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We moved 4 months ago to a place that is not close to our old friends and we are having trouble finding a situation where we meet new ones. I'm a SAHM and my husband works full time. I have been having a yearning that I want to be part of a community and can't figure out how to go about it.
We were both raised in the same religion (Catholic) and don't have a strong attachment to it. We are thinking that we might like to be part of a church and therefore make friends in a like minded, family oriented community.
My request for advise is this:
1. if you changed religions from the one you were born into, how
did you go about choosing?
2. why do you like your religion?
3. is there fellowship (volunteer activities, cake & coffee in
the basement after service, weekend get togethers, etc)
4. is the ''message'' of the church one that promotes peace for
all, being a good person, etc? I have a really hard time with
Catholic things like woman aren't equal (can't be priests) and
that couple's have to go to classes for marriage advise from
someone who has never been married, birth control, etc. The
message needs to be universal for all for me to believe and
support it
If you have found a place like this other than at a church,
please comment as well. We have a 20 mth old and know we will
meet other families once he starts school but I don't want to
wait another 2 years before I have a friend. I have done the
playground thing but find its hit and miss of people showing up
on regular days.
Thanks for your advice and for sharing something that is so
personal.
DiAnn
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My husband and I are interested in getting back into a church and are hoping that other families have some guidance on this process. I was raised a Catholic, got married in the church (unfortnately that was to my first husband) and subsequently have not been in a church in years. My husband attended non-denominational churches growing up in a military family. He hasn't been to church since high school. We are both very spiritual people and would like to more formally celebrate that aspect as a family and as part of a congregation. The problem is we're not sure how to start. How does one 'pick' a new religion or a new church. We're familiar with different philosophies and think that a Unitarian church may be the place for us. We'd like specific input on churches in the North Oakland area and any general comments that people may have. Thanks.
I also managed to dig up a couple of other places that are doing it. In North Oakland there's Park Boulevard Presbyterian. The other two in Berkeley are Berkeley Covenant Church and the Association of Vineyard Churches. A couple of Episcopalian* ones are St. Alban's in Albany, and St. Paul's Episcopal in Walnut Creek (925-934-2324 between 9:00 A.M. and 3:30 P.M.) *A lot of the couples I know where one was raised Catholic, and the other was raised Protestant, go to Episcopal church. Good luck!
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