Something New On The Horizon

I have been struggling for awhile on the whole "church" issue. I want so much to get plugged into a church that is without a doubt, where we are supposed to be. We haven't even begun the search for a home church. We have attended off and on for the last few years a great church. This church is great and I do not have anything bad to say about it except that it is not for us at this time in our lives. We have been pretty uncertain where we are supposed to be for quite some time now. Many of you who read this know this problem we've been battling. But we had someone recently tell us about this new church that meets in the Youngstown Christian School. This person said she'd heard that they meet on Sunday nights rather than Sunday mornings and it that it was directed towards the 20-30 somethings. She said that they won't turn anyone away, but the calling of the church is to reach out to this particular generation. We tonight I decided to take a peek at their website and I must say that I was really encouraged by what I read, saw, and heard. The more I read and continued to click on different links, the more I found myself feeling almost homesick. I don't know how else to describe the feelings I had/have stirring up in me. It's great and yet odd at the same time. I haven't even finished reading all the different sections of their website, but I intend to do so. For anyone interested in seeing what I'm talking about feel free to check out their website www.youngstownmetrochurch.com . I just feel so good about this. Mike and I actually sat together on the couch and watched their videos and listened to one of the audio clips. He too, found the church very interesting and we both felt that this could be something to fit where we are at in our lives right now. I really like the fact that they have their services at night which would be conducive to having a toddler. We are hoping to find a sitter soon on a Sunday night so that we can attend a service to see what we think. I am just so encouraged and I am trying so hard to fight tears and laughter. I have been longing for such a long time to find a home. I know that spending time with other believers is wonderful and we do that often, but I really feel strongly about being in a body of believers. Maybe it's just been so long since I've been involved that I am just longing for that need to be needed. We will just take it one step at a time.
I also wanted to encourage you to read this article/blog that I stumbled upon from one of the church's links. http://teselles.com/blog/?p=54 This particular gentlemen spoke to a group about the "emerging culture" in the church. The things he spoke on are what it sounds like Youngstown Metro is based around. I loved what this guy said. Well, you can read it for yourself. I am off to finish what I was in the process of reading. I just had to take a break and share this with you. And to ask each of you to pray for us. Even if this is not where we are being lead to go, I just want God to lead us to that place, where ever it is. If this isn't it, then my prayer is that we will do what we need to on our part and that God will direct us as He has promised us he would. (Proverbs 3:5,6)