Church hopping?

So, for the first time in around 10 years, I'm faced with the question of where to go to church on Sunday morning. Since Scott became pastor of Dallasburg Baptist Church in Wheatley in 2000, we've chosen a church based on it being the place he pastored. Easy enough. Now, he's not a pastor and we've got to figure out where to go next. This is not something I'm looking forward to.

For one thing, New Life, which we are leaving, is a really awesome church. I love the people, the music, the atmosphere...everything. If I were looking for a church in this area, New Life would be my first choice. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are many good churches around here, but I'm not sure there are many quite like New Life. Could be I'm a little partial since we helped start the church, but it really is a great and unique place. It would be so much easier to find a new church if we really didn't like the one we are leaving, but I can't complain bacause I feel blessed to have been a part of the first five years at New Life.

One of the first questions people ask upon finding out Scott is no longer going to be a pastor is "where will you go to church." And we have discussed this. We've got a few on a short list that we plan to try, but at this point, we really don't feel pulled in any one direction. Scott is most concerned about the preaching and wanting to be feed solid, Biblical truth by someone with a gift for sharing the gospel. But we both want to make sure it is a place that will be good for the kids. We don't want it to be too far from home because that makes being involved more difficult. I enjoy the contemporary praise and worship music, but don't want to be in a place where I feel like I'm at a rock concert.

It's a time of transition for us. While we want to take our time and find the right church for our family and go where God wants us, we don't want to take too long. Visiting a new church each week is tiring. It would be very easy to just decide to stay home one Sunday, then another and then another. When you are the pastor and his famliy, you pretty much have to go to church. No have to for us any more.

While I say I'm not looking forward to the search, I am looking forward to seeing what God has in store for us. It will be nice for Scott to just enjoy being a member instead of the pastor. It will be nice to not have the pressure on us of being the pastor's family. And it will be nice to, once again, find a place we call our church home.

 2 Comments posted by: Pam Cassady on June 16th, 2010