| 5 years ago :: Jun 06, 2008 - 11:04PM #31 | |
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[QUOTE=maylily;548811]What do I like about my church? I'll speak only of my congregation for now. I love how I was welcomed. .... I walked in and felt at home. I don't know if I'll feel at home anywhere else.[/QUOTE]
I feel that way about my church. I was away for several years, then moved to Texas to join my fiance. We went to a few churches, but felt at home right away in the one we joined last year. And now we are moving to Illinois, and I am also worried that I won't find another *real* church home either. I know you can never replicate an experience, and something wonderful, in its own special way, may come along ... but I still feel afraid that I won't find another connection, that I'll wind up going to some church and just be a body in a pew again. |
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| 5 years ago :: Jun 09, 2008 - 11:59AM #32 | |
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May I suggest then, you who are relocating, that instead of looking for the perfect church, you join one and become the church you are looking for?
The church is not a building or an organization. YOU are the church!
You are unique.
Just like everybody else. |
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| 5 years ago :: Jun 09, 2008 - 1:53PM #33 | |
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It is difficult to "be the church" when the others I've attended feel cold. There is so much emphasis on buzz words and "change" becomes the goal instead of worship.
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| 5 years ago :: Aug 28, 2008 - 10:20AM #34 | |
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I am responding to some comments about Disciples of Christ Church buildings earlier in this thread. You definitely should read my blog about Rogers Heights Christian Church. I point out the issue of the building in the 50's.
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| 4 years ago :: Nov 11, 2009 - 9:29PM #35 | |
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I know this thread is old, but it contains a lot of info about great DoC buildings. I am happy to add another one: The First Christian Church in Oklahoma City, OK. I worshipped there when I was deployed to OKC last summer. From the outside, it looks like a combination of a giant egg and a spaceship. In fact, it was like worshipping in the mothership with surround-sound! I so wish I could have sung in there -- the acoustics were something else! Can't figure out how to post a photo in this thread, so I'll make it my profile photo for the time being... I may be going to Indianapolis this Sunday to pick up a table -- any suggestions on a can't-miss church to visit?
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