Hey Del, thanks so much for checking that and for being so understanding.

I re-checked it too… because daylight saving starts in Utah on Sun March 8, the 12–1pm MT session actually lands at 5:00–6:00am Monday for me in Melbourne (I think that DST shift is what bumps it earlier).

It’s a maybe at this stage… I’ll confirm the day before once…

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Sounds great Del. I will do my best to be online for the meeting March 8th, it’ll start roughly 5am here in Australia, it’s my wife’s birthday that day and we will be on a family holiday. If I don’t make it I will 100% watch it back.

Warm regards,

Hayden

Thanks Dell and everyone else, I really appreciate you all.

Where Anna and I have landed is that we will do church, but we want to find one together that actually works for both of us. For her, church is mainly about community and fellowship, which I respect. For me, I need to be able to genuinely tolerate (and ideally enjoy) being there on…

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Thanks so much for the encouragement, I really appreciate it.

Yes, definitely frustrated. The Pentecostal space is what I find the hardest. For example, when Bible study ends with speaking in tongues and there’s pressure for everyone to participate, I usually just stay silent. It’s often seen as “going to the next level,” but honestly, I find…

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Just to add one more thought to this discussion, Sarah Young mentioned on the call-in show that churches often use fear to control their members. A common example is Pentecostal churches constantly emphasising “Jesus is coming soon” and tying current world events to Revelation. That’s something I’m very strongly against and genuinely…

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Hi Kim! Thanks so much for the amazing advice 🙂

I think what you said to the key find a denominational church that doesn’t push too hard on dogma is the key for now. Guess what scares me the most is that my wife will actually start to really agree with Pentecostal church doctrine if we stay there, I don’t want to her to go down that road…

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Mate, this is amazing advise, thank you so much 🙂

Thanks everyone, really appreciate the thoughtful responses here. I also listened to Shawn’s take on the call-in hour today and found it helpful.

Honestly, I’m still a bit conflicted. Pentecostal expressions are the hardest one for me personally, they’re just not something I resonate with, even though that’s where we seem to keep landing, cause…

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