Sundays, I'm not even sure where to start. It's a day for rest, family, and food.
As a child I remember dressing up in a cute frilly dress with frilly socks and hopping in the car and heading off to church. I remember that my dad helped teach Sunday School and that my mom played the organ. It was a small church that met in an old dace school/preschool. There were lots of kids my age to play with. Sometimes after church we would go to Taco Bell or McDonalds. Taco Bell was my favorite. I remember they had these cinnamon twist things and they were so warm and yummy.
When I was a child we still went back to church at night for the second service and it wasn't a repeat. After church we'd head back home and eat nachos for dinner. This went on for a few years until we switched churches.
Our new church had 3 morning services and my dad always wanted us to go the 8am instead of the 11am. Some Sundays it was a challenge to get all 3 of us out of the house on time. So he challenged me and my sister that if we went to the 8am service he would take us to IHOP for breakfast. This didn't last very long. I think we went to IHOP twice. Dad made much better pancakes and waffles than IHOP. So after that we would alter between pancakes or waffles for breakfast and go to the 11am service.
For the last 2 years Tyrone and I have been going to a church on Casino Road. It has a nice family feeling, almost like you're in someone's living room talking about God. We have made lots of new friends and enjoyed starting new traditions. Samuel loves church. During worship he is so intent on listening to the music and sometimes he even claps. Listening to the sermon is not quite as interesting. Today he sat on the floor and read books but I'm sure that if you listened to the sermon online you would hear him cooing in the background.
As a child I remember dressing up in a cute frilly dress with frilly socks and hopping in the car and heading off to church. I remember that my dad helped teach Sunday School and that my mom played the organ. It was a small church that met in an old dace school/preschool. There were lots of kids my age to play with. Sometimes after church we would go to Taco Bell or McDonalds. Taco Bell was my favorite. I remember they had these cinnamon twist things and they were so warm and yummy.
When I was a child we still went back to church at night for the second service and it wasn't a repeat. After church we'd head back home and eat nachos for dinner. This went on for a few years until we switched churches.
Our new church had 3 morning services and my dad always wanted us to go the 8am instead of the 11am. Some Sundays it was a challenge to get all 3 of us out of the house on time. So he challenged me and my sister that if we went to the 8am service he would take us to IHOP for breakfast. This didn't last very long. I think we went to IHOP twice. Dad made much better pancakes and waffles than IHOP. So after that we would alter between pancakes or waffles for breakfast and go to the 11am service.
For the last 2 years Tyrone and I have been going to a church on Casino Road. It has a nice family feeling, almost like you're in someone's living room talking about God. We have made lots of new friends and enjoyed starting new traditions. Samuel loves church. During worship he is so intent on listening to the music and sometimes he even claps. Listening to the sermon is not quite as interesting. Today he sat on the floor and read books but I'm sure that if you listened to the sermon online you would hear him cooing in the background.
How about a link to the sermon so I can hear that cooing?
ReplyDeleteThis is the link http://www.southeverett.org/audio/LettersToThessalonica1212_10.mp3
ReplyDeleteAt about 3 min you can hear him yell daddy and then Pastor Joseph says that Tyrone is at basketball