Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Church Search Episode V: Hillsong Church
This week we went to a church which was on a list given to us by friends in our Graduate Student Intervarsity group. It is a nice church and is located a whopping 1.3 miles from our house. This is a huge bonus over some of the other churches we have visited which have been as much as 30 minutes away.
Preaching: 0/10 (they did not have a sermon, per se, as this was a "children's sunday" as such we will have to return before we really know how we like this church.
Seating: 8/10 for their very nice (though pretty standard) church chairs.
Worship: 5/10 Not bad, not great, sorta what you might expect, run of the mill worship songs.
Potluck Lunch 10/10 This was the real winner of this church, we stuffed ourselves in the largest potluck either of us had ever seen, and even were convinced to take home a bunch of ham and two servings of lasagna.
The other weird thing about this church is that they are in a transition, just starting a new interim pastor next week. So we will see how we like him.
We will be going back, if only because Laura was strongly reminded of Hope EFC, which means that it gets a 10/10 for the "feels like home" factor. So what it all comes down to is that it takes a lota good preaching to equal a little good food and sme deja vu.
This week we went to a church which was on a list given to us by friends in our Graduate Student Intervarsity group. It is a nice church and is located a whopping 1.3 miles from our house. This is a huge bonus over some of the other churches we have visited which have been as much as 30 minutes away.
Preaching: 0/10 (they did not have a sermon, per se, as this was a "children's sunday" as such we will have to return before we really know how we like this church.
Seating: 8/10 for their very nice (though pretty standard) church chairs.
Worship: 5/10 Not bad, not great, sorta what you might expect, run of the mill worship songs.
Potluck Lunch 10/10 This was the real winner of this church, we stuffed ourselves in the largest potluck either of us had ever seen, and even were convinced to take home a bunch of ham and two servings of lasagna.
The other weird thing about this church is that they are in a transition, just starting a new interim pastor next week. So we will see how we like him.
We will be going back, if only because Laura was strongly reminded of Hope EFC, which means that it gets a 10/10 for the "feels like home" factor. So what it all comes down to is that it takes a lota good preaching to equal a little good food and sme deja vu.
Comments:
Hmmmm, I'm wondering about how kosher it is to give a church a rating. Tastes like... sacrilitious. *drools*
Still, I know how hard it can be to find a good church. I actually just found a good one (as a substitute to my family's great church): Church of the Open Door. Heh, of course now I'm moving back to Duluth, and I have yet to find a church that really does it for me up there. At least you two have someone to go with. Church hunting on your own is not fun.
--Neal
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Still, I know how hard it can be to find a good church. I actually just found a good one (as a substitute to my family's great church): Church of the Open Door. Heh, of course now I'm moving back to Duluth, and I have yet to find a church that really does it for me up there. At least you two have someone to go with. Church hunting on your own is not fun.
--Neal
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