the rix mix

Will I go to church on Easter? Mulling it over. The Methodist up the street says on the sign,"Join a growing church." But the growing part is the Brazilian mission that meets Sunday afternoons. The Lutheran about a mile away is the only obviously liberal protestant church in town except for the gloomy Episcopalian in the main shopping district. I'm not into either of those denominations. That leaves 2nd Presbyterian in Rahway, a church I know has plenty of empty pews, always meant to try it out when I lived there, never got further then looking in on their Saturday lunch program & finding out they really didn't need volunteers, there didn't seem to be much else going on in the place. For an older mainstream church with a small congregation, Easter is probably a good day to go for the first time, I'll attract less attention as an outsider. Called for the service time, 10 am, the man on the phone was very pleased, "Are you a visitor? Live in town?" We'll see if I can get up, throw on presentable clothes, catch the train, & walk in with 5 minutes to spare. I'm not sure why. Maybe curiousity about who else is there. A lot of aging churches around here have almost no younger people left in them.

I always find churches I might like in places too far away. There's two in Point Pleasant Beach only blocks apart, a Presbyterian with an enlightened minister who posts his sermons online, & a small United Methodist downtown that has good supper events, a beach service, picnics, & an annual trip to a Blue Claws game. Shore churches are also accustomed to visitors.

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