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Heather, I'm so glad you've had some possibilities open up! I'll be praying that one (or maybe a combination) works out for your family and the other families you mentioned.
As to your question: yes, doctrine matters. A great deal. It is why my dh and I had struggles with a couple of churches we had joined in the past. On paper, their doctrine was sound. In one-on-one discussions with leadership, their doctrine was sound. From the pulpit, the doctrine was sound (for the most part.... one church tended to softball the doctrine from the pulpit when a new pastor took over, so that was a HUGE problem for us). However, both of these churches suffered in their praxis of their stated belief; what they said they believed and what they did didn't always match in our opinion. This is why we will never rush into church membership again- because while we think membership and dedication to a local body of believers is extremely important, we want to be more intimate with a congregation's doctrinal beliefs through their preaching, teaching, and practice before making a promise to uphold that church's purity.
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Love Lark Rise to Candleford too, own all but the last season (still need to get that one). Is Sherlock BBC? Will have to check that one out.
Yes, Sherlock is BBC. Very fun! I can't wait for the next season to come out (which may take at least a year! Ack!)
I started watching LRtC via DVDs at our library, but they only have seasons 1 & 3. :glare: I'm trying to work from the inside (I work there part-time) to buy seasons 2 & 4.My co-workers just don't appreciate my need to keep watching.
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Sherlock
Lark Rise to Candleford
The Last Detective
I like the BBC :hurray:
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We just moved here 4 months ago and have fallen in love with the church we are attending. It's Reformed Episcopal/ Anglican Confession, and it is just beautiful! The irony is that we have been attending PCAs for the last 14 years and now live in the "hotbed" of the PCA (near it's flagship seminary), and we could not find a single PCA congregation where we felt at home.
Worshipping with a local body of believers is very important to us, so we would work very hard to find a church where we could worship. That said, we have been in the situation where we joined a church that we thought would be a great place for us to worship, serve, and grow and later realized that it was a HUGE mistake and now had a conflict about upholding our membership vows or leaving. We have not joined the church we are currently attending simply because we want to take it slowly so we are not faced with a similar circumstance here. (I don't forsee a problem here, but then again I did not forsee in at the other two congregations we had a problem at previously.)
Because I know that I am very susceptible to pride, I would be wary of worshipping at home where there was not someone else to keep me in check in my reading and studying of the Scriptures. (Besides my husband who loves me and wants to see me happy.) Dh and I discussed what we would do if we ever felt like we were in a place where there were no existing congregations where we could join and decided that we would only do so if there were at least one other (preferably two other) families/ individuals who would join us so that we could be kept honest in our confession, learning, and worship.
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Call me crazy, but this would actually be more disturbing to me because I would know it was the parent's wish, not the child's.
When my daughter turned 6, she asked if it was ok to ask people to bring coats for a local shelter that was collecting them instead of toys for herself (we had seen a news story on the coat collection the night before). She was over the moon when she dropped those donated coats off at the shelter! Some kids are just generous that way.
Since then, we've held gift and no gift parties (it's up to the particular child). On the no-gift party invites, I usually include something like "[child's name] requests toys for Toys For Tots/ blankets for Operation Linus/ items for Christmas shoebox packages for his/ her birthday. If you have any questions, please call." Their friends know them and know this is in character for my kids to ask and have been very generous in their giving.
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If you decide to go in July, I highly recommend going for a day to the reinactments. You can get tickets for that here.
No matter when you go, try to get a battlefield tour guided by a Licensed Battlefield Guide. One of my most memorable vacations as a kid was going to Gettysburg and having one of these guided tours! The guide drives your car and stops at various locations throughout the battlefield to explain various aspects of the battle, but the best part is that you and the kids can ask all kinds of questions and get a very personalized tour. The guides are excellent! (I went to college at Gettysburg College and then lived in the area for a while and had a few friends who were licensed guides. They loved their job and looked forward to every tour.)
Comfort Suites in Gettysburg has suites with two queen beds in the bedroom and a pull-out sofa in the living room. They should also have cribs. If you go in the summer, you might contact the college and see if they have any dorm rooms available to rent. You'd have to bring your own portable crib, but you could probably get connecting dorm rooms. (It would be an adventure, anyway!)
If you have time, you might also want to stop by and tour President Eisenhower's home.
Also, don't miss the cheesecake at the Lincoln Diner. It's fabulous! (It is capable of sustaining a student through four years of college, ahyway.)
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We listen to our local NPR's Midday Classical Music while we do school work, usually. Other times we have on Pandora or the iPod plugged into the radio. (There is almost always music, talk radio, or a movie playing here.) Favorites frequently repeated around here lately are:
TuNe-YaRdS
U2
Mumford and Sons
Sufjan Stevens
Arandha
Carolina Chocolate Drops
The Dubliners
Ting Tings
The Shins
Avett Brothers
Iron & Wine
Mike Doughty
Newsboys
LCD Soundsystem
Ben Harper
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We have about 15 paper Bibles and another half dozen electronic Bibles... all various translations and in a few different languages (Hebrew, Greek, English, Spanish, German, and French).
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I have only washed a ceiling once... when my ds dropped a jar of relish which proceeded to explode and leave a giant, drippy, sticky, rorschach test on the ceiling. Despite our best efforts, there were still yellow tumeric stains on the ceiling we could never get out completely.
Otherwise, I sweep the ceiling off once or twice a year to get rid of spider webs, but that's it.
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Congratulations! That's fantastic!
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Post items on Craigslist - Done!
Collect history papers from girls
Supervise other scholwork
Wash laundry - Done!
