Sunday, January 15, 2012

First stop of church hopping

So today was the first Sunday I went to a new church. I will most likely be trying out different churches for a few weeks. So since meeting Rachel and finding out she is a Christian and more importantly bible believing not those "Oh, I'm a Christian cause I go to church sometimes" kind of person. So it was really cool that we were both on the same wave length. She met a guy named Doug last summer who goes to a church called Capital Hill Baptist Church in DC. He offered to pick us up which was really nice of him. He lives around the corner from the church and the church is about five minute drive from GU. How awesome is that. So he picked us up this morning. Really nice guy. He's a grad student studying law and graduates in May. Going to be a lawyer! WHOA lol Anyways the church was HUGE! I mean like HUGER THAN THE SUN! lol not really exaggerating a bit. But believe me it was big!!! There had to be at least 150 morning service. Nice church building. I really liked the message and the preacher. Really strong in his faith. He decided to take us on a journey of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation in an hr. Never heard a preacher do that before. He was explaining where we came from, what it means to be a Christian, the things you can say to other when they question the Bible, what Christ's death and resurrection means and also His promises. After the service there was a College student lunch. They have a huge program that has bible studies throughout the week and different things that do each month on the weekends. The guy in charge talked a bit about his personal life and it mirrored mine a little bit. I'm still struggling with the fine line of being a Christian and wanted to act like it. I act like it some areas and not others. Its something I know I need to work on and friends have pointed this out and have tried to help me but Ive been having a hard time with it. My problem is finding an alternative that wont make me feel terrible or bored. We went back to the evening service as well since we didnt have anything better to do but it was nice. About 80 people showed up to that. More prayer than preaching. Personally Im not a fan of public prayer but thats just me. The assistant pastor preached on trusting God. I like having control and it can be hard for me to let go of things. Rather than handling it on my own. I need to trust Him with my relationships. Thats the big thing on my mind. Also trusting that this experience at GU will be fulfilling and that He will show me which direction He wants me to go. Writing or Teaching. In my mind I say teaching mainly because I know I will get a job doing that. Solely writing means praying that my books/stories will sell. I can do both but its the question do I put writing my own stuff on the side. What should be my focus?
My roommate should arrive tomorrow. Mix feelings: sad and excited. I hope she likes me and that we get along. I havent had huge issues with roommates before so Im not that concerned but still...you never know.

2 comments:

  1. Hey Ruth, glad you are enjoying your time in DC so far. Was the pastors name Mark Dever? I know he is the senior pastor there but they probably have a big staff so it could have been someone else. He doesnt put out the amount of online content that other pastors do but I've heard him before and hes really solid. I'm jealous you visited his church, I've always wanted to!

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  2. hahahaha yes thats his name! thats too cool :) ive finally done something that you havent! haha not that I was planning on this. Ive only glanced at the website before I went so I knew what kind of church it was. Yeah Mark was really solid. I really liked it. I'll def stop there again. Idk if that will be my DC home church or not. Still want to check out some others including a Deaf Church. So we shall see how the Lord leads :)

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