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| Frequently Asked Questions About Our Church Or, if they aren't Frequently Asked Questions, perhaps they should be: 1. What's the dress code like here? Depends on what you like, it would seem. We have a few folk who regularly show up in suit and tie. Most, however are much more casual; jeans, slacks. Everybody looks nice. Best description: it's your choice, 2. Do you have any children? Not as many as we'd like, but yes, we've a few babies, a few youngsters, some teenagers. Most of our older kids are away in college at this point; but these things are part of the ebb and flow and not to be relied upon. Rest assured in one thing: we love the young folk and we'll welcome any you bring with you. 3. What brand of worship will I find in your church? We stick with the love for all of us that God has shown through his many acts, the most important of which is the life and death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ. So, we're Christians, for sure, but we're certainly not just one of the many varieties you've probably heard of. Rather, we've got a very nice mix; some fundamentalists, some very loose believers, some ... like you, probably. That's what makes us a good Congregationalist Church. We are each of us responsible to God (and to no one else) for our own relationship to God. So, you can bring to us your own particular brand of Christian belief without fear of being taken to task. Indeed, we'll welcome you. 4. Are babies and little children welcome in your Worship Service? You bet they are. Most often, however, early in the Service the youngsters enjoy a brief Children's Message from the Pastor and then go to the Sunday School activities that are prepared for them. If you want your baby in the service, that's fine. If you want your children there, that's fine too ... although they'll probably get a more out of the Sunday School lessons. 5. What kind of music will I hear? Of course, music is a very important part of Worship Service. We've got a wonderful, talented music director in Lorri Bond. Lorri's also the mother of a lovely little girl, and wants us to have a Children's Choir sometime soon. We play music on the piano and also on the organ. We sing old favorites, and new favorites, too. The bell choir, an old-time traditional kind of church music, is currently awaiting resurrecting, but it will be back. Sometimes we have a bluegrass group in for our Sunday service. So, you see, it's all kinds, including praisesong, old rounds, alleluliahs, and so on. The adult choir's fun, too. 6. What kind of people are welcome in your church? All the kinds God made. We have no favorites because we remember Jesus telling us to love our neighbor as much as we love ourselves. Can't go wrong with that, can you? 7. Do you folk do anything besides Worship services? Ha! Do we! Bake sales, town-wide yard sales, Snowflake Festivals. All the usual things a church does to find the dollars for the many outreach programs we are helping to support. Sometimes it seems we are into too many things, but so long as people are willing to step up to the plate and help out, then it works out just fine. 8. How about pledging? Of course, we support our church with our money as well as our time and talents, but nobody's going to hound you. We simply believe that God's love for us is adequate inspiration for us to pay back what we can in His name. This church, like most, has some very well-to-do members, and also some who are hard-pressed to stay abreast of everyday expenses. We get on very well together, and you'll find we don't measure a person's value by the sizes of their income, but by what they contribute to our collective Spirit. 9. More ????? If we've missed something important to you, please go back to the Home Page and click on the "Your Comments" link (upper left of the page), and let us know. |
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