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Cheryl@WAHM.com
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posted September 03, 2002 12:38 PM
   
I'm really not looking for heated debates with this question -- we've got enough of that in the *other* questions -- so I hope we can respect each others choices.But I'm curious, do you go to church? Do you go with your family? Do you attend the same "type" of church you grew up in? How does this choice affect your life as a WAHM? IP: Logged |
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posted September 03, 2002 12:45 PM
We are at church every Wednesday night and Sunday morning. I love that my daughter is being raised in a family of faith.I was raised with a Jewish (non-practicing) mother and a Baptist father. I explored both religions as a child but did not become a Christian until I was 13. My faith is first in my life so I believe it affects every aspect. I think the biggest affect of that faith on working from home was making prayerful decisions. ------------------
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posted September 03, 2002 12:46 PM
I forgot to say I don't attend the same type of church. We attend a non-denominational church on the charasmatic side.  ------------------
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posted September 03, 2002 12:54 PM
I haven't been to church in a while. It's not that I don't want to go--on the contrary, I really want to go. The last time we went my youngest went to the child care and cried so much they had to come and get me! And he will not sit still in church. I may have to work the nursery a while til he gets used to it but I really want to listen to the sermons. We do watch on tv from time to time. I grew up in a southern baptist church but in the last few years have been going to non-denominational also.IP: Logged |
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posted September 03, 2002 02:07 PM
You might look for a church that has a mother's room. Basically where you can go with your child and still be able to hear the sermon.------------------
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posted September 03, 2002 02:46 PM
Thanks, I will check that out!
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posted September 03, 2002 04:04 PM
i used to go to church every time they had a service or bible class. since my fourth was born i just don't get out much. we still go from time to time though. whether we go or not i try to make sure to spend plenty of time reading the bible, praying, and doing some kind of bible study.
the kids and i go. my husband does not.i didn't grow up in a church. my mom took us to a baptist church for a couple of years and my great grandparents took me to a nondenominational church when we went to visit them. since i have been an adult i have been to a methodist church, a baptist church, and currently go to a church of christ church (changed churches when i moved to different towns). it is my beliefs that affect my life and decisions (i assume that is what you meant. i only mention that because so many people seem to diffentiate between church attendance and beliefs - just clarifying). any business i choose can not force me to compromise my beliefs or integrity for one thing. i don't work on sunday either. i won't go through any emails, take phone calls, or anything else pertaining to business or making money at all on sundays. it also affects my priorities (though some of my priorities are simply my loyalty to my family). IP: Logged |
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posted September 03, 2002 09:38 PM
No, I do not go to church. I have very strong spiritual beliefs, and have not found a church around here that agrees with me.
I am however, teaching my children my beliefs and having our own informal "church school." ------------------
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posted September 03, 2002 10:08 PM
I go to church every Sunday at 10:00. I sing in the choir for this Mass and this is my 21st year doing this. I am very popular there and love that I can bring people so much happiness. I will do this until I can't anymore. I have gone to this church since it started in 1975 and grew up there. My husband stays home with one of our boys and the other goes to the nursery while I sing. Someday I will find a church that my husband likes but he's not pushing for it since I'm in a much more spiritual "place" than he is. This works for now. Missy Missy IP: Logged |
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posted September 03, 2002 11:55 PM
I was born, raised, and married in the same church and will never leave. My husband and I are agreed on this thing more than anything else. We will raise our family here and never leave. We go to church every sunday and take the children. We want to be parents who "take" our children to church, not "send" them. ------------------
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posted September 04, 2002 09:45 AM
I was raised a Catholic, but left the church when I was quite young. I'm thinking 4th grade. ? Now we practice an earth-based religion and attend get-togethers every few months. I do a lot of religious/spiritual writing so it actually helps me on the job. ------------------
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posted September 04, 2002 02:48 PM
I was borned and raised in our small town church. I moved about 3 hours away after I got married, so my dh and I attended a small town church there. We moved back home and started attending my church again. We are both in the choir and never miss a Sunday unless we are seriously ill. I just can't imagine a Sunday without going! When I was growing up, we attended Sunday School and church every Sunday and I had perfect attendence pins for 14 years. Now our two daughters are earning those same perfect attandence pins! Luckily for us, our girls were always very good in church and went from the day they were born. We always took snacks and toys for them to play with right there in the pew beside us. I count my closest and dearest friends to be my church family. They are the first people I think of when I have a concern or special news to share. Bev
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posted September 04, 2002 07:12 PM
Hello,
I was raised in a Baptist church. Back then my father was a Deacon.. now he is the Pastor at the church that I was raised in. Now I am taking my son to the same church and he plays the drums for the youth choir. I never thought this would happen. Me and my father are so proud of him.. that he is soooo interested in music. (he is 7yrs old)lynn120 IP: Logged |
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posted September 04, 2002 09:40 PM
I was born and raised in a Pentecostal Church. After I became an adult, I began to have a personal relationship with God myself without the influences of how I was raised. I now go to a non-denominational church here in Georgia, but it also has the hand-clapping, foot stomping, and charasmatic nature that I was used to. I have found that going to church and having a relationship with God has helped me get through my divorce and has given me the strength to raise my two little boys on my own until He sees fit for me to marry again. Without my faith I don't know where I or my children would be and I look to God for guidance on how to raise my boys and how to live my life. ------------------
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posted September 05, 2002 12:03 AM
It has been a long time since I have been to church. It has been my experience that religion has little to do with God.IP: Logged |
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posted September 05, 2002 10:42 AM
