Here's to a New Year..and a resolution.

Okay, so I don't normally make New Year's resolutions. I'm no good at keeping them usually. However, this year I felt compelled to make a New Year's resolution, and I am determined to stick with it. It's to go to church on a normal basis. I know, I know...this is something I should be doing anyway and should not have had to make a New Year's resolution in order to do.

My parents have been harping on it for years that I need to find a church in Columbia and go on a regular basis. They raised me as a good Southern Baptist, and I went to Sunday School, Church, and Youth group every Sunday and Wednesday night. Growing up I went on church trips, mission trips, and everything between. But then, I came to college and the thought of going to a church with 1,000 people there every Sunday scared the daylights out of me. My church at home has a total of about 200 people every Sunday and I love it. So, rather than try and find something comparable I just didn't do it. I even lived across the street from a church one time and didn't go. Bad, I know.

Now, my task is to find a church I like and will feel comfortable going to. My biggest thing is finding somewhere that I am comfortable going to alone. WEG is out of town a good bit on the weekends, especially during fishing season, and when he's not, he usually hunting or something else. I kept my resolution this past Sunday and went to Riverland Hills Baptist with a friend. It was nice and I enjoyed it, but it was HUGE. I seriously wouldn't have been able to find the sanctuary if I didn't go with her. I'm not sure how I'd feel about going back alone. I'm very independent usually, but this is one thing I am shy about!

So, if there's anybody out there that is reading from Columbia and knows of a good church, let me know. I'm not locked into going to a Baptist church, but it seemed the most natural given how I was raised. I could just as well do Methodist and possibly Presbyterian. Anything else may be a little out of my comfort zone!