Church visit

Well, we tried another church today called First Baptist Euless. It is about a 30 minute drive from the seminary (north), but we've heard a lot about it so we thought we'd try it out. Moving down here I did not think we would find a church that we (I) liked, but I can see that the harder decision might be deciding from the many good churches here which one we should attend. We decided to visit First Euless because they have a great reputation from the students here. They have a heart for seminary students...free give aways (like good cars, furniture, etc.) and will do whatever they can to help students find work, connections, etc. So, we got their early (good thing) and found a parking spot in the guest parking. Right away a man welcomed us and pointed us to the right door. We were welcomed at the door again and introduced to a lady (I can't remember her name...) who escorted us to both the boys' classrooms, helped us register them and then helped us find our own class. The older preschool wing had a cinema type theme...I can't remember the phrase they used for it, but the Bible stories are acted out and then they have some singing time and then go through rotations (sort of like a VBS set up). Josiah loved it and went on and on about it. Ethan's age group met together for kid's worship first and then they broke into grade level courses. That's all I could get out of Ethan...he's not much into details sometimes. After Bible study, Casey and I found the worship center and it looked like a small stadium or arena. There was one song and then 10 baptisms! It was pretty amazing. Those being baptized made this confession, "my name is.... Jesus is my Savior and I am not ashamed," and then were baptized. More singing and then the pastor gave the message. After the message guests were invited to a guest reception area to meet some staff and the senior pastor. We went there and met a few more of the staff and the pastor went through the plan of salvation and shared a bit more with us about the church. After that we found our way back to find our kids and were invited to join one of the pastors (in charge of seminary connection) for lunch. We had a great lunch with him. Casey is hoping to connect with the music pastor (he is well-known in the worship music world) sometime soon. All in all a great visit at a church of 2500+ people.