Rebeccah- I couldn't agree with you more. There is a lot of corruption out there. Have you seen the movie Stigmata? It wasn't a great movie, but the point of it was that your spirituality is within you.IP: Logged |
Jewel
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posted September 05, 2002 03:01 PM
I do attend church, with my family. I did not grow up in a Christian home, although, praise God, my mother is a Christian now. We did attend church from the time I was about 12, and it was unfortunately because my step-father wanted to make a good impression on potential and current investors for his business. It was a peer pressure kind of thing. Jesus wasn't really part of the decision and I did not have anyone to introduce Him to me until I was in my mid-20s, when I finally became a Christian. I now attend a Southern Baptist Church and am fortunate to be in a place where a person who is seeking God can really find Him. Going to church is NOT what makes a person a Christian, though. Our church happens to be a very good place to learn, be encouraged, and find other Christians with whom to socialize. My "church" extends to in-home Bible studies with other believers, as well, when the opportunities arise. We have "church" at home daily - prayer, Bible reading, songs - with the children. My faith affects almost every decision and is the primary reason I am a wahm. My children will be home-schooled (I was a school teacher in my "former" life - before we bit the bullet and I left my job), primarily because I don't think at 5 years old they are ready to be bombarded with the anti-Christian atmosphere in public schools. Even with my teaching salary, private school was a bit out of our reach. ------------------
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posted September 05, 2002 03:47 PM
I have not attended church on a regular basis as the church that I belong to is where my ex-husband and his new wife belong. She is the pianist and he is a trustee, very uncomfortable for me there since they were playing church before we got divorced. I am recently remarried and have just found a small county church that the preacher that married my husband and I took over and we really like him. We have just started going and am looking forward to taking the children along with us. We wanted to check it out before the children went as their father forces them to go to church and I believe they should have a say in what church they attend. We love out little country church and enjoy going as it is a very laid back church. I also believe that religion is not in the church but rather in your heart. So even if you do not attend church regularly you still have God with you. IP: Logged |
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posted September 13, 2002 11:21 PM
okay Cheryl says we arent allowed to get heated so I will answer like this:No we do not go to church. thats the safest way for me to answer this one  ~Lol~
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posted September 14, 2002 01:01 AM
No, we don't go to church. My parents were raised catholic and we never went to church growing up.------------------
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posted September 14, 2002 11:58 AM
We do attend church, though we've only gone back in the last few months. My husband was raised strict Catholic, but we found that the Catholic churches around here didn't offer much more than sermons on why you should give all your money to the Catholic church.When my oldest turned thirteen, we felt he needed some outside guidance from people/kids/other parents with similar values, so we began attending a lutheran church that I grew up in. Everyone now loves it, and even my two year old looks forward to church every Sunday and Wednesday. ------------------
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posted September 17, 2002 08:21 PM
do you go to church? Do you go with your family? Do you attend the same "type" of church you grew up in? How does this choice affect your life as a WAHM?[/B][/QUOTE]
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I was raised by a Christian mother and a Jewish father.
But I am now a member of the First Church of Religious Science, I love it. http://www.firstchurch-oakland.org/
I attend services every Sunday that I am able, which is almost every Sunday.
My children attend too, at least the 2 remaining at home.
Well, I think it affects me in a positive way here at WAHM's.
I am learning to be more tolerant and accepting of others.
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posted September 18, 2002 02:04 AM
I used to be quite active and then since my problems arose I don't even bother and they still come and talk to me and insist I go back but too much is going on right now. 1. No, I go alone
2. Nope no one attends
3. Well, some choices are hard to make. Jacquelyn ------------------
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posted September 18, 2002 10:29 AM
Well, since this is basically just a yes or no question...No, I don't attend church for various personal reasons. I feel that religion and faith very seldom meet on the same ground. Religion often has little to do with faith. I won't say anymore! ------------------
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posted October 16, 2002 06:45 PM
Yes I go to church every chance I get, mainly on Sundays & Thursday. I am an Apostolic Pentecostal and it is the same religion I grew up in. My husband joined the church after 5 years into our marriage, now 37 years :-). We raised our 3 children and they are now raising their children in Pentecostal churches. My faith helps me to be more compassion with people and as our pastor Rev. J. Hugh Rose (Harvestime broadcast) says "to always give the benefit of the doubt". http://www.upc.org It's amazing how God can feel that empty void in ones life and not have to worry about tomorrow because He holds us in His hands. Phyllis A Best
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posted October 16, 2002 07:22 PM
No I don't go to church and never have. Well, the occasional Easter Sunday to a non-denomination church. I wasn't raised any religion or raised to go to church. I have been thinking about joining one, but my husband is anti church. He was raised a very strict Catholic and now hates anything that has to do with the church. My problem is finding one that fits my beliefs. Does anyone know what the Church of Scientology believes in? ------------------
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posted October 18, 2002 06:25 PM
I go to Church every Sunday (almost!) - I grew up going to a Methodist Church and now go to a Baptist Church - I don't feel the kind of Church is important as long as the beliefs are correct. My entire family goes to Church, but my husband has to work on Sundays a lot so he doesn't normally go with us, except for Sunday night.Rita
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posted October 18, 2002 10:34 PM
No I do not go to church. I went every Sunday when I was young, and was confirmed in the Lutheran church. But after marrying my husband ten years ago, I have not gone. My daughter (5) is quite curious about God lately and has been asking me about Church. I have not decided what I will do about this one. ~Elizabeth------------------
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posted October 18, 2002 10:48 PM
~Elizabeth,I solved this with my kids by attending a non-domination church with them to sastify their curiousity and so they'd have some basic knowledge of religion in general. Good luck with your DD ------------------
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posted October 19, 2002 03:22 PM
I go to church but didn't always. I became a christian when I was in college and would never want to go back to the life I used to have.
