I’ve mentioned before that I am on the search for a new church. I have attended four churches over the past month This is what I’ve found:
- Three of the four churches made a good first impression with special parking for first-time visitors
- Two of the four continued the good first impression by making sure you felt welcome after you entered the building.
- One continued the good impression with a handwritten postcard sent to me after I attended written by the person I talked to at the welcome table.
- Three of the four had coffee for attendees.
- All four had worship bands that felt like they were leading worship and not just the opening act for the headliner(sermon) putting on a show
- Two of the four seemed aware of timing and had what I consider a reasonable length of service
- One is apparently a church where they might have services that last 2 hours
- I felt like two of them might be a place I would consider attending regularly
- One was a definite no for various reasons
- One was a maybe
- The search has exhausted me mentally and I think I will choose from the four instead of trying to find the perfect fit.
Maybe the one you choose will develop into a good fit.
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I hope so
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Sometimes good enough is good enough
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Yep. Sometimes we spend way too much time looking for a perfect that doesn’t exist
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The good thing is you are not married to sticking with one if it turns out to not be your liking down the road. While first impressions are important to note, very often a place will grow on us after time spent there.
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True. And I might find after a few weeks that the one with the good first impression is not as good as that impression implied
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Feeling welcome is important.
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Services lasting 2 hours – yikes!
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Yeah. That’s way too long
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