I Found My Church!! Yay!!!
Saturday, September 6th, 2008 | Uncategorized
I joined a church today. I’m really excited about it! It is only a 15 minute walk away from my house. Usually I’m not so impulsive about joining a church, but they only have a membership class every three months and after hearing about the entire philosophy for 3 hours, I really felt lead to join. Yay! I’m so excited that I’ll have a place to connect with other Christians!
The church is international, with services in both English and Amharic so I can switch to Amharic once I feel more confident with the language (I’m starting Amharic lessons on Tuesday!). There is a really strong emphasis on small groups and helping people find the purposes that God has for them. I feel like the church is all about having Jesus be the leader more than anyone else and that is really important to me.
The name of the church means redemption and restoration—two things that I love about God and want to be a part of in ministry. The pastor mentioned how when Jesus went to Samaria, He went to the woman at the well with the worst reputation and when she caught Jesus’ vision/purpose for her, it helped to change her city! I love how Jesus reaches down to the most unexpected people and uses them for His Glory! Go God!
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