Church update

We visited a nearby church yesterday. One of our big hurdles is that we haven't liked any of the churches of our denomination, so we decided to venture out into other denominations. Yesterday we visted a Presbyterian church. The service was very nice, the crowd seemed to be a size we feel comfortable with. I was actually surprised by how much different the service was than "what I'm used to", but pleased that we both liked it. The negative from yesterday's visit is that it was the pastor's last day. He was actually an retired pastor who was acting as their interim pastor while they searched. So next week it will be a new one - we will definitely visit again.

Another thing that surprised me was that the hymns were very different than what D & I are used to. When discussing it afterwards we each said we would have flipped through the hymnal to see if our "familiar favorites" were there, but since we took Matthew & Scarlett in the service with us our hands were full. A cool thing the church does is provide canvas bags for all the children - in the bags they have crayons & paper. One of the other children in the church brought Matthew a bag - I thought that was very sweet & welcoming! (Of course we always have a well-stocked diaper bag when we want Matthew to sit quietly, but still - it was a nice touch.)