[bonnevoix]

My husband and I are reformed Christians. So, we've been looking at local presbyterian churches. Well, we've pretty much looked at them all and they just didn't fit.

So, now we're looking for a non-denominational church where the preaching is both informative and inspirational, a church that has activities that our 5 year old would enjoy, a casual, relaxed environment, and preferably one that has activities on Wednesday night.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

[RTHAspen08]

bonnevoix, on 27 January 2010 - 02:02 PM, said:

My husband and I are reformed Christians. So, we've been looking at local presbyterian churches. Well, we've pretty much looked at them all and they just didn't fit.

So, now we're looking for a non-denominational church where the preaching is both informative and inspirational, a church that has activities that our 5 year old would enjoy, a casual, relaxed environment, and preferably one that has activities on Wednesday night.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Have you tried Grace Presbyterian Church on Coach Bobby Dodd Road? They have everything you just listed: Informative/inspirational,casual, relaxed environment, great childrens program, & Wendesday night activities!

Check them out @ http://www.gracecovenantpca.com

This post has been edited by RTHAspen08: 27 January 2010 - 02:10 PM

[Gee~Tee]

WE LOVE OUR CHURCH!!!! GReat people, great preacher, WONDERFUL childrens program.

Northside Baptist Church.

Dallas Ga
http://www.northside...ist-church.com/

we have 1 sunday morning service, 10:45am

sunday night service 6pm

wed night service 7pm

all 3 services have childrens church!!


WE LOVE IT!! Let me know if you would like to visit, you can sit with us!!

[bonnevoix]

We've tried Grace but it didn't fit. Also, we'd really prefer a non denominational church. Oh, and we have no preference as to whether contemporary music is played or not.

[flossy]

Our church has a WONDERFUL children's ministry. East Paulding Christian Church on Poplar Springs Road in Hiram. Poplar Springs runs in between Macland and 278. We start at 10:30 on Sunday mornings, and have activities on Wednesday nights at 7:00 as well.
We would love to have you.

[K96W8]

You should try West Ridge -- but maybe not this week if you want to see the regular pastor--Brian Bloye. I have 2 8-year-olds who have visited with me a few times and they love it.

[dallasmama]

flossy, on 27 January 2010 - 02:30 PM, said:

Our church has a WONDERFUL children's ministry. East Paulding Christian Church on Poplar Springs Road in Hiram. Poplar Springs runs in between Macland and 278. We start at 10:30 on Sunday mornings, and have activities on Wednesday nights at 7:00 as well.
We would love to have you.

I was going to say this also so I will second it!

[brown*eyed*girl]

I second West Ridge. I have a 9, 12 and 13 old and they all love it. Wednesday's is for Middle Schoolers but I still think you would like it. They music is fantastic. We are currently in the middle of a series on relationships and this coming Sunday is on Singleness so you may want to wait a week or two if that is not a topic that interests you.

You can go to the West Ridge website and listen to past messages to get a feel for if it would be a good fit for your family. Pastor Brian is great. The Children's Pastor Brent Moxey is insane and just hysterical. I love him to death. We have an awesome summer camp called SURGE coming up (you can check out youtube video's from the past couple of years). This past summer my oldest helped teach Soccer, my middle son took Cooking and my youngest did Woodworking. You pick an Art or sport track and do it all week..

Some other youtube videos you can check out are on the Community Makeover weekends from the past two summers (a bunch of churches are involved in this) and a really cool video on a service whose video is I think titled/called "cardboard testimonies" Very powerful.

We'd love to have you. No matter what though I wish you the best finding a place you like. We spent the summer out of town and visited many different churches and had a hard time finding one that felt like home so good luck and God Bless!

[LisaC]

I know you said you were looking for a non-denominational church, but I love our church - Fortified Hills Baptist Church on East Paulding Drive. The pastor is awesome, we have a fantastic children's ministry, and Wednesday night Bible studies for all ages. We would love to have you come and visit!

[GeorgiaTornado]

Life Church on Hwy 92 south of Brownsville Road. We are a non-denominational church. We just took over this church Nov. 1st (It was Souls Harvest) and we are growning leaps and bounds. Want to hear a great bible base message.....some on out.

