Church?

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I've never been, ummm comfortable would be the right word I guess, with ceremony religious or non religious so I would have a hard time sitting through a church service. I would feel like I was doing something wrong by being there as spectator rather than a believer I guess. That's not to say I've never felt spiritual, just not in a church setting.

This is where finding the right church helps. I think everyone has this view of folks in their Sunday fineness, sitting ramrod straight on wooden benches singing from old dusty hymnals and listening to fiery brimstone sermons.

Modern churches are way removed from that. My Church doesn't look like a church at all. It's a large auditorium and the seats are like any movie theater. It's nicely air conditioned in the summer. We dress casually, I usually do jeans and sometimes even shorts in the summer. The worship music is killer (rock, alternative, gospel) and there are no "sermons." Just discussions and lectures, sometimes one of the parnishioners will tell their story of how they found Christ or of their experienced doing missionary work.

Just for the experience, there is no catch, drop into a service at an community evangelical or Calvary church to see what I mean. I know my church encourages people from all walks and is very "PC" to the fact not everyone in attendance is Christian (in fact, we have an alliance with the local muslim/jewish/buddist groups. Very close to my Church is Soka University which is a solely run and funded Buddist University and their students are encouraged to check out the local churches). They assume some people are just checking it out or want to find answers or are looking and searching for something else. Not everyone is Christian who goes to Church and not everyone who calls themselves Christian and attends church is a Christian. Only God knows whats in our hearts.