Today

Today has gone pretty well, though I must admit, it started off pretty rough. We decided to visit Calvary Chapel in Quakertown this morning. So we packed up and got there a couple minutes before the service was scheduled to start. We entered the building but there was no one there to greet us or tell us what to do. So we shuffled past some talking people and went into the auditorium. The morning worship music started and we sang along. We both took turns holding Riley Joy. Then while Hannah had her, the pastor (I think it was him) came up to her and said, "We don't allow kids in the service." She asked if he was alright with her at least having Riley Joy in during the worship and he said that should be ok. What! No children AT ALL in the service! Well, we did not want to make a big deal about it so Hannah took her into the nursery (where she had been directed to leave Riley Joy) and there was no one in there with the babies! There was a little girl that kept coming and going but she said herself that she was not in charge of the babies. Hannah was not about to leave Riley Joy alone in any nursery regardless, but the point is that they tell us we are not allowed to have our baby (even if she is quiet) in with us during the service but then do not have anyone in the baby nursery?!?!?! Hannah stayed in there for a while but could not stand it so she got me and we left. You might say we shook the dust off our shoes from that church. It was really sad. Lets see, wasn't there a story in the Bible about adults telling people to take their children away because they might be distracting... oh yeah! That was where Jesus rebuked them and said, "Let the little children come unto me." It hurt to be told that by that church and dampened our spirits quite a bit. Riley Joy had not even been making any noise. It felt like they said to us, "Your daughter is not welcome here." That hurts alot and I am trying my darndest to not be angry about it... but it still hurts. And I think that attitude toward our beautiful little daughter was about the opposite of the attitude Jesus would have had toward her in that situation. But if our daughter is not welcome, then we are not welcome, and I know we will definitely not be returning to that church.