Things I've learned in our search for a new church home:
1) Large cities have mega churches as well as small ones. They have a lot of both kinds.
2) Man has discovered a variety of ways to worship. It appears some have not read the Manual.
3) Most churches are oblivious to visitors, but the larger churches can't be faulted. It would be a feat to know JUST the members.
4) Weddings and funerals seem to be the only occasions that church attendees wear their dressy clothes.
5) Some churches give a new definition to casual church wear. (I know God looks on the heart, but I doubt if some church goers would wear the same clothing if they were invited to meet a celebrity.)
6) I still appreciate choir robes.
7) Businesses that print hymnals had better be finding another means of income.
8) Pews without hymnal holders are pews that hold a lot less theology.
9) There are a lot of activities listed in the church bulletin/program, and some don't fall under preaching, praying, or missions.
10) An altar of kneeling worshippers blesses me.
11) You can get lost in a mega church and stared at in a small one.
12) Sermons never tend to "run over" in churches with multiple morning services.
13) I still don't know the difference between a choir and a praise team.
14) Be aware that your conversations can be overheard by the people sitting in front of you. Last Sunday I heard where I could buy half price purses.
15) Some preachers study and prepare more than others.
16) Senior adult groups go by a variety of unique names, and they all take road trips.
17) Some churches copy the world in their attempt to attract crowds.
18) There is and never will be a greater message than the Gospel.
19) "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" can stand on its own as a sermon and doesn't need a modern revamping.
20) What I once thought was plain and basic in my childhood church wasn't'!
