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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Church

Wow are we ever torn, which church to attend.  We both really want to return to church/worship and right when last week I thought I had it figured out I was again right where I started.  Art and I really want to return to church together and give thanks for what we have and place our worries to God, we want some place to call "our church".  We thought we had found "our church" at Westside Community when we were first dating and married but there was a series of events that took place that took us away from Westside.  One event was going on a mission trip to Africa that we were asked at Sam's Club, of all places, not to go on the trip because we lived together before marriage.  Well that is fine but should have done that in the beginning and you should have gotten to know us and why we lived together before marriage.  You should not have let us start fundraising and prepping for passports and inviting us to your house and reading scripture together.  Another thing was when we expressed our concerns no one stood up for us.  Again no one wanted to hear our opinion it was just either brushed under the rug and that told us that they sided with the people running the mission trip and not us.  Please do not pretend to be our friends and then not stand beside us....
Then after Westside we went through our infertility issues and choosing an adoption agency and I wanted to return to my faith growing up as Catholic.  After attending mass a few times, feeling a little pressure from the Deacon to have Art join, and not feeling home we chose not to attend mass anymore and/or St. Patrick's Catholic Church.
I know that no matter where we go no one is perfect, especially us, but do not pretend.  Either tell us how it is or just smile, say hello, and move on.  We need some place to just pray, be accepted, and listen to the good word.  This past Sunday we received a text message from Art's cousin saying that Westside was having "adoption Sunday" which explains about adoption and the need in our community so we are like maybe we should give Westside another chance, we really do miss Pastor John at Westside.  Then same afternoon we have a delivery from Art's parents of our Advent kit from  St. Patrick's.  I felt like both were a sign, we have not heard anything from either church and then all of a sudden we hear from both churches.
So we pray, pray for a sign to know where we should attend.  Where we will not be judged but people want to know who we are.  Where God is number one and politics is second, is there a place like that?

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