Wintonbury Baptist Church 2005
When you visit a church or
different churches for the very first time there are first impressions that you
make or other member or members make when y'all meet for the first time. It can
be either good or bad. Me and my mom felt led to visit Wintonbury Baptist
Church then (now just Wintonbury Church) out on Maple Ave. in Bloomfield. We
noticed how everyone was singing hymnals and did offering ( which was about
15-20 minutes long) and the preacher preached the word for about 20-25
minutes long (in all church service was 45 minutes long). The pastor &
church members were very welcoming to all of the first time visitors because
there were a few of us that came for the first time. Probably the one thing
that shocked me was when the pastor told us to keep a family in prayer because
the son of the family committed suicide at the age of 12 (hung himself). We
were encouraged to go into the kitchen for coffee, doughnuts, orange juice,
etc. The church was a family oriented church that cared about children,
youth, and adults and that's always a good thing. I can't say that being in a
church service for 45 minutes was the shortest time I was in a church
service (I was in a church service for only 30 minutes before).
Meanwhile,
our experience at Wintonbury Baptist church had me & my mom deciding to
invite my niece and nephew (then in Hartford now in the Greater Atlanta area)
to come visit with us. Both my niece & nephew were in children's
church while everyone else was in the sanctuary for church service. Children's
church was about 15 minutes or 20 minutes longer because they had refreshments
after children's church was over. I met a single mom brunette hair
woman while she was waiting for her kids to come out of children's
church and while I was waiting for my niece and nephew to come out of
children's church. Me and the woman was chatting for a little bit while
eating some doughnuts. Anyway, when the children came to the kitchen area to go
back to their family all the children were telling their parent or parents how
much they had enjoyed children's church, it was bringing back memories when me
and my older brother would tell our mom how much fun we had when we were
in children's church when we were children. Me & my mom felt that our
little mission was up after visiting Wintonbury Baptist Church (the 4-6 months
that we were there). We also felt that the Lord have a much better plan
for not only Wintonbury Baptist Church but for the churches in the city. As an
act of obedience me and my mom visited Wintonbury Baptist Church like the Bible
verse 1 Corinthians 16:5 simply says "Likewise greet the church that is in
their house..."
