Week14 - Quail Springs Church of Christ

This Easter Sunday we chose to attend the church we attended for 20 years. In spite of everything that led to our decision to leave there, it is a place filled with good memories, precious friends whom we love, our baptism and the baptism of our kids, familiar hymns sung accapella and a number of things that just made it the place we wanted to spend Easter. Gary Bruce and his worship team, as always, led a meaningful worship time with great selections for the occasion. Quail has a new minister (Steve Dye) and we also were very interested in hearing him preach. We are very happy for them that God sent someone to step into this role and that he was willing to be that someone. He was comfortable, relaxed, interesting and drew us into a new way of looking at a familiar event. The title of the sermon was The God of New Beginnings. Quail is certainly there right now. We pray for only the best for them. For us every Sunday is a new beginning of sorts. We are reminded of the strength God provides as he walks with us along our journey. We have been landing safely about every other Sunday in a church we’ve either been to or had friends meeting us at. We will be setting out the rest of this year to attend mostly unfamiliar churches. Today I was reminded of the peace and security of familiar people, places and routines. I understand the appeal of those things. This is not our year for that, but that’s ok. Maybe we’re being prepared for something else that’s out of our routine. God only knows.