Alot of people left Souls Harvest and now coming back because other memeber who stayed are calling them telling them how excited they are about what's going on.

We do Drama with sign language - Awesome Easter and Christmas programs
We are doing stuff all the time! Valentines Dinner to help the kids
raise money.... A Fall Festival at Halloween... we have lots of stuff in store.

Come on out and give us a try!!!

Sunday School 9:30 am
Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 am
Sunday Evening 6:00 pm
Wednesday Evening 7:30 pm

Hwy 92 South - Just South of Brownsville Road heading toward Douglasville

[lacey]

GeorgiaTornado, on 27 January 2010 - 03:41 PM, said:

Life Church on Hwy 92 south of Brownsville Road. We are a non-denominational church. We just took over this church Nov. 1st (It was Souls Harvest) and we are growning leaps and bounds. Want to hear a great bible base message.....some on out.

Alot of people left Souls Harvest and now coming back because other memeber who stayed are calling them telling them how excited they are about what's going on.

We do Drama with sign language - Awesome Easter and Christmas programs
We are doing stuff all the time! Valentines Dinner to help the kids
raise money.... A Fall Festival at Halloween... we have lots of stuff in store.

Come on out and give us a try!!!

Sunday School 9:30 am
Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 am
Sunday Evening 6:00 pm
Wednesday Evening 7:30 pm

Hwy 92 South - Just South of Brownsville Road heading toward Douglasville

what kind of music? And how do people dress there?

[Punkin1]

You should try Christ Freedom. We are a non-denominational church. Our pastor is great, and a great group of people. We are located on Poole Rd. in Hiram.

[St. GTJacket]

We love our new church home. My link Take a look at the website. If you are interested, please join us anytime!

I hope you find the right fit for your family soon!

[GeorgiaTornado]

lacey, on 27 January 2010 - 03:53 PM, said:

what kind of music? And how do people dress there?

We do mostly contemporary music and I wear pant/jeans and a shirt. Sometimes I will dress up...but I never wear a dress. DBF wears a shirt and jeans. Kids dress like kids.... heck..one kid will wear her PJ's on Wednesday nights.

Come as you are church. We are also in the process trying to get started helping out SHARE House. It's a Safe house for domestic violence victims of Douglas and Paulding Counties.

[lacey]

GeorgiaTornado, on 27 January 2010 - 04:01 PM, said:

We do mostly contemporary music and I wear pant/jeans and a shirt. Sometimes I will dress up...but I never wear a dress. DBF wears a shirt and jeans. Kids dress like kids.... heck..one kid will wear her PJ's on Wednesday nights.

Come as you are church. We are also in the process trying to get started helping out SHARE House. It's a Safe house for domestic violence victims of Douglas and Paulding Counties.

I sent you a pm....

[bonnevoix]

Thank you for all the great replies! I really appreciate them. I FINALLY feel like we have some place to start!

[momofthree]

brown*eyed*girl, on 27 January 2010 - 03:11 PM, said:

I second West Ridge. I have a 9, 12 and 13 old and they all love it. Wednesday's is for Middle Schoolers but I still think you would like it. They music is fantastic. We are currently in the middle of a series on relationships and this coming Sunday is on Singleness so you may want to wait a week or two if that is not a topic that interests you.

You can go to the West Ridge website and listen to past messages to get a feel for if it would be a good fit for your family. Pastor Brian is great. The Children's Pastor Brent Moxey is insane and just hysterical. I love him to death. We have an awesome summer camp called SURGE coming up (you can check out youtube video's from the past couple of years). This past summer my oldest helped teach Soccer, my middle son took Cooking and my youngest did Woodworking. You pick an Art or sport track and do it all week..

Some other youtube videos you can check out are on the Community Makeover weekends from the past two summers (a bunch of churches are involved in this) and a really cool video on a service whose video is I think titled/called "cardboard testimonies" Very powerful.

We'd love to have you. No matter what though I wish you the best finding a place you like. We spent the summer out of town and visited many different churches and had a hard time finding one that felt like home so good luck and God Bless!

