Rob and I have not been very avid church goers since we moved to Peoria (read - I've gone a few times...like 2). I have had a hard time finding a church I like. Our church in Chicago was too big - it had a gift shop. I went to one in Metamora, but it was a one room church..no lobby or cry room or anything. I finally found St. Thomas in Peoria Heights and I really like it. It's not too big, not to small and I really like that they have a ton of mass times every weekend. Saturday 8am or 5pm and Sunday 8am, 9:30am, 11am, 5pm. Lots of options!
Anyways - Today I decided to venture out with both boys to 9:30am mass. We got there a little early becuase the website said there was a nursery and I wanted to check it out for Justin. Turns out they do not have one - no biggie they have 2 nice big "cry rooms". So we walked into the church and there were probably 30 people there. The picture below is the alter at St. Thomas.....
.....Justin in his really loud voice says "Look Mommy - he's flying!!!" I think that is a dead give away that we don't take our kids to church enough :)
On a good note I don't think we'll sit in the cry room again. Both of the boys were SO GOOD! They were the quietest ones in there. To me a cry room is a place to enjoy mass without worrying if your kids make a few noises so you can teach them to be quiet in church. Apparently the parents I sat by saw it as story hour with their kids...animal noises and all. I was really proud of Justin & Mason!
2 comments:
Great job Justin and Mason. It sounds like they would do great outside the cry room.
I have a hard time getting to church too. We went every weekend as kids, but JR's family never went. As a family we are kind of split down the middle. If we get to church every other week we're doing great, it's usually more like once a month. Now with Jonah, I'll probably wait a few weeks.
I hear you on the lots of mass options though. Ours has three on Sunday morning, and I love it. If we hit the noon mass, Noah usually sleeps through most of it:)
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