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Back to Life, Back to Reality
Posted by Brian
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8:19 AM
We did something yesterday that we haven't done in quite a while. OK, never. We began the search for a church to call home. Every church we've attended since we were married paid us to show up on Sundays, as every pastor ought to I suppose, but now we have three or four to choose from, and we have narrowed that down to two. They are both excellent churches in their own right, but very different.
Hespeler Baptist is smaller and fairly traditional, and neither of these are negatives in our book. They have supported us while on the mission field, and Lynn's parents attend there - her Dad is on staff. I've always appreciated their stable, prayerful, godly leadership.
Forward Baptist is bigger with a great facility, probably more "us" in their approach to reaching their community. Our kids were really impressed with their chldren's ministry and have already decided that we should make it our church home. The welcome package - nice mugs, Girardelli chocolates, and chocolate covered pretzels - didn't hurt either. It's also quite a bit closer to us, and offers small groups in our neighborhood.
But we've never been ones to attend church for what it can offer us. We like to be in a place where we're needed and can be used, so our decision is tougher than it appears. The next few weekends we're traveling, so we don't need to decide right away, but it is a strange, new, position to be in.
This is also my first day in the office! I'm busy getting a few new ventures off the ground. Virtual Visitor is a way for churches to invite people to check out their church before they actually visit. I also offer easy-edit websites to churches as well. Reel Estate provides video tours of property listings, which are then streamed to real estate websites. Both are in embryo, but have lots of potential. Small World Productions is what we are calling my work for ISV and other mission teams. So three main areas, all under the MullinsMedia umbrella!
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Hespeler Baptist is smaller and fairly traditional, and neither of these are negatives in our book. They have supported us while on the mission field, and Lynn's parents attend there - her Dad is on staff. I've always appreciated their stable, prayerful, godly leadership.
Forward Baptist is bigger with a great facility, probably more "us" in their approach to reaching their community. Our kids were really impressed with their chldren's ministry and have already decided that we should make it our church home. The welcome package - nice mugs, Girardelli chocolates, and chocolate covered pretzels - didn't hurt either. It's also quite a bit closer to us, and offers small groups in our neighborhood.
But we've never been ones to attend church for what it can offer us. We like to be in a place where we're needed and can be used, so our decision is tougher than it appears. The next few weekends we're traveling, so we don't need to decide right away, but it is a strange, new, position to be in.
This is also my first day in the office! I'm busy getting a few new ventures off the ground. Virtual Visitor is a way for churches to invite people to check out their church before they actually visit. I also offer easy-edit websites to churches as well. Reel Estate provides video tours of property listings, which are then streamed to real estate websites. Both are in embryo, but have lots of potential. Small World Productions is what we are calling my work for ISV and other mission teams. So three main areas, all under the MullinsMedia umbrella!
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