Getting out there

Yesterday I did a couple hours of research on the internet to find a church to visit.. There were so many to choose from - I looked at websites and what their beliefs were .. where they were located and what they had to offer as far as ministries and programs go... I was also looking for a contemporary worship service, since Charles and I prefer that type of music over the traditional.. We felt that it was important to find a church with people in our same stage of life and where they had oppurtunities to get invovled and serve... Ladies bible study was on my list as well as the big one: childcare. I stumbled upon Brushy Creek Baptist.. a little bit of a quirky name, but beyond that, it looked like they met all the criteria. We visited this morning and were very pleased. It is a large church for the area(which was a plus for us), but no where near the size of Second Baptist.. More like the size of Trinity Baptist (in Lake Charles). The sunday school class had very nice people in it and they were all so outgoing... The only major difference was that there were only 4 other couples in the class besides us!! The teaching was great though and very interactive.. almost like a small group where you can answer questions and contribute to the discussion.. it didn't really bother us that it was so tiny. I was invited to go to the Wednesday story time at the Library (they do every week at 10:00 a.m. with the little ones.. which all are around Audrey's age). They also told me about a Thursday afternoon play group they have every week also - they rotate houses each week. Boy! was I excited to hear that!! Audrey and I are definitely going Wednesday morning so that she can interact with some other kids and make some friends in her new town - maybe Mama might even meet some people here too! :) The service was great and so was the music - the nursery was fantastic, Audrey even behaved herself and didn't even cry when we dropped her off... (that would have been hard for me if she did) They have a huge thing on Wednesday nights, like most Baptist churches and get this, the chef is Tyler Florence's dad (Tyler F. is from Food Network). Their Wednesday night meals were even featured on the Food Network.. everyone was raving about the food :). Instead of a service they do a rotating bible study where you get in a six week class and after that is up they have more choices for another six week class and so on... they are starting up a new session this wednesday - but the only thing that stinks is that they shut it down for the summer. Oh another thing i wanted to comment on is how they dress their kids.. EVERYONE in the nursery is in smocked dresses or jon jons.. and monogrammed stuff is everywhere - so preppy!!.. audrey will fit right in! :) ha.. ha!
Anyways - we enjoyed it and are a little confused on what to do now.. we were fully prepared to church shop but not sure if we really want to - this one seems great. Yet another thing the Lord has worked out for us so that we don't have to. Thank You! such a blessing..