A little something about nothing

Church

I know I have been talking about it, but this Sunday I finally attended a service at my potential new church...not by myself of course, my mom came with me!

I have been raised as Catholic and am very familiar with a Catholic Mass. In addition, I spent a few years attending a Lutheran church during high school. They had a great youth program, which I new the youth leader. Of course there are differences between the two, but overall, they are relatively similar in structure.

The church I attended on Sunday is nondenominational and the structure, or lack there of, was very different. As we pull in we notice there are a few people standing in orange vests directing traffic...large parish!!

We walked in amongst all the others pouring in. I was a little overwhelmed with all the people going everywhere and not knowing exactly where to go. The building is the size of a large high school with many classrooms. We found the auditorium, which is where they have their service while they build their main church. It was liking walking into a concert...there was stadium seating with a balcony and on the stage was a full band set up with large screens on either side of the stage as well as over the stage.

They started with the band playing, then a skit, then the Pastor spoke for a while, then the band played again while they had lyrical dancing and we finished with a prayer. The Pastor was an awesome speaker! Although it was very different from what I am used to I truly enjoyed it.

I told my mom I would actually be going back...I could tell she tried to contain her excitement, but I could see it in her eyes. She hasn't ever asked much from me, just that I live a happy life and remain close to the family; however, deep down she has always wanted me to remain close to God. I told her I have my own relationship with him, but as with many "old school" believer's, they feel you are complete with church. So I guess this will now make us both happy!