Finding a church
We're experiencing something new--to this point,our choices about where to worship have pretty much been ready-made for us, but now we have to decide whether to attend the church closest to us geographically or denominationally or in terms of age bracket/distribution, or the friendliest, or one in which we think we might be able to contribute, or . . .
A friend from Northern Ireland knows that we are having trouble deciding, and has been recommending hers: Finaghy Presbyterian. The first time she mentioned it, I had to suppress a laugh--because the Irish pronunciation of "gh" can sound to the undiscerning ear much like "ck," I thought she said "Finicky." I thought, "The last thing I need is to hang around some finicky Presbyterians!" We haven't made it to that church yet; it's a bit beyond the comfort zone for hiking in dress shoes. What compounds our problem is that Northern Ireland is so churched. There are all kinds of churches within walking distance of us, and I just cycled today past one I hadn't seen before. We both feel like it's time to decide, to just pick one and see how we can serve and worship together.
A friend from Northern Ireland knows that we are having trouble deciding, and has been recommending hers: Finaghy Presbyterian. The first time she mentioned it, I had to suppress a laugh--because the Irish pronunciation of "gh" can sound to the undiscerning ear much like "ck," I thought she said "Finicky." I thought, "The last thing I need is to hang around some finicky Presbyterians!" We haven't made it to that church yet; it's a bit beyond the comfort zone for hiking in dress shoes. What compounds our problem is that Northern Ireland is so churched. There are all kinds of churches within walking distance of us, and I just cycled today past one I hadn't seen before. We both feel like it's time to decide, to just pick one and see how we can serve and worship together.
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