Praise the Lord...we found a church!

One of the things that Joey and I really wanted to take care of before Hayes came was to find a church. Things have been a little rocky, at best, on that front. We have tried two churches close by home, and, while extremely nice and welcoming, they were less than ideal for us.

But I will admit that I had a nice list of things that I was looking for in a church:

1. Knowledgeable and well-spoken pastor

2. More than 20 members in any given service (but preferably somewhere in the hundreds).

3. A choir (I didn't even know that some churches didn't have choirs! Even FBC, Florala has a choir!)

4. Sunday School classes for Joey and I with people our age

5. Nursery for Hayes (and I'm not talking about one room to collect all kids who might happen into the church)

6. Young people that Joey and I can meet and be in class with and who would potentially have children for Hayes to play with (when he can actually play)

7. A general good vibe/warm feeling

The other churches were incredibly small (while nice, I just don't feel comfortable in a church where we can meet everyone within 2 minutes) and we were the youngest attendees by many DECADES...not really optimal for our SS potential and Hayes' nursery-time fun.

So today we tried another church, Bon Air Baptist. It is not too far from our house...about ten minutes. And we LOVED it! We went to the 11am traditional service, and they have communion on the first Sunday of every month so we got to participate in that. The pastor (who was a different man than the music minister) was wonderful and seems to be a very knowledgeable man of God. After church we went to ask about sunday school classes and the nursery, and the deacon that was talking to us will be our sunday school teacher. He was extremely nice and we are really excited about going back next week!

We were going to try another place next week but we loved this church so much that we are just going back to it!