Why I love our church

Ok - I'll warn you right off....I'm not a deeply religious person.  I don't regularly tithe, I don't preach to others why they should go to church, and I'm open to the concept that maybe all religions are "right" in some way. 

BUT....I still have this urge to tell you why I love the church that we've been going to for the past 2 1/2 years.  I must warn you - it's in part related to my obsession with 16th Century England.

This January they started a new program called "J-Term".  For the month of January our church is offering classes, free of charge, on things from college savings plans, depression, photography, scrapbooking, cooking and many more.  I'm taking 2 classes - yoga and one on Martin Luther.

We met for the first time last Thursday.  From 7-8 I sat with about 20 other ELCA Lutherans and listened to our interim Pastor speak about Martin Luther - his 95 theses, changes he wanted to see made in the Catholic Church, and the reformation that took place.   Anyway - I could go on and on about the Protestant Reformation- (and if you'd like me to - I will, in another post).  The point is, I liked being able to have a discussion on why the ELCA Lutheran church has the modern and welcoming views it does.  The pastor even said "Do you REALLY think God created the WHOLE world in 7 days?
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From 8-9 I did yoga.  It was a lot of fun - and very different poses from what I've done in yoga before.  It's always entertaining to see people out of their Sunday best and trying to balance on one foot. :)

Another reason I love our church?  They are allowing a great forum for my daughter to take a step outside herself and open up.  Remember I said she got the part of "Toto" in their production of Wizard of Oz?  Tonight was our first rehearsal and they are so excited to have her on stage for the ENTIRE show and suggesting things for her to try in order to "steal the scene".  She's still not sure she's gonna go up to an audience member and pretend to "pee" on them, but hey, it's only the first week.  We've got some late night rehearsals ahead of us.....here's hoping she can handle it.