settling into a church

It’s been a while since I’ve written about searching for a church. After a long hiatus in June due to moving and painting among other things we got back in the swing of searching for a church. We returned to the church from way back in week 1 at the beginning of March. It was a promising church with many possibilities. After experiencing many other churches (including one church that seemed that it might be the church to go to, but ended up being the craziest of them all) we have fallen back to the church from week 1.

If anything it feels like we have settled for this church. Not because it is a bad church. But because we know what we want and we know the possibilities out there. The other part about shopping for a church now is that it is summer. And for anyone that has gone to church before during the summer months it is a lot different than the rest of the year. Many churches go from two services to one. The pastor, many times, is on vacation along with half of the congregation. Overall there is a different vibe to the church. It’s not good or bad it’s just different.

With that said, how do you know what a church is like if it is different during the summer months? For now this is the best we’ve seen in the area. We’ll continue to look, but at the moment we are settling into a church.