[Faith-talk] Church

[debby phillips]

Hi all, well, last week, I made the attempt to go to church.  I 
was ready when Paratransit came (I figured I'd see if I liked the 
church and then if so could work out learning the bus route or 
getting other rides).  When I got there, all the doors were 
locked, no lights on, no cars around.  It was 26 degrees, and I 
had at least a 45 minute wait.  Maybe I should have stayed there, 
but the thought of spending that much time in such cold really 
disheartened me.  So I came home.  But yesterday I had a thought, 
and maybe this is from God.  My husband grew up Lutheran.  He 
prefers that kind of church.  At one point, we were going to join 
a Missouri synod Lutheran church (LCMS) in Vancouver when we 
lived there, but because of Craig's being President of the 
Council at another ELCA Lutheran church, we didn't go to the 
LCMS.  Briefly, the LCMS is the more conservative Lutheran 
church, more Bible-oriented, etc.  So today I found a Lutheran 
church quite close to our house and gave the information to 
Craig.  I would prefer a more charismatic church, but I am 
thinking that perhaps I could find an Aglow group or something 
like that that I could participate in, and Craig and I could go 
to church together.  So please pray that if this is God's will, 
that Craig's heart will be open to going.  Otherwise, I will 
either try and go back to that other church or see if there is a 
church closer that I could even walk to (once we get rid of the 
snow that is).  I'm not that fond of walking in snow and ice, 
though I certainly did some of that while in Colorado.  Thanks 
for your prayers, sorry this is so long, and also sorry but I did 
post this en masse to folks, for the sake of efficiency.  Thanks 
for your prayers.    Blessings,    Debby