Today is Sunday, but it doesn't feel that way to me. Why? Because we aren't going to church. Why? Because we went last night.
We recently decided to join a life group (aka, small group or Bible study) at our church and it happens to meet on Saturday evening right after the Saturday night church service. So we decided to try the Saturday night service yesterday.
It truly was a lot like the Sunday morning service we've been going to with one exception. There were fewer people there. And for my family, that's a good thing. You see, the main reason we joined the life group was because the church is so big it's easy to get lost amongst everyone. Don't get me wrong, there were still quite a few people there, but the difference was noticeable. Especially for my kids. They've never liked big crowds and church is no exception.
In fact, till we found this church, my kids would give us a hard time when it was time to drop them off. The fact that there were 50+ kids at drop off didn't seem to matter at this church because at drop off there is a bounce house in the gym. Last night with only about 20 kids, drop off was a breeze.
The other thing I noticed... my kids remembered more of their lesson. The lesson discussed wasn't something that I would consider that memorable (it wasn't any of the typical stories we read our kids so they didn't have that memory to fall back on). My theory is that fewer kids leads to fewer distractions and that leads to better concentration.
As odd as it may feel for a while, I think I may enjoy going to church on Saturday evening. Except for the fact that we don't get to have dinner till 7:30 at the earliest. Now to start planning one meal a week that I can have ready when we get home.
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