Church Shopping
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Anonymous
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My husband and I have been "church shopping" for 6 years. Now that we have a child on the way, we are looking to become a part of a faith community.
Me? Disaffected Catholic. Think the most important things a church can offer our family now are community, diversity and welcoming, with some sense of tradition or routine in the service (a la Catholic). Family friendly and family events. Need a church that welcomes women as equals (my main problem with the Catholic faith these days). Hubs? Southern Methodist. Finds the more "liberal" Episcopalian churches too much, but also disliked Southern Baptist when we tried that up here. Grew up in the same small town church his whole life and wants that replicated. I think we would trend Episcopalian, but aren't looking for somewhere that is very high church. We aren't really interested in the "big box" church. Any advice welcome! We would prefer in the city or in Arlington/Alexandria. We attended this church when dating, and I'd love to find the DC equivalent: http://allsaintsatlanta.org/ |
Anonymous
| Holy Trinity in DC. It's Catholic, but I think you'd love it. |
Anonymous
| In Alexandria, check out St. Paul's in Old Town or one of the two congregations at the Seminary - all fun and progressive without being "liberal" (read: conservative in their style of service...but politically inclusive). |
Anonymous
| We were church shopping for a while, too, after we had kids. Spouse grew up Catholic, me Episcopal. We tried a lot if churches - some too big, some not welcoming, some small. We ended up loving Walker Chapel Methodist Church on Glebe and Old Glebe in Arlington. Very welcoming of newcomers and many families with young kids. |
Anonymous
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We haven't checked any of these out. I would say our religious philosophies are:
Me: "Faith is personal, why are you asking me about it?" Husband: "I've been going to church on Sundays for 39 years. It's how you are religious" |
Anonymous
| Mclean bible church |
Anonymous
| McLean is "big box". I would guess a disaffected Catholic wouldn't be into a Bible church. |
Anonymous
| Why don't you try out a Unitarian church? I'm happy in my faith tradition, but I always thought that if I converted, it'd be to the Unitarian church. |
Anonymous
| ELCA Lutheran. Just the thing. |
Anonymous
Mclean has alot of former catholics, les about ceremonies and more about the word |
Anonymous
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You might like Calvary United Methodist in Crystal City- http://calmeth.org/cms/
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Anonymous
+1 
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Anonymous
| No rock music/band in church, please. |