Ernesto Rodriguez: We Found A Journey

About 30 weeks ago a church opened up called Verve church and they dubbed themselves as church for people who don't like church.  We got a door hanger on our front door back in March.  I grabbed it and told Sarah to check it out and said, "We don't really like church." I was raised Catholic and Sarah didn't really go to church.  It wasn't that we didn't like church, I just didn't like the way church was when I was growing up.  So of course when I got older I stopped going and my parent's didn't really go either.  I spent most of my adolescence years thinking that church people were crazy people.  What I gathered was that they were all judgmental and never knew how to have fun.

Now, lets fast forward to present day or almost present day.  We went to the church for people who don't like church and instantly fell in love with it.  To this day we have only missed 3 services because we were out of town.

They made an announcement that they were looking for musicians.  I thought to myself I play the drums and was looking forward to helping them out.  I signed up and did an audition and was playing the next week.  To sum it all up we went from wanting to go to some kind of church to being part of a new church and really getting involved.  It has been the best thing we have ever done.  Sarah even volunteers for the day care.

Aside from finding a church and doing stuff with the church we found something even bigger.  We found a journey with a relationship with God.  I know what you're thinking again.  You think that sounds cheesy and back in the day I would rolled my eyes too.  This journey we're on, and I say journey because you can't make this decision overnight and if you do then you probably haven't really thought about it.  There is more to it than just worshiping some thing, I think you really learn about yourself as a person and what kind of person you want to be in life.  It's almost like you are in the middle of a crowed stadium and everyone is cheering you on!