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Firstly, I have this new CD by Anberlin called Never Take Friendship Personal and I must say I am obsessed with it! I'm listening to it right now, which is why I'm mentioning this. Go listen to it :)
Anyways, as far as churches go, I am now torn! It's weird because in the beginning I was so set on going to New Hope and I loved going there, but now I just don't see it as "home". As I mentioned before, I babysit for Steve Thursday nights at London Outreach Center, and the past couple Sundays I've gone there while my family went to New Hope. The reason I say it's weird is because I have always always always gone to church with my family, and now I'm going by myself and it's a little bit to take in. I'm not sure if I like it or not. I do because it forces me to talk to people and it's a good step of faith by going to church on my own and not having my parents to tell me to go, so it's good in that sense. But then again, I always saw going to church as a family event and in a way, a time to spend together, especially at Faith because we were so involved and had to work together as a family and as a church family. And by me going to another church I don't want that to appear as though I don't want to be with my family. But also, if God is calling me somewhere else, then that's where I should go.
What I like about LOC is first, the people. I always feel so welcome there and people take the initiative to talk to me, when I feel I don't get that at New Hope. Alright, intermission, I must say something. In NO WAY is this me bashing another church. The only reason I am comparing it is because I am trying to make a decision in which church to attend and why I decided to switch in the first place. So, the second thing I like is the worship. Probably because it does remind me of Faith more than New Hope's does and I just like the style better. Not much to say about that. Third, I like that it is a small church. Bigger than Faith, yes, but much smaller than New Hope and they only have one service, which means you can know everyone in the church, not just whoever attends your service. I have nothing against bigger churches. It's just a personal preference to have that feeling of family/community and to be involved.
The only thing that might take some getting used to is that it's Pentecostal and so the preaching style is pretty different. Doesn't mean it's bad, I'm just not used to it! They had a guest speaker there this morning, Wayne Meyers. He's 83 years old and he spoke about how today is the Sunday of opportunity. How we can be involved with God's mission and mostly about giving. I noticed they talk a lot about giving at LOC, which is fine with me 'cause I want to help poor people in some way anyways! So this morning made me think about my own financial situation and I always seem to use the phrase "I'm poor" when really, I have waaaaay more than a lot of people. So anyways, it made me think.
On a last note, Wayne Meyers said this (I think he quoted someone else or something) and I liked it: "If you have everything but Christ you have nothing. If you have nothing but Christ you have everything."
So true.
Anyways, as far as churches go, I am now torn! It's weird because in the beginning I was so set on going to New Hope and I loved going there, but now I just don't see it as "home". As I mentioned before, I babysit for Steve Thursday nights at London Outreach Center, and the past couple Sundays I've gone there while my family went to New Hope. The reason I say it's weird is because I have always always always gone to church with my family, and now I'm going by myself and it's a little bit to take in. I'm not sure if I like it or not. I do because it forces me to talk to people and it's a good step of faith by going to church on my own and not having my parents to tell me to go, so it's good in that sense. But then again, I always saw going to church as a family event and in a way, a time to spend together, especially at Faith because we were so involved and had to work together as a family and as a church family. And by me going to another church I don't want that to appear as though I don't want to be with my family. But also, if God is calling me somewhere else, then that's where I should go.
What I like about LOC is first, the people. I always feel so welcome there and people take the initiative to talk to me, when I feel I don't get that at New Hope. Alright, intermission, I must say something. In NO WAY is this me bashing another church. The only reason I am comparing it is because I am trying to make a decision in which church to attend and why I decided to switch in the first place. So, the second thing I like is the worship. Probably because it does remind me of Faith more than New Hope's does and I just like the style better. Not much to say about that. Third, I like that it is a small church. Bigger than Faith, yes, but much smaller than New Hope and they only have one service, which means you can know everyone in the church, not just whoever attends your service. I have nothing against bigger churches. It's just a personal preference to have that feeling of family/community and to be involved.
The only thing that might take some getting used to is that it's Pentecostal and so the preaching style is pretty different. Doesn't mean it's bad, I'm just not used to it! They had a guest speaker there this morning, Wayne Meyers. He's 83 years old and he spoke about how today is the Sunday of opportunity. How we can be involved with God's mission and mostly about giving. I noticed they talk a lot about giving at LOC, which is fine with me 'cause I want to help poor people in some way anyways! So this morning made me think about my own financial situation and I always seem to use the phrase "I'm poor" when really, I have waaaaay more than a lot of people. So anyways, it made me think.
On a last note, Wayne Meyers said this (I think he quoted someone else or something) and I liked it: "If you have everything but Christ you have nothing. If you have nothing but Christ you have everything."
So true.
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