After posting that I attend a House Church, Mike over at Christian Cognition posted that he too attends a House Church and suggested we both post what we feel (pros/cons) about going to a home church etc.... I read his blog today and figured I should just copy and paste a lot of what he had to say but, I will go ahead and post some of my own stuff.Our past two churches we attended were very good at nurturing fellowship and relationships within the church so that is not anything that we have ever lacked...so when I say I love the intimacy and fellowship, transparency and closeness the house church has its not something we have lacked in the past but yet still have it here. There is a strong bond of unity that has occured within our group and not just within the adults but the children as well since they are amongst the group and not separated. This would indeed be a con for some families (no children's programs) but for us, its perfect and the time of our church is in the evening so by the time we fellowship, worship, pray and move on to the rest of the evening Annah is very well tired and usually falls asleep.
Whereas many house churches begin small and ultimately grow and then go and find a building or a church to rent or buy, our group has maintained the desire to stay a bonified true house church and when the group exceeds about 20 people we will then form another house church and so on.
We meet Saturday evenings and so while I love this and prefer meeting Saturday nights there will be events and functions that arise that we will not be able to miss and will have to miss church because while Sunday is an accepted day to go to church..most events are avoided being planned on Sundays due to church but Saturdays is fair game. :)
While it may appear as a life group or care group to some, the difference would be our leaders, teachers, preachers, evangelist etc...are all together at the same time. :)
Its so cold. I don't like the cold... well, I love the cold but I don't like running in it. But I tell myself...thank God I can run. Thank God I have health to run, legs to run... I remember when I was spending days in the hospital visiting a family member and when I would walk out and smell the air, walk in the sunshine...I vowed to always be thankful to be healthy and to not grumble ...So anytime I begin to feel like I don't want to go out and run, I tell myself to be thankful I can and to run because I can. 
