of me and worrying about me and praying for me. honestly, nobody cares more about other people than former addicts.

i swatted my co-worker on the head with my wallet purse thing today, a little harder than i meant to. i felt bad, so i then swatted myself with it to make up for it.
my head hurts.