Church

I have always gone to a Nazarene church. It makes sense, being that my dad is an ordained Nazarene pastor. Our churches have always been fairly small and I am okay with that. Everyone knows each other or at least recognizes them. This is what I am used to. But a few weeks ago, I attended the church here on campus, BFC. It is huge! We started off with going to Sunday school and it was alright. The message was pretty good, even though I don't remember it now. Then we went to service. As soon as I walked into the sanctuary I was just in awe. It is literally so big. (I sound so sheltered like I have never seen a big church before, I have.) It was just so weird to me because most Nazarene churches are not that big. But it wasn't necessarily the size that got to me, but the way it affected things. There were quite a few people there, but they were scattered everywhere. It was like one family, a couple rows, then another family. Everyone was so spread out and, to me, that is just now how I see a community. A church should be filled with people who want to help each other grow. How are you supposed to meet people if you aren't even sitting by someone? That just really drove me crazy. Another thing was I was watching the preacher on a screen. Partly because I couldn't see past the big man in front of me, but still. To say the least, I was not comfortable. Everything seemed so routine and planned out.

I think this is one thing that has been really hard for me.  I go home every weekend and a big reason is because I want to be in my home church. This experience really brought this into perspective for me. I like what I have and it may be because I am just not good with things being different, but I love my small, simple church. We don't need a huge band of 10+ members to impress people, or screens to watch the pastor. Just last week, the worship songs got messed up a few times and the leader just kinda laughed and said, "alright, let's try again!" I feel like that would never happen at the other church. I am all about real, genuine people SHARING life together, sitting close together in the pews. To say the least, I am so thankful to be a part of Silver Creek Church of the Nazarene.