Morning Glory

This was Sunday #2 at Carver Park Baptist. Since we were leaving this afternoon for Dallas to see the Lady Bears, we decided to go to the 8:00 “Morning Glory” service.

I have to be honest -- I liked it much better than the 10:45 service last week. It was not nearly so overwhelming. First of all, there weren’t very many people there – only about 10 when the service started. By the time we finished I think there were about twice that many. We were all gathered up close to the front. Two women led the singing. (One of the women had the tiniest, thinnest little ankles I have ever seen. It's funny what you notice, isn't it?) It was praise songs again, which are not familiar to me, but I felt much more “with it” this time. Craig and I joined right in the singing and clapping. I enjoyed it much more than last week.

When it came time for “all visitors to stand,” we stood again even though we had stood last week. It’s not like we could hide very easily; they were looking right at us when they said “visitors.” During the meet and greet time every single person came by and gave us a big hug and welcomed us. Craig says we'll stand for three visits, then we'll sit when they ask about visitors. I will miss the hugging.

The sermon was great! I'm guessing, based on a few things people said, that they rotate ministers for “Morning Glory.” This morning was Minister Carlotta. One of her legs was in a soft cast up to her knee, but that did not seem to slow her down a bit. She hobbled up and down the aisle full speed. All in all this service was much more what I was expecting when we signed up for the church swap. It was basically like one of our services, but much more energy. Where last week everything seemed really disjointed and I never did quite get into the swing of things, this week I felt much more at home, much more like I was at church.

Is it cheating to want to go to the service that is more comfortable to me? I wish I could convince CT to make this our regular service, but I doubt he will be willing to get up for 8:00 church every Sunday. I did like it much better, plus I feel like with fewer people we might actually get to know a few folks.

We didn’t end up staying for Sunday School, but we did ask about it. Minister Miles explained the options. “There’s a Senior Adult class and a Young Adult Class – Young adults are people around my age,” he said, “50 or so.” I liked that I would be in the “Young Adult” class.