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Week 12: Greenacres Kingdom Hall, 14 Nisan (22 March 2008)

We totally lied last week. We said we were going to skip Easter by going Eastern Orthodox this week, but we ended up instead going to The Memorial service at the Greenacres Kingdom Hall. When we first started the 52 … Continue reading

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Week 11: Valley Assembly of God, 16 March 2008

We intended, when we set out to the Valley Assembly of God this week, to compare and contrast coffee bars outside the main service. Our friend Elaine was planning to come to play along on the home game, but the … Continue reading

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Week 10: Southside Christian Church, 9 March 2008

Today we attended church with the Baldwinis* again. This time, at the Southside Christian Church, on Spokane’s south hill. The sermon was part of the Quest series, and you should be able to view it here. (As I wrote this, … Continue reading

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Week 9: Spokane Valley Church of the Nazarene, 2 March 2008

Well, after struggling to find an evening service that wasn’t going to be “take your zombie to church” night, but still allow time to pick Farmergirl up from her Winter Weekend event with the Episcopal youth, we’re planning to go … Continue reading

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Week 8: Salvation Army, 24 February 2008

This is still in draft form. Most people associate the Salvation Army with thrift stores and Christmas kettles, but there’s an entire denomination of the Salvation Army. My friend Jennine, says of this particular church, “they have to be the … Continue reading

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Week 7: East Valley Presbyterian Church, 17 February 2008

We’re probably impossible to please on this front, because we’d almost rather be invisible for this project, so I’m not complaining that we were ignored. No one at the East Valley Presbyterian Church even really said, “Hello” to us this … Continue reading

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Week 6: Life Center Foursquare Church, 10 February 2008

Life Center Foursquare Church is a “mega church” on Spokane’s west side. We attended the third (evening) service Sunday evening. The pastor guesstimated there were 1200 in attendance. The worship team/rock band consisted of 8 members: three singers, two guitarists, … Continue reading

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Week 5: Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 3 February 2008

One of the most striking things about the Bethel Missionary Baptist Church’s bulletin is that it contains no information regarding the service, beyond one scriptural reference–Galatians 3:6–and the pastor’s name. There were no hymn numbers, no order of service, no … Continue reading

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Week 4b: Southside Christian Church (online), 27 January 2008

While writing about Abston Church of Christ, my friend Teresa IM’d me, and suggested I watch the “Quest Preview” sermon from Southside Christian Church on Spokane’s south hill. Technically, this is the sermon from 13 January 2008, but since Teresa … Continue reading

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Week 4: Abston Church of Christ, 27 January 2008

We’re snowed in this morning, with about 9″ of accumulation, snow still falling, a heavy snow advisory under effect, police on both sides of the border telling people to stay home unless they absolutely must go out, and the folks … Continue reading

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