Hang laundry
Take dog to groomer
Go through 1 as-yet unpacked box and put away, donate, or toss what's in it
Update budget software
Go to work @ 5
Try to figure out logistics of traveling for my Aunt's funeral
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Thank you for working on this! I really appreciate it!
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We aren't starting school back up until next Monday, so I've decided to get some other work done today. Since the girls were away at a friend's house last night and dh left early to write lesson plans, I let the boys sleep in as long as they wanted and had time to:
1) wash dishes
2) start the laundry
3) clean the living room
4) clean the kitchen
5) clean the dining room
6) hunt down the power cord for my laptop
7) begin writing a business plan
8) play around online WAY too long
9) take the dog for a nice, long walk
10) eat breakfast (I usually forget to)
11) pay bills
Looking forward this afternoon to:
1) taking a nap (I've had insomnia recenlty, so I've been looking forward to a nap since I got up this morning)
2) reading
3) playing games with the family
4) cleaning my bedroom
5) hanging the clean laundry
6) maybe writing a little bit
7) writing thank you notes
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I am going to scan the cards and keep only the few I can't live without. This was a novel and exciting idea to me, lol. Scan stuff!
You can also scan the ticket stubs, maps, souveneir postcards, etc and include them in a photobook (electronic or printed) with your photos. I just did this this summer and it felt WONDERFUL!
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My food budget would about TRIPLE if I were to go get food stamps.
I'm not joking. I'm not sure how'd i honestly be able to spend all that money - it's been so long since i have had "that much" to spend on groceries i'd be frozen not knowing what to do...
Same here.
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We are praying for you all.
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On New Year's Eve, we:
1) open the envelope containing the goals for the year from the previous NYE and read and discuss them. Then we write new goals (one each) for the new year and put them in a sealed envelope to read next year.
2) write our regrets(one each) on a slip of paper. We then burn our papers in small bowls, dump the ashes on the table, and turn the bowls over in top of them until morning.
3) at midnight, we crack open a coconut and share the milk and meat before we go to bed
On New Year's Day, we:
1) turn our bowls over to reveal that the ashes have been replaced with candy (it represents our sorrows being turned to joy in Christ)
2) we eat the candy!!!
3) we watch the Tournament Of Roses Parade
4) occasionally, we'll go to the movies
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Our traditional stocking gifts are:
chocolate coins
candy cane
toothbrush
toothpaste
socks
underwear
and a penny in the toe
Every year, dh aslo gets a box of smoked oysters and a bottle of real maple syrup.
I'll probably put a Lego mini figure or two in each boys' stocking, nail polish in dd16's stocking, and a new calligraphy pen in dd14's stocking.
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Thanksgiving wouldn't be Thanksgiving without...
turkey
mashed potatoes
cresent rolls
mashed turnips (for dh)
stuffing
creamed onions
cranberry chutney
green beans with almonds
pumpkin soup
tassies (mini pecan pies)
and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
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Since you mentioned the small town element, maybe the business owner has a sense of familiarity and informality that you don't share. I would use that "neighborliness" in your contacting him. Call him and say something like, "Hi. Thanks for trying to help me out by bringing that order right in for me this morning. I appreciate that you feel so comfortable with me that you felt comfortable trying to help me that way. However, I tend to have an odd schedule which causes me not to be 'company ready' during traditional hours, so I would appreciate if, for future deliveries, you could just wait for me to answer the door rather than letting yourself in. Thanks."
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I might be able to switch this on as an option. I will look into it after the holiday.
Thank you! That would be wonderful!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Okay, what are creamed onions? :)
Pearl onions in a cream sauce. My favorite Thanksgiving food ever! Yum!
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Our church is holding a Thanksgiving Dinner at noon on Thursday. They are providing the turkey and ham, and we are bringing creamed onions, mashed turnips, crandberry chutney, gf cocolate peanut butter cookies, and sugar cookies. I'm looking forward to seeing (and tasting) what everyone else is bringing!
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I wake up earlier now, sleeping in meant past ten until about six months ago, now it's past eight. I have no idea why.
Ditto
How do you visit new churches?
in The Chat Board
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We moved recently and this is the plan we implemented to find a church home. First, we made a list of what we were looking for in a church. Then we made a list of all of the churches we thought we be a good fit for us (based on denomination, recommendation from coworkers & friends, information on church websites, etc compared to our list); in our case, there were 6 churches on our list. We then attended each church once during their normal worship service. Everyone was very friendly and if they inquired as to whether we would be coming back, we were very honest with them that we would be visiting other churches in the area but that they may see us again in the future and thanked them for their hospitality. After we had visited each church once, we re-evaluated our list and eliminated any churches that obviously conflicted with what we were looking for. We then attended each of the remaining churches two weeks in a row and attend Sunday School and worship, and we asked the pastors or elders if we could meet with them just to talk about their congregations, ask questions, and get to know them a bit.
Our plan at this point was to then narrow down the list again and visit each church for a month and attend as many of the additional activities (youth groups, Wednesday night suppers, Bible studies, etc) as we could then narrow our selection down to one, but our whole family was in agreement as to which church we wanted to attend after our two-week visits so we started attending there.
As to what to say when people ask about your family situation, I would just be honest while sharing as much information as you feel comfortable sharing. Just let them know that while you do have a family and you hope that they will join you for worship and other activities at the church in the future that right now you are looking for a place for yourself to worship and serve in. You have been longing for a new church home for a few years now and are very thankful for their hospitality while you look. If any of the churches you visit has a problem with you searching for a church home on your own or after a seven year hiatus, then maybe that is not the right church for you. I would see thier responses to these situations/ questions as tools rather than potential embarrassments.
I'll be praying for you as you search. Looking for a new church home can be such an emotional and stressful task. May you have peace in the process.