lombardi
Footballguy
In Essentials Unity, In Non-Essentials Liberty, in All Things CharityI would love to hear more about your faith and how your experiences have helped your children! I am a "church going individual" but have always been of one denomination. I have thought about attending some different "types" of churches while on vacation to see what its like but have always backed out of the idea as I do not attend church just for me but to worship Him!We go to church most Sundays, occasionally we'll do a weekend camping trip or have some event to go to, but we almost always try to catch Sunday service. We also have gone to a few mid-weeks. Sometimes we find a church we really like and we'll go all month. Sometimes we pop around to try out a few places, like here in Socal. We went to big Calvary last week (so sad I was 2 weeks late for the Chuck Smith memorial), we'll probably visit Joey Buran's church, we may check out the Refuge in HB, our friends go to Hope Chapel. So we'll pop around because there are interesting pastors, places we'd like to visit, or people we want to go to church with. We went to a church in Foley, AL and loved it so much we went for about a month. I actually ended up leading worship at the church filling in for someone before I left, we made a really great connection there. So it's a mixed bad. I've probably been to several dozen churches, probably not a hundred but definitely more than 20. Not sure, interesting question though.
It's actually been pretty awesome. In addition to seeing some of my favorite teachers, I get to go to some REALLY bad churches. The best conversations we've had with our kids after church have been in these places. Why are they saying what they're saying, what the Bible really says, why do we or don't we believe in this or that. Pretty cool stuff. I almost walked out of a service in the Grand Canyon, actually almost stood up and yelled Blasphemy, but I held it together. We left quickly and quietly. It ended up being one of the best conversations on faith we ever had with our kids. Pretty cool.
I think kids grow up in one church their whole lives and they don't know that there are so many different kinds of Christians doing it so many different ways. Things like false gospel are hard for a kid to understand until they see it, know something is weird, and then talk about it after. Some children don't experience that until college or later and it throws them for a loop. WE've loved the diversity we've come across in some of the out of the way places. It's been great for the kids.
It's been really cool fellowshipping with brothers and sisters from all kinds of Christian traditions. The body of Christ is very diverse and each church (little 'c') is an expression of the people who worship there. Different styles of worship, teaching, tradition, and each has their own unique relationship with their community and how they serve it. It's just really interesting and I think enlightening for my kids and myself to see so many different interpretations of how to "do church". Some good, some not exactly what I would do, but for the most part all doing their best to worship and honor God. We're all part of the same Church (big 'c') and I think it's good for everyone to step outside of their tribe once in a while to see how other people, who love God just as much as they do, spend their time of worship on Sunday morning.
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