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Personal Narrative Report

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After attending several different denominational churches being raised, I soon stopped attending churches except for an occasional special program. I entered the military, attended several worship services and got nowhere. I did go to church but it was sporadic for several years then not at all. I did get married in the church I attended most being raised and that was all, I went back one more time then stopped attending at all. I was active duty military (1 1/2 years) and was being shipped to South East Asia, got married and then left for a year. When I returned from South East Asia I only attended church maybe 10 or 12 times in following 25 years. Nothing interested me and I had no desire to listen to something I had no understanding of or …show more content…

I knew several of the people attending. The church was open and inviting, the pastor made it a mission to visit us at our home and that was different. The pastor is what made a difference I believe. He presented sermons I could relate to and applied them in my teachings to new student airmen. Pastor Ernie kept the membership involved and active in community things. When I completed my teaching work and fully retired, we moved back to our home in Myrtle Beach, a house that my wife had built. We looked for a Lutheran Church here in Myrtle Beach and had some difficulty finding one that "appealed" to us. We attended several churches some several times and came up empty. Still desiring a church connection I did find a church that I liked but my wife did not. I kept attending and still do. The president of the Advisory Board welcomed me in and kept me involved. I became very active and still am. I asked the pastor to baptize me as I had no record of a baptism ever taking place in my life. He was glad to do so. I was eventually elected to the president's position and carried on for a year. Work schedules prevented me from accepting other positions in the church as I continued attending as much as

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