A New Church Home

Yesterday, Dave and I finally became members at our new church. I emphasize the finally because it feels like we've truly been searching for that perfect home church forever. Yesterday, in front of God, our parents, and the members of First Immanuel Lutheran Church we again committed ourselves to live a life reaching up to God, reaching out to others in service, and reaching in to each other to personally grow in our relationship with Christ. It was absolutely perfect.

If you've ever had to find a new church you can appreciate the challenges that go into the process and the happiness of finding that perfect one. While Dave and I live close to where I grew up we knew we didn't want to be members at the church that I grew up attending (the same church my parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins all still attend). My old church was small, with limited youth opportunities, little global outreach, and few young couples. Dave and I never quite felt at home there. When we started looking for a church, we knew we wanted something a little bigger, with great mission opportunities, challenging ministries, strong children's programs and youth groups, and other young couples and families. We certainly got all that and more when we started worshiping at First Immanuel. We even like that there are six different services to choose from during the week... including four on Sunday morning. We especially love the blended worship service that keeps that traditional liturgy we are familiar with but adds contemporary music we can relate to and get excited about singing. I've already jumped into some ministry work at the church and have taken on a new exciting leadership role within the Lutheran Women's Missionary League. I feel like God is opening so many doors for us through our new faith family and we are so thankful to finally feel at home again.