And, we went to a new church. Marc's roommate from college, John Higginbotham (who actually lives only a half hour from us on his family's farm) invited us to try his church. It's a small Southern Baptist Church called Good Hope. The congregation totals only 83, and has now grown by four. They have a nursery for the kids, which lets Marc and I enjoy the sermon, Marc really enjoyed the way the Minister delivered his message.
This past Sunday, the Higginbotham's were celebrating a very special occasion. Their oldest son, John David, was being Baptized. It was so wonderful that we picked this particular Sunday to be our first Sunday. After the Service, they invited us to join them for John David's Celebration Lunch. So we headed off to Charlottesville, to enjoy a wonderful lunch with an incredible family. John David had in attendance - his parents, John and Tracy, and his younger sisters, Lilly and Willow. Tracy's Mom and Aunt were also there. John's brother Page and his wife Ainsley were there, as well has his parents, Lynette and Sam, and his sister's boys Joe and Andrew. There was also a family friend, and rounding out the group were the Minister Kyle and his wife Bonnie. All in all, there were twenty of us. We sat at the end of the table with the Minister and his wife, so I had a very nice conversation with her. It meant a lot us that they included us in this so very special day for John David. You could just see how proud he was.
We are both very excited to go back this Sunday and become members of this special little congregation.
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YaY! ;)
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