I also love Westridge. I have 3 children that love it. Like said above they only have middle school on Wednesday night but they have journey groups that meet in homes. I take my children to Pickett's mill baptist on Wednesday nights for Awana's.

[ChristinaGayle]

GeorgiaTornado, on 27 January 2010 - 03:41 PM, said:

Life Church on Hwy 92 south of Brownsville Road. We are a non-denominational church. We just took over this church Nov. 1st (It was Souls Harvest) and we are growning leaps and bounds. Want to hear a great bible base message.....some on out.

Alot of people left Souls Harvest and now coming back because other memeber who stayed are calling them telling them how excited they are about what's going on.

We do Drama with sign language - Awesome Easter and Christmas programs
We are doing stuff all the time! Valentines Dinner to help the kids
raise money.... A Fall Festival at Halloween... we have lots of stuff in store.

Come on out and give us a try!!!

Sunday School 9:30 am
Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 am
Sunday Evening 6:00 pm
Wednesday Evening 7:30 pm

Hwy 92 South - Just South of Brownsville Road heading toward Douglasville

Thank You for posting this. My family has been looking as well.
How large is the congregation there?

[GeorgiaTornado]

Right now ....we run up to 75-90 on Sunday mornings... and then folks drop like flies on Sunday nights and wednesday nights But..before we took over this church it didn't have a Sunday School or Sunday night serivce and only a prayer service type on Wednesday nights. So..we are trying to get everyone use to having those services and provide awesome stuff for the kids.

It was great to meet lacey and her son last night. He was alot of fun and is great in thumb 'wrasslin

[lacey]

GeorgiaTornado, on 28 January 2010 - 10:00 AM, said:

Right now ....we run up to 75-90 on Sunday mornings... and then folks drop like flies on Sunday nights and wednesday nights But..before we took over this church it didn't have a Sunday School or Sunday night serivce and only a prayer service type on Wednesday nights. So..we are trying to get everyone use to having those services and provide awesome stuff for the kids.

It was great to meet lacey and her son last night. He was alot of fun and is great in thumb 'wrasslin

It was great meeting you also.

I must say that I have been looking for a new church for a while. I have visited a handful and although they were all ok, it just wasn't what I was looking for. BUT I will say that this church left me wanting to come back. I hope I have found what I have been missing. I really enjoyed the service and the people.....can't say enough about how friendly they all were. I will be there Sunday....and my daughter will be with me this time.

This church really reminded me of another church that I called home for so long. But that was when I was a kid and teenager. Small, but everyone seemed like family.It just hasn't been the same in many years and I had been missing something. I hope I have now found how to fill that void.

Oh and I loved the Wednesday night service. I was just like Sunday to me....Praise along with the sermon.

[No Job]

We attend the Church at Chapel Hill in Douglasville. We looked forever also and it is the perfect fit. They have wonderful programs for the kids. They have Royal Rangers for the boys and plenty of other stuff for children, youth, and adult activities.

www.churchatchapelhill.com

Good luck to you.

[guapo187]

I know this is an old thread but I thought I'd chime in anyway just in case...

I am part of a church called The Journey. We are reformed and non-denominational. Check out the link for more info if you are still looking or message me if you have any questions.


~Glenn

[elliesgranny]

In light of all of the viruses that folks (me included) have picked up lately, I would be very hesitant to click on that link. Seein's how this is this person's first post and all.... I'm just sayin'...

[TheBabysitter]

bonnevoix, on 27 January 2010 - 02:02 PM, said:

My husband and I are reformed Christians. So, we've been looking at local presbyterian churches. Well, we've pretty much looked at them all and they just didn't fit.

So, now we're looking for a non-denominational church where the preaching is both informative and inspirational, a church that has activities that our 5 year old would enjoy, a casual, relaxed environment, and preferably one that has activities on Wednesday night.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

We are A part of Westridge Church. It's a non-denominational, The preaching is both informative and inspirational, casual wear, nothing fancy, We have activities pretty much every night of the week to choose from, and the children's activities on sunday morning are wonderful. I would highly suggest it, and we'd love to have you and your family visit.

