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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like a place with a Sunday school curriculum would be helpful for the kids.[/quote]

I went and looked at websites of several (we are mainline Protestant) churches nearby. I then looked up each of their denominations and its beliefs. I picked 2 with compatible beliefs to visit by myself - one Sunday at each. Chose the one with the most families with kids.

The next Sunday we all went to Sunday School together. I happen to have little kids, so the hour-long service would be too hard for them at their age. They had a good time, part of he time was a short lesson (recounting a well-known bible story) and part of the time doing crafts. [/quote]

I'm not mainline, but this is what I suggest as well. Look up the closest churches, find their statement of belief and their denomination's statement of belief, and pick from the closest ones that match what you also believe about faith. It'll be completely pointless to pick a nice church if they believe something totally different than you on, say, marriage that will constantly make you mad.

From there, filter down by feel/how you like the sermon/if the community seems welcoming/what you think about the music/whatever.

When  your kids are that little, distance matters. Plus if you eventually do dive all in, going to events not on Sundays and joining a small group and such, it would be nice to be close to home. And my kids have loved the rare times when they had church friends at the same school as them.[/quote]

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