tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18267254400359382.post7008720100497277958..comments2023-04-27T04:19:42.698-05:00Comments on Grace in the Home: Big ChurchJoanna J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15161077456068547776noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18267254400359382.post-72847049685156681342009-01-04T17:24:00.000-06:002009-01-04T17:24:00.000-06:00What a fun post to read. That is wonderful that Gr...What a fun post to read. That is wonderful that Grace did so well her first time. I know different churches have different ages for Childrens church and each parent has to decide when their child is ready, but you don't know when they are ready until you try it. So hopefully other members of the church will be patient as young children are taking that step, and also parents will use good judgment as to when to remove them if they are too unorderly. Great Job Grace!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18267254400359382.post-32552766466877544592009-01-04T10:47:00.000-06:002009-01-04T10:47:00.000-06:00Long story...Vincent had been begging to come to "...Long story...<BR/><BR/>Vincent had been begging to come to "big church" with us for months before we went to see your mom and dad in Nov. Since all of the kids his age were in church, we decided to try it out. Unfortunately, we didn't get the prime seats and sat on the very back row against the wall. I had also secretly prayed that he please sit still and not make a scene and came loaded with a bag of quiet food, books and entertainment. Unfortunately, he wasn't so good after the singing. We were right next to the guy recording the service so Vincent wanted to touch every button. I took him out once, twice, a third time and then just stayed in the nursery with him. For the evening service we decided to sit in a pew closer to the front with less space to move. Did I mention he was rolling, ROLLING around in the floor like a child before they learn to crawl at the a.m. service? We had a BIG talk before going in to the church and I thought, this will be easy. Not so much. Seriously, 5 minutes into your dad's sermon, your mom and I both said "NO" at the same time and our NO's were not in church voices. I thought he was flipping though the Bible and your mom and I looked down just in time to catching him trying to out the pages. I went ahead and took him to the nursery and explained to hime that it would be a while before we tried this again. Our church here in Tallassee has children's church until the 5th grade which I have always thought ridiculous and kids should be able to sit in church by 4. And there are no little kids during service. I have been longing for him to sit with Josh and me as a family, but after our LA experience, I have happily dropped him off with his friend's and gone into church with a BIG smile on my face!!!<BR/><BR/>Happy Birthday!<BR/><BR/>Love you,<BR/>AudraAudrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11271170094778819827noreply@blogger.com