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[quote=Anonymous]I took a long church break in my 20s. When I felt like I wanted to return, I went online and searched for the mainline protestant churches near me, browsed a few websites, and made a list of ones to try. Then every Sunday, I tried something new until I found something that stuck.

You can either attend and quietly observe the service (if that makes you more comfortable), or you can also attend the coffee/fellowship afterwards and talk to people.

You might be asked what you're looking for in a church, so you might want to have a few things to bring up: internal and external service opportunities, opportunities to participate in the music programs, children's programs, special interest groups (womens, mens, singles, parents, AA, etc), fellowship (someplace to make friends), bible study, prayer groups--name some things you're interested in, and that will get people talking. :)

Tell people you're church shopping, and they will tell you all about what their church brings to the table, but won't pressure you to join. The vast majority of us have church shopped for one reason or another.

Good luck![/quote]

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