Missing a more Traditional Service

Hello,

Sometimes I get very torn. I very much like the style of the services that I have been attending, but there are times when I really miss a more traditional service. It's not all of the time. But, I really feel it around Christmas.

Last year I spent most of December visiting family on the weekends. And so I was going to the Lutheran churches that I had been for years at each place. There is something about a more traditional service at Christmas time that speaks to me. I love the decorations and the Christmas hymns.

Full disclosure here is that I am a Hallmark Christmas movie addict. I LOVE watching them. And right now it's Christmas in July on the Hallmark Channel. I have been watching a lot of Christmas movies this week. First of all, I love them. Second of all, they make me feel like it's a little cooler outside than it really is.

Last night we were watching one that we DVR'd (I told you this is serious business) and there were several scenes in a small church at Christmas time. There was a little pang in my heart. It made me want to go back to some of my old churches. I'm not sure when I will be able to do that, but I am happy that the small church I go to at my dad's has their own channel on Youtube. Every now and then I will watch a service. I did that a lot over Christmas.

That church is at the beach and the majority of it's members are well we'll just say older than me. They offer the services online for those who are unable to attend. It's not the same as being there, but for now I can get my traditional fix...in a not so traditional way ironically.

When I move back to Charlotte I am still unsure of what I will do. I think for now I will go back to my old church and take a weekend every month to check out another. I'll definitely be there for Christmas and Easter. That's for sure :-)

Have a Blessed Night.

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Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
- Colossians 3:16