Joining Our Church

I wanted to write a quick post about Darin's and my big day on Sunday.

We decided to become members of the church we are getting married in - First Congregational Church of Winter Park.

We never really had the intention of becoming members - just started going every Sunday to try to get to know the Senior Minister - Bryan - better. (He's super funny and caring. Always begins his sermons with a stupid/silly/strange/funny joke.)

Both Darin and I were actually enjoying every minute of the service - and were getting up in the morning to go (this is important because it takes forty-five minutes to get there every Sunday morning and we are lazy people). People started remembering who were were, asking how we were doing, and we really felt as though we were welcomed.

This past Saturday night, we were invited to a New Member get-together. Had a blast! Ended up talking a lot about us; how we met, where we went to school, what we do, etc. Had a great dinner and talked to some fantastic people.

It was good for us to get out and met new people; people who we can be honest with and don't judge us. (Not to say that we get judged a lot, but just knowing that these people have similar opinions than we did.)

Talked a lot with Talia, who is the Minister of Arts and Education. She's my age and had just dyed her hair platinum blond with hot pink stripes. So cool!

Ended up signing up for some activities as well. We're excited to help out and make new friends.

It truly is a great feeling.

Sunday during the regular service, the new members were introduced - twelve of us. They said where we were from and what we did. Embarrassing. After the service, we stood up front again and people came to congratulate us and welcome us to the church family. It was plain nice. Many people asked us about our upcoming wedding and all that jazz.

It was really the first thing we did together as an 'almost' married couple. Something we decided together, to do together.

A good memory overall!

(And to celebrate, we went to Darin's all time favorite restaurant for lunch - the Olive Garden. Sigh.)