Submitted by Julie M Haddad on November 4, 2008 - 7:56pm.

Hey everyone!  It's been a long time since I've been to SG and I'm so happy to see it celebrate another anniversary. 

 

Recently my husband, John, and I moved out of Minneapolis proper and now live in the tiny little town of Marine on St Croix.  So small in fact that we only have one church to choose from that is within biking distance of our home -- Christ Lutheran Church.  It harkens back to the late 1800s and is rich with its Scandinavian traditions.  So rich that there will, in fact, be a lutefisk festival.

 

After attending for the first time I realized that it's more like the church of my youth (although it is the more liberal ELCA and not LCMS).  While following worship along from the hymnal (LBW)and singing traditional hymns sans rock band I realized that this is my new worship reality.  At first I was disappointed and thought that perhaps I wouldn't return, but then I thought another minute about it and realized that this church is my new church community. Now, all of the sudden the decision of where to worship has been made rather easy for me.  I don't have a couple dozen churches to try out to see if they match my style before settling on one. 

 

In closing, I'm sort of kicking myself now for all those times I was frustrated with trying to find the perfect church.  I'm now learning that much like many great relationships in life, you compromise and make the most of the elements that are a match.  In this case, I know the core elements are matched even if some of the aesthetics are off.  I'll be challenged in the right ways and perhaps might be able to share some of my grass-roots worship community experience with CLC. 

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