I went to Church Today

I went to Church today and observed the following.

1) Gods presence was in the place so I cannot condemn the sincerity of the people.

2) The people were welcoming and friendly

3) Salvation was preached.

4) There were people there under the age of 65.

That is the good.

Other things I noticed that bugged me a bit:

1) The demographic was not representative of this area. In the Albany area the largest age group is 25-44. Less than 20% is over 65. In this Church, about 50% appeared to be over 65. A Church with an older demographic than the community is not representing the community correctly

2) There was some doctrine I didnt agree with. This is OK though. Not worth a fight

3) Everyone that greeted us seemed overly concerned about the visitor card. Like Steve and Josh said, Churches are obsessed with that info. Now it bugs me.

4) They are having a trendy harvest party. Why does that bug me. Well for one thing, masking what Halloween is in order to sanitize it for Church seems wrong. Also God had a festival called the feast of harvest. Better known as Pentecost. It would be an abomination to confuse Pentecost and Halloween. This problem is less specific to this Church and more to Churchianity in general and their harvest parties.

Overall I would say that this Church visit was worth it and was uplifting. However, I am still not sure I want to be obligated to do this every Sunday.

Now I plan to do something I consider almost as if not more spiritual than Church. If they rain will stay away, we are going to the woods.