Today I am thankful for my church and my small group in particular. We recently started attending a small group at our church. We felt that was necessary since there are 3 church services each weekend and it's kind of hard to connect with people.
Today I got to participate in an outreach our church did and I LOVE the fact that they even consider such things but also that they pulled it off quite well (at least from what I could tell). You see, each small group was responsible for one small part of what they called a "Free family fun day" at a local high school. Different groups set up various carnival games, gave away hot dogs and cotton candy and then inside my group gave away gently used tennis shoes and jeans.
Considering the area we were in, it was very needed and you could tell by how the families reacted when they found out there was free clothing (they were not told about that part in advance). Not only was it wonderful to see a small need meet for some of these families but it gave me an opportunity to get to know some of the people in our small group just a little bit better and it was fun.
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Saturday, November 17, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Gonna Take Some Getting Used To
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.
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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