My Church....The Family Room

The kids and I started attending the local church almost a year ago...We had tried different churches with friends many times, none of them seemed to really fit...One church Dylan even fell asleep. I felt the need to offer my children Christianity...feels as if it is part of my duties as a mother to introduce them....after all, their soul depends upon it.
So we started attending this church, if that is what you choose to call if since that is what it has always been called. It started out as a group of people who would get together for bible study, and from what I can understand, people who were tired of the tried and true church; the church that has gotten away from what it is all about..and really, it is all about GOD...or should be. Church isn't or should be about dressing up to come and worship God...God doesnt care what your wearing. It shouldn't be about the floors in newly laid carpet or expensive things on the walls or the best sound system. It shouldn't be about passing the collection plate. It shouldn't be about climbing into a confessional to talk to a man, who one has deemed more worthy to speak to God than yourself. It shouldn't be about anything other than God, the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. And this is exactly what one will find when they walk into The Family Room.
When you walk into The Family Room it is more about what you feel than what you see. When you enter you are going to see a older building that used to be the drug store in town, you are going to see a bunch of tables with chairs, and a couch or two and a TV and toys, and some music instruments, you are going to see picture of the familes who choose to call themselves members of the Mulberry Family. Your going to see an area where coffee is made, conversation is had, tears are shed and the cries of laughter are heard. You are going to see people in jeans, and kids in everyday school clothes, and flannels and your going to see water dropped upon the floor, chocolate bunnies smashed, and evergreen trees destroyed by a saw. Your going to see all of the things you would find in our own family room at home...well, maybe not a tree destroyed, but I think you get my point.
But what you are going to feel is so much more....your going to feel welcome to come as you are....your going to feel a connection. You're going to feel the love of a family. You're going to feel as you are at home. You're going to feel the love of Jesus and the presence of Him all around. You're going to feel friendships formed and bonds made, but those friendships and bonds are always open to adding more. You're going to feel the feeling of LOVING GOD AND LOVING ONE ANOTHER.
So see it isn't about what you see, but more of what you feel...Feel free to stop by and have a cup of coffee on Sunday morning with us...we would love to have you.