Our search for a new church continues. The original plan called for visits to 10 Mainline Protestant congregations relatively close to our new home. And, we did just that. I summarized those experiences in two earlier posts: First Five Visits and Five More Visits. 10 Became 13 Project planning in all areas of my personal and professional life is increasingly agile and benefits from rapid development thinking. This new search follows that sort of Read More …
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Search for a Church 2.0: Five More Visits (#1740)
In April my wife and I started our latest search for a church. We chose 10 congregations within 6 miles of our home, and committed to attending at least one worship service with each. In May I shared our experiences visiting the first five churches on our list. Now, I'm delighted to share our experiences with the final five visits. Visuals The first grouping of images in this post showcases #ViewFromThePew photos taken during our Sunday morning worship experiences in Read More …
Search for a Church 2.0: First Five Visits (#1734)
We have reached the half-way point in visiting the ten congregations on our short list of faith communities located near our home. Visuals The first grouping of images showcase #ViewFromThePew photos taken during our Sunday morning worship experiences in the four English language services we attended. The second grouping of images capture some of our experience in the lone bilingual service we attended. Variety The variety within these worship services extended beyond language, Read More …
Search for a Church v2.0 (#1732)
Search for a Church Search for a Church is the name I gave to the quest my wife and I undertook to find a faith community upon relocating to a suburb on the North side of the Dallas-Fort Worth (D/FW) metroplex in 2015. Our search took awhile - 17 months to be exact. The experience involved worshipping in 36 different Mainline Protestant congregations within a reasonable driving distance from our home. It concluded in February 2017, when we joined not one but two Read More …