big or small churches ( Archived) (29)

for fear of lighting bolts and the like, I'm gonna be careful here...or try at least...

I was brought up as an episcopalian, I don't know if it's true for all of them, but the church we were going to was full of snobs! I won't even get started on all that, could take days, I'm just trying to say that I understand your feelings. You treat people the way that you want to be treated and because you fundamentally believe that people are good and can be taken at their word, that they will treat you with the same regard. Welp, here's your wake up call.

What the guys before said, I agree with and will go one step further... you don't have to have a house full of hypocrites under one roof to have a relationship with God.
Remember it is written that your body is his temple, you can have church where ever you go.

Take care and best wishes
Tricia

I have found that most people in any church are nothing but hypocritical disappointments! It’s what’s in side you that should really matter. People in general will only come to someone’s plight if it have some benefit to them and not from their heart.

Old habits are hard to die Cherie. Do you have a confession?

Way back in the woods there is a small waterfalls called "Freedom Falls"

When I need gods hand I will go sit by the falls and meditate with my god in full view of his natural house.

This is my church.

I want one, that is a great idea

Take a walk in nature and find your church. This is the largest church known to mankind and also the smallest church because it will be you and your god alone. My god doesn't ask me for money to help build his church bigger, he only asks that I enjoy and accept his church. And then that isn't even mandatory but rather comes from within me to accept the beauty that is mine to enjoy in all four seasons. Yes even winter has it's own beauty when my church is covered with ice and the trees are covered with snow.

Peace be with you
Mike

No, it is not wrong to need someone to reach out to you. I go to a small, small church. When I had pnumonia everybody called me to find out when I needed anything. When my mom, who does not attend the church, but with whom I live, had open heart surgury, the ladies from the church got together and cooked meals, helped rid the house of cigarette smoke (my dad smoked in the house, and they steam cleaned EVERYTHING, cleaned the walls, cleaned the cealings, EVERYTHING)and visited my mom in the hospital for prayer. We may not have but 20 members, but our church does a LOT of charity work for the area needy. I have gone to a big church before when I lived in a bigger town, and they acted like money was everything, and if you missed a Sunday, they did not care. Last night I was running late for service, and the preachers wife called me to find out if me and my mom were ok, and if I was comming to church. I strongly reccomend that you find yourself a small church.

Genny

I'm partial to Mike's line of thought. I've taken criticism in past years for not 'going to church', what I've done in the past was saddle up a horse and disappear for a couple of hours....now I go for a walk, a drive in the country, sometimes even just some quiet moments with my cat curled up in my lap. My point here is to find where you feel at peace, someplace you want to be all times (good and not so good) with people you want to be around.

I don't go to church but I live next door to the church.

I would go to church just to be more friendly with my neighbors and to be more involved in the town. But my son is in a wheelchair and does not do well in situations where quiet is necessary LOL.

Sometimes I'm out in my driveway shoveling the deep snow so I can get the wheelchair to my car. When I'm doing that, I watch the plow trucks busily cleaning the church parking lot.

As I said, I'm not one of them...



I'd rather pray in my back yard....