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posted October 21, 2002 12:27 PM
Yes, we attend mass every Sunday and I sing our choir. My sons also attend Catholic School.------------------
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posted October 21, 2002 01:17 PM
yes, i do and the kids go sometimes, i work as a team leader in the infant nursery once a month. my husband does not go. i wish he would!IP: Logged |
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posted October 21, 2002 05:33 PM
yes, we go on Saturday afternoons to 5 pm mass.
I am raising my children within the catholic principles, they attend ccd once a week in prep of communion.
Personally I was raised Lutheran and at a young age given the choice of wanting to " belong " to the church abroad or not. I then chose against, but went back to faith when I met my husband and prepared for a catholic wedding.
While I am divorced now I believe the children need a religious upbringing and since his entire family is of catholic faith, it was easy to choose. When they are older and can make their own decisions, they are free to choose which faith they want to belong to and I will likely connect with a church of somewhat less "traditional" beliefs.
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posted November 01, 2002 11:08 AM
We go to church every Sunday. Wasn't raised in it but converted to it when I was younger. I'm LDS and the church teaches a lot about raising a strong family. By having family night and but mom's staying at home with there children, so that they can raise them. I believe in this, that is why I'm making plans to stay at home with my kids.
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posted November 01, 2002 01:29 PM
I am still attending the same Catholic church that I was baptized and married in. My husband is also Catholic, but does not attend mass with my 2 children and I because he doesn't really believe in all the things that go along with the Catholic religion. I was very faithful my entire life was in the choir and taught CCD for many years. I had a falling out a few years ago with the priest that we had at the time and didn't go much at all until the last couple of months. I don't necessarily believe that you must go to church every week to be a good person and I have seen a lot of church goers that are not the nicest people and vica versa. However, I do value my relationship with God and Jesus and want to give the same foundation to my children. I have often thought of choosing a different religion, but it is hard to turn my back on the Catholic religion. ------------------
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posted November 01, 2002 08:23 PM
Yes I attend Church every Sunday Morning(that I don't have to work) every Wednesday night and almost every Sunday night. My relationship with Jesus Christ also comes first in my life without Him Nothing is possible!!! I feel that if at all possible a moms should stay home to raise their own children. Our children NEED US! Motherhood is a high calling from God not to be taken lightly. I am a single mom and the only way I could stay home with my boys is to find something I can do from home that would give me the financial freedom necessary. ------------------
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posted November 01, 2002 10:00 PM
I go to church and I try to read my bible daily. I was raised a baptist and now attend a non-denominational (bible based church). I have learned through the years the importance of inner peace, especailly now that I have a family of my own. I enjoy reading christain devotional magazines and get together with womens groups' at my church to have fellowship with woman my age and to relax. I love a ministry we have at our church called secret sisters, it's really motivating and forms long lasting freindships. My relationship with God has motivated me to work at home because of the imporatnce I place in my childrens' well being and with God's strength I get through those difficult times in my personal and career. ------------------
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posted November 06, 2002 07:32 PM
Well heres a contrast for you.Ive never been to church, never known anyone in my family to go, and dont know anyone nor have I ever known anyone who goes to church. I live in the UK. The protestant churches are either nearly empty or filled with tourists looking at the stained glass windows. When I visited the US the contrast was huge! As a non practising protestant in the UK I never talk about god, religion, church, prayer etc to anyone. Id get strange looks from people. In the US you hear people talk about their faith more. In the UK unless you are part of a religion other than Church of England, or you are a devout and practising protestant (CofE), going to church wouldnt cross your mind unless you wanted to get married. And the whole point of the marriage in a church for most is just from the perspective of traditionalism, not religion. IP: Logged |
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posted November 07, 2002 12:23 PM
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posted November 07, 2002 03:52 PM
We go regularly. I was raised as a Baptist and my hubby was raised Luthern... we're both Baptist now My little goes in the nursery and loves playing with the other kids too!IP: Logged |
