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I've been thinking I would like to go to church, but I don't know anyone. 

I don't know what to do, where to go, what to expect when I get there.  It's hard and it feels awkward to do anything for the first few times. Here are some suggestions:

Have you noticed a church near you or one you drive by often? If not, check the phone book. Call the church office. You should find a friendly voice to talk to. (Some churches don't have a full-time staff. If no ones there leave a message so they can get back to you.)

If you'd like, ask to be matched up with someone in the church, any of us would love to meet you even before you attend. That way, you will know someone before you come!

Also, we could pick you up Sunday morning, meet you for breakfast or coffee before church or at least meet you in the parking lot to show you where to go and what to do.

Stop by a church on a weekday and ask someone to show you around so the place doesn't feel so foreign when you come on Sunday.

Just show up. Check out when the worship service starts. Many churches have greeters to help you as you enter the sanctuary. If you'd like, ask them to introduce you to someone you can sit with.

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Home The News All News Freedom, Do We Really Appreciate It?
Freedom, Do We Really Appreciate It? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Associate Pastor Wayne Durden   
Thursday, 26 June 2008 07:09
Associate Pastor Wayne DurdenLet us search out and examine our ways, And turn back to the LORD ( Lamentation 3:40). And I said: “O my God, I am too ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God; for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has grown up to the heavens (Ezra 9:6)


Freedom. Liberty. Oh! What marvelous words; words which stand as definitions of so much we hold near and dear. Do we really appreciate our freedom like we should.

 

We must pay heart service to it or it will become just another empty phrase instead of a living reality. God forbid that we’ll stand idly by and watch our liberties erode. In spite of all our problems, I say "praise God for America".

“Long may our land be bright with freedom’s holy light; protect us by thy might, great God! Our King!". And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. (John 8:32 & 36)

In His Freedom, Pastor Durden

Last Updated ( Friday, 27 June 2008 13:14 )