I was going weekly before DD was born, but it's been tough bringing her and I'm not comfortable leaving her in the nursery yet, so my attendance has been spotty lately. I think I'll feel more comfortable putting her in the nursery once she's crawling, or at least sitting up (it's kids from 0-23 months so I'm worried about a toddler stepping on her or something), and will resume going weekly then.
No but I wish we did. DH is not interested (I'm Catholic he is "spiritual"). I would like him to go because if anything he could help with the kids since our church does not have a nursery. We do go for Christmas, Easter, etc. I need to make it a priority to go but three kids.....
Yes, pretty much weekly. We don't go if someone is sick, we are out of town or there is something else we have going on. But we try not to schedule things Sunday morning.
Obviously we are religious so that's the main reason we go but since moving to a new town in May I don't feel connected. So by attending church services it allows us to meet people and feel like we belong in our new community. I also like that DH and I have an hour where we can connect. DD goes to the nursery and DH and I get to grab coffee, sit down and read the bulletin together, sing worship songs and listen to the message of the week. Then after we pick DD up she gets a cookie and that's her favorite part.
I grew up Catholic and DH Lutheran so to compromise we just go to a Christian church. It has a live band and is very upbeat. We really like it.
Post by cricketwife on Jan 30, 2015 17:03:00 GMT -5
This is a sad topic for me. I used to call all the time. A crisis of faith /disenchantment with out specific church started just before DS was born. Then it was hard to go with him....he was too little, during his nap, etc. and the truth is I don't want to go where we used to go. DH still loves it there. He thinks I should go to a different church, without him. I've tried a few but not found a good fit, plus I feel like we should go as a family. We are stuck at an impasse and I'm sad pretty much every Sunday about it.
I voted in between house houses of worship but I may be done with church forever. I don't know.
We go sporadically. As a former church worker, I enjoyed having the option to not go some Sundays and have become lazy. I want to go, but it's so hard to get us all ready and there on time. I suppose I should prioritize it.
Post by badtzmaru22 on Jan 30, 2015 18:26:02 GMT -5
We try to go every week, but it's spotty. DD is really getting into it now. We barely talk about it at home, yet she goes on and on about the Jesus and Mary statues, and she plays with a little people nativity set year round. She tells everyone we meet in the grocery store or wherever, "Father Tim is our priest!"
If it were up to DH, he'd just go to the church of St. Mattress. However, the Catholic guilt makes me feel better when we go.
I went to church nearly every Sunday growing up. I even taught Sunday school and was an acolyte. As an adult, I have only gone to several Christmas services, funerals, or baptisms.
We were close friends that go to a Baptist church(live band, music, come get saved church). I liked the music, but never felt at home there. I went to four or five church services.
I prefer smaller, more traditional services(I am Episcopal). However, I am not sure where I stand at the moment with religion.
No. It's been awhile since I've been to church. I grew up regularly attending church, vacation bible school, youth group... As I've gotten older, I've stopped and do not consider myself to be at all religious. We have no plans to baptize our son.
I was a weekly church goer until the Catholic priest touching alter boys came out and I became really disgusted with the church in general. That was in college and I haven't really been back. I miss it though. My mom goes every Sunday and 3-4x during the week and so many times I want to join her. I just feel... stuck. So heathen I am.
Probably more like twice a month if we're lucky. There's no nursery, so if DD is fussy we don't go. Plus, we've been out of town a lot of weekends lately.
I'm hoping once I get back to work (working weekends, so we will be around more) it becomes part of the routine.
weekly - when we can't go in person I watch online. We watched online last week, was a little worried that there would be hubbub at the campus, our pastor dropped a pretty big and controversial (national news type) bomb and I semi-expected there to be fall out and potentially protesting. I didn't want DS exposed. Luckily there wasn't so we'll be back in person tomorrow. We are big volunteers as well (most weeks)
Heathen, although I grew up religious. I'm debating going back to my laid back denomination just for the community aspect - H is fine with me taking B but he won't go himself, so I'm debating whether it's worth going alone.
I wonder if Unitarian Universalist church would be a good fit for your family? Non-demoninational, socially-liberal, encorporates cultures from around the world, very community-minded. If I ever did church again, that is the only one I'd consider. Your H might be open to it.
i grew up in a very religious family and my whole life it never "fit." i had a very hard time with it, feeling like there was something wrong with me because i didn't believe anything they said.
then i became an adult and it was a relief to just accept i am an atheist and that's what fits.
my h is religious-lite and says he wants to go to this super liberal church near us but he never goes. i don't care if he goes, as long as L isn't going. she will be raised without religion (we are in 100% agreement on this btw).