Comments on: Why I left YAR, and why I’m not likely to come back regularly http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2010/02/26/why-i-left-yar-and-why-im-not-likely-to-come-back-regularly/ let's activate something Sun, 20 May 2012 22:58:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: TimN http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2010/02/26/why-i-left-yar-and-why-im-not-likely-to-come-back-regularly/#comment-31358 TimN Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:57:55 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/?p=701#comment-31358 Skylark, I identify with your flexibility in worship style. I've found it's important to be able to get past that to focus on whether the relationships in the community nurture you or not. Skylark,

I identify with your flexibility in worship style. I’ve found it’s important to be able to get past that to focus on whether the relationships in the community nurture you or not.

]]> By: Skylark http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2010/02/26/why-i-left-yar-and-why-im-not-likely-to-come-back-regularly/#comment-31349 Skylark Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:54:49 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/?p=701#comment-31349 Tim, I think a big part of why it was helpful to be the only single twentysomething (there was a married twentysomething couple with two little kids) was because of the place in my life where I found myself: recently un-engaged and working on the grieving and healing process. I didn't want to meet anyone new who would be a potential Significant Other. I needed to focus on myself. And the old folks at this church seemed to understand that. They really did care about me, despite how surprised they were that a twentysomething would choose to faithfully attend that particular church. They weren't necessarily open to changing their old ways of doing things, but since those ways felt new to me, it worked out. Having a specific music style or way of organizing the Sunday service doesn't matter to me. I'm one of what feels like very few people who enjoys both serious organ hymns and loud rocking-it-out choruses. All one or the other feels a little lacking, but I'm flexible. Tim,
I think a big part of why it was helpful to be the only single twentysomething (there was a married twentysomething couple with two little kids) was because of the place in my life where I found myself: recently un-engaged and working on the grieving and healing process. I didn’t want to meet anyone new who would be a potential Significant Other. I needed to focus on myself. And the old folks at this church seemed to understand that. They really did care about me, despite how surprised they were that a twentysomething would choose to faithfully attend that particular church.

They weren’t necessarily open to changing their old ways of doing things, but since those ways felt new to me, it worked out. Having a specific music style or way of organizing the Sunday service doesn’t matter to me. I’m one of what feels like very few people who enjoys both serious organ hymns and loud rocking-it-out choruses. All one or the other feels a little lacking, but I’m flexible.

]]> By: TimN http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2010/02/26/why-i-left-yar-and-why-im-not-likely-to-come-back-regularly/#comment-31347 TimN Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:46:05 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/?p=701#comment-31347 Skylark, Thanks for sharing about your journey to the UCC. It's especially interesting to hear how you enjoyed not having people your age at the church. I hope that getting to know a different part of the community where you grew up will be a fruitful and eye opening experience. Thanks for the times you helped out with admin here on the blog. We'll miss your contribution. Sincerely, Tim Skylark,

Thanks for sharing about your journey to the UCC. It’s especially interesting to hear how you enjoyed not having people your age at the church.

I hope that getting to know a different part of the community where you grew up will be a fruitful and eye opening experience.

Thanks for the times you helped out with admin here on the blog. We’ll miss your contribution.

Sincerely,
Tim

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