Before my wife became a full time
Rev we used to go to church together. Typically
we'd journey to church together, walk into the church together, catch up with
some people, choose a place to sit down together, sing the hymns and say the
liturgy together, listen to the sermon together, end the service together, have
a coffee and a chat, then go home ...... together.
Well I guess you get the together point.
Now-a-days in the village we live in the other half is sometimes up the front doing something. Or often as not she is another of the other 4 churches she has care of also. All of this means that I mostly sit on my own when I go to church.
Now the congregation here are very friendly so I usually chat to somebody near me in the pews before and/or after the service. But it isn't quite the same as being in church attending a service with your wife.
The whole experience has made me far more aware of what its like coming into a church on your own and initially not knowing many people. Its also meant that - on the rare occasions when we can go to church together - its a bit of a treat.
Well I guess you get the together point.
Now-a-days in the village we live in the other half is sometimes up the front doing something. Or often as not she is another of the other 4 churches she has care of also. All of this means that I mostly sit on my own when I go to church.
Now the congregation here are very friendly so I usually chat to somebody near me in the pews before and/or after the service. But it isn't quite the same as being in church attending a service with your wife.
The whole experience has made me far more aware of what its like coming into a church on your own and initially not knowing many people. Its also meant that - on the rare occasions when we can go to church together - its a bit of a treat.
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