I attended Meck Online and wasn't expecting much to be honest with you. I mean it's church and church people ... chatting???
But wow, I was not prepared.
The service? So engaging.
The woman singing? Phenomenal.
The church reaching outside it's walls with actual money vs. hoarding it? So refreshing.
The chat? What can I say that captures how it made me feel?
It was fun, like actually fun. And yet I was learning too.
It was authentic, like people were talking like normal people, not church people. Does that make sense?
It felt like it really was a safe place I could ask questions, which I was encouraged to do.
There was community in the chat. People knew each other, clearly, but I felt so welcome. So much so that I actually gave my real name before I logged off vs. just 'guest'. I actually can't remember the last time I went somewhere in real life and felt that welcome. But here I was experiencing it in a chat room? At a church?
And the message? I'm not a christian and a lot of the message was for christians, but he also spoke to me. I felt seen and also, I felt wanted...like he really made me feel like christians and the church should care that I'm not one. It didn't make me bristle, it made me want to come back, to listen and keep learning. You earned that...and I hope that sounds the way I meant for it too.
Anyway, I just wanted to say thank you. I came with zero expectations and I left with a lot of reasons to come back.
- Anonymous -
