We are still hunting for a church home in our area. So far, we've found two that we like. The first one is the church in Decatur called Cornerstone Baptist.
What we like:
-Has AWANA/Cubbies
-Worship is contempary
-People are super friendly
What we are unsure of:
-Teaching. (have yet to attend a morning sermon that was not a guest speaker) However, we have attended a few evening services while Bella was in Cubbies. Last night, in fact, was their Lord's Supper service, which was actually really cool. No message, per se, but spent about 45 minutes in reflective prayer, having stations to go to, including nailing name to the Cross, and prayer candles, before taking the elements.
-No Home Groups. (At least, not like we know it. They do have small groups, but it is currently at the church, and are typically like LH discipleship classes or are sunday school classes.
The other is Grace Fellowship in Paradise.
What We Like:
-Solid Teaching (Sermon series much like LH)
-Home Groups that include children
-Contempary Worship
What We Are Unsure of:
-Worship is almost like a concert. (Or: We miss Aaron's heart for worship)
-30 minute drive
-No AWANA!!!!
Sadly enough, it is the no AWANA that makes it a difficult choice. They don't have an evening service, so technically we could go to Cornerstone for our AWANA needs since we wouldn't be skipping out at Grace.
What we need is prayer, and wisdom. We do not want to be torn between two bodies, you know what I mean?
We would welcome your thoughts.
Thanks, and we love ya'll.
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That is hard to be torn. I will be praying that God will make it very obvious where you are supposed to be.
Miss y'all. Give Jack a big kiss on his birthday and Bella one just cause!!!
Carrie Williams is in the same boat! I will pray for you guys.
Kyle
Is Grace Fellowship a FIC church? (Family Integrated)
Allen and I went to a conference with Voddie Baucham, who started the FIC at his church gfbc.com and the concept of including family in everything really blew us away.
We're praying for ya'lls decision!
Just kidding, here's the website:
http://www.gracefamilybaptist.net
Thanks for your prayers and all. In response to Kendra's post...
It isn't that Grace Fellowship. However, it does appear to be (if not officially FIC) family integrated. The Home Group my co-worker attends has children there, much like how things have evolved at LH. I do not know if this is the exception or the norm.
Aside from the fact that they have no AWANA, they seem to have a pretty good program for the kids. And Sarah and I both like how the nursery is set-up, as least as much as having tags identifying child with parent. Much better than dropping your kid off and hoping that they don't let some stranger take 'em. Know what I mean?
We really won't know too much more until we take their membership class...yep...membership class. And we still are praying about whether we'll take that step or not.
Definitely wait on the Lord to show you which church is right or if there is even another church you've not been aware of yet.
I looked down at a previous post and saw that you've moved to Alvord! Wow. So close to our hometown. I didn't know if you knew the Terilli's who used to go to LH. They moved to Alvord when they left CS! They had lived there before moving to CS and still had their house there. If you want to email me sometime, I can give you the phone number and address I have for them.
Love,
Melodi
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