First Church Service

"I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD!"  Psalm 122:1


Today was Grandma's very first church service.  We attended our new church home, Crossroads Baptist Church.  Gramma had the privilege of ministering to friends at Bethel Worship Center yesterday, and is blessed to have an opportunity to share her faith with other believers.

We pulled up to the church and the first thing she noticed was the steeple.  She commented on how beautiful it was and then she noticed the cross in the window that sits behind the baptismal pool.  She smiled and said "Oh, there it is...He gave that for me!"  We pulled up to the door and she looked out at the greeters and the people standing in the doorway.  She very seriously said "Do they know Him like I know Him?"  I laughed and assured her that we would not have taken her to a church where they did not know Him!

The service began with awesome worship from Edward and Christa.  Gramma raised her hands and worshipped, even commenting out loud in response to some of the words to the songs.  Pastor Brandon preached a wonderful, Spirit filled sermon and, for the most part, Gramma enjoyed it.  She does not see well and struggled visually with chasing him around the stage as he is a very passionate, enthusiastic teacher!  She thought he may have been angry when he began raising his voice during very intense parts of the service but I explained that he was just feeling passionate about the word. 

We sat behind a very charismatic woman that expresses her agreement with the pastor out loud during the sermon.  Gramma was distracted and suddenly says "Something is WRONG with her!"  John and I hung our heads and poorly stiffled our laughter! She later apologized and said, "I don't know what it is with her, but I shouldn't say that about people!"

Overall, Gramma was blessed to be in the House of the Lord!