church shopping

I have found myself in another new city, which means finding a new church, friends, and your way around town. It's not hard to find a church in Lubbock, Tx, but to find one to be a part of is. Ever since I have been back from Ct, it has been hard to go back to church, not because central pub was the best, but because we were a group of sinners trying to love Jesus and I felt like everyone was real! I visited a new church this morning. Ironically the pastor of this church plant here in Lubbock discussed the vision of the church. He dreamed of going over seas or to the north somewhere to start this church, but then decided there was plenty of people to reach in Lubbock. The main vision of this church called "Experience Life" is to reach those who have either been hurt by the church or haven't had a good experience in church. They meet at a skating rink because they would rather send money to the homeless than build a church and they do service projects monthly. I really liked the vision they have and the passion of the pastor. I believe this will be a place I will definitely visit again.

Then, Adriene and I visited a more traditional church on the second half of our two-a-days. It was cool too, but definitely different than the first we visited. The people weren't very welcoming (except for the 6 or so Adriene randomly new). But it was a large church and it didn't seem like many people new each other.

I haven't been to a church yet where God split open the sky and said, "you should worship here!" but I will keep looking...it's bound to happen