My church...
is awesome
provides hope
welcomes
changes lives
teaches
preaches
saves
helps
gives
grows
is comfortable
has padded seats
has a large staff
produces videos
is technologically advanced
ownes a fleet of ipads
had it's own coffee shop
is airconditioned
has bathrooms... in every hallway
has parking attendants... because everyone arrives by car
My family attends Hope Fellowship in Frisco, Texas and we absolutely love it. We visited a lot of churches when we first moved to Frisco and knew as soon as we walked into Hope that we would be staying. It's just so different than the church that we have been attending for the last 5 weeks. Highland Baptist Church in Kalingalinga, Zambia, Africa is about as far from Hope Fellowship as you can get. As much as I love Hope, I really missed Highland Baptist this morning.
You can find Highland Baptist on an unpaved dirt road, right across from a giant neighborhood trash pile. Sometimes they borrow a sound system and sometimes they just speak up. Each week that I attended, they had a translator preaching with the preacher (even though I'm married to someone who speaks both languages). They welcomed my children and I as if we were already members of the church. They take up an offering and proudly announce the grand total no matter how big or small. They use stackable plastic outdoor patio chairs for seating. If one is broken, it's just stacked with another broken chair in hopes that together they will become sturdy. All of the children sit in the back on a mat or on the skinniest benches I have ever seen. They sing, and I mean SING from the heart no matter their musical talent. There are countless praise teams that take turns to perform each week often dressing alike and marching in while singing. There is a dead rat outside the building that the kids sneak out to investigate. There is no running water so their bathroom is like an outhouse but with nothing to sit on, just a hole in the concrete. The preacher is animated, their deacons are dedicated often spending the whole day at the church, and the congregation is loving and welcoming.
Both churches are wonderful in their own way but I must admit feeling just a bit guilty at how comfy my chair was this morning as I sat sipping my coffee and watching the weekly announcements on one of 4 large screens. Just makes me appreciate things a bit differently.
Todays message from our worship Pastor Aubrey really seemed fitting.
Week 6 of a series called wiser
is awesome
provides hope
welcomes
changes lives
teaches
preaches
saves
helps
gives
grows
is comfortable
has padded seats
has a large staff
produces videos
is technologically advanced
ownes a fleet of ipads
had it's own coffee shop
is airconditioned
has bathrooms... in every hallwayhas parking attendants... because everyone arrives by car
My family attends Hope Fellowship in Frisco, Texas and we absolutely love it. We visited a lot of churches when we first moved to Frisco and knew as soon as we walked into Hope that we would be staying. It's just so different than the church that we have been attending for the last 5 weeks. Highland Baptist Church in Kalingalinga, Zambia, Africa is about as far from Hope Fellowship as you can get. As much as I love Hope, I really missed Highland Baptist this morning.
You can find Highland Baptist on an unpaved dirt road, right across from a giant neighborhood trash pile. Sometimes they borrow a sound system and sometimes they just speak up. Each week that I attended, they had a translator preaching with the preacher (even though I'm married to someone who speaks both languages). They welcomed my children and I as if we were already members of the church. They take up an offering and proudly announce the grand total no matter how big or small. They use stackable plastic outdoor patio chairs for seating. If one is broken, it's just stacked with another broken chair in hopes that together they will become sturdy. All of the children sit in the back on a mat or on the skinniest benches I have ever seen. They sing, and I mean SING from the heart no matter their musical talent. There are countless praise teams that take turns to perform each week often dressing alike and marching in while singing. There is a dead rat outside the building that the kids sneak out to investigate. There is no running water so their bathroom is like an outhouse but with nothing to sit on, just a hole in the concrete. The preacher is animated, their deacons are dedicated often spending the whole day at the church, and the congregation is loving and welcoming.Both churches are wonderful in their own way but I must admit feeling just a bit guilty at how comfy my chair was this morning as I sat sipping my coffee and watching the weekly announcements on one of 4 large screens. Just makes me appreciate things a bit differently.
Todays message from our worship Pastor Aubrey really seemed fitting.
Week 6 of a series called wiser
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