[nowens98]

horselover1, on 04 August 2010 - 06:42 AM, said:

We are A part of Westridge Church. It's a non-denominational, The preaching is both informative and inspirational, casual wear, nothing fancy, We have activities pretty much every night of the week to choose from, and the children's activities on sunday morning are wonderful. I would highly suggest it, and we'd love to have you and your family visit.

horselover, we just visited WR on Sunday! My 2 oldest girls attended Surge (and got saved!!) and they LOVE the Kid Quest & pastor Brent!! Maybe I can meet you on Sunday, we plan on attending regularly and getting involved in a journey group.

[TheBabysitter]

nowens98, on 04 August 2010 - 08:19 AM, said:

horselover, we just visited WR on Sunday! My 2 oldest girls attended Surge (and got saved!!) and they LOVE the Kid Quest & pastor Brent!! Maybe I can meet you on Sunday, we plan on attending regularly and getting involved in a journey group.

That's wonderful! Congrats to your girls I'm so glad that yall enjoyed it.

[tuscanytrailer]

nowens98, on 04 August 2010 - 08:19 AM, said:

horselover, we just visited WR on Sunday! My 2 oldest girls attended Surge (and got saved!!) and they LOVE the Kid Quest & pastor Brent!! Maybe I can meet you on Sunday, we plan on attending regularly and getting involved in a journey group.

There are a good many people on pcom who go to Westridge.
My husband and I have been serving in Praiseland for 9 years and we love it!!!
Brent is awesome, doesn't act much older than the kids do!! LOL
Our church is getting a makeover right now so it looks pretty different, but it should be back to normal in a couple of weeks.
HOld on-it's gonna be a wonderful journey!

[nowens98]

tuscanytrailer, on 04 August 2010 - 08:28 AM, said:

There are a good many people on pcom who go to Westridge.
My husband and I have been serving in Praiseland for 9 years and we love it!!!
Brent is awesome, doesn't act much older than the kids do!! LOL
Our church is getting a makeover right now so it looks pretty different, but it should be back to normal in a couple of weeks.
HOld on-it's gonna be a wonderful journey!

My girls had so much fun on Sunday morning! They asked if they could go back on Monday!! I have 2 in Praiseland also (a 17 month old and a 3yr old), maybe I will get to meet you.
The church we attended for years went thru a lot of changes and it took us a while to move on to a new one. We are about 5 minutes to the new campus (my kids go to school there, as well) but I think we will plug in to the main campus, for a while anyway.

[halo 2]

K96W8, on 27 January 2010 - 02:44 PM, said:

You should try West Ridge -- but maybe not this week if you want to see the regular pastor--Brian Bloye. I have 2 8-year-olds who have visited with me a few times and they love it.

We love westridge church. Me, my wife and all 4 kids LOVE IT

[SAS-NRAFirearmsInstructor]

We have been attending Cedar Crest for about 6 months, we love it. We currently meet at allatoona highschool 930 and 1100.

[guapo187]

elliesgranny, on 04 August 2010 - 05:29 AM, said:

In light of all of the viruses that folks (me included) have picked up lately, I would be very hesitant to click on that link. Seein's how this is this person's first post and all.... I'm just sayin'...

Excellent moderating!


I probably should do more posting if I post any links. I check the forums once or twice a month just to see whats happening in my hometown (I grew up and still live in Hiram), but I never post. I guess I just want to validate my post and my link to the church's website. I already feel strange "marketing" my church, but I felt in this case that the OP was looking for something specific that fits my church's description.

Anyhoo, if you google: discoverthejourney.net, you will get to the same place.

Cheers,
Glenn

[elliesgranny]

guapo187, on 17 August 2010 - 01:32 AM, said:

Excellent moderating!


I probably should do more posting if I post any links. I check the forums once or twice a month just to see whats happening in my hometown (I grew up and still live in Hiram), but I never post. I guess I just want to validate my post and my link to the church's website. I already feel strange "marketing" my church, but I felt in this case that the OP was looking for something specific that fits my church's description.

Anyhoo, if you google: discoverthejourney.net, you will get to the same place.

Cheers,
Glenn

Thanks for coming back and clearing that up. Welcome to PCOM!