By Hart Brupbacher, South Main Member
Hart and Linda Brupbacher are both members of the Discipleship Committe. Hart sings in the Sanctuary Choir and Linda teaches Sunday School to our Young and Median Adults.
During the year we spent looking for a church home, Linda and I went to many different churches. We visited South Main for the first time in August. The mountain of shoes that greeted us as we entered the Welcome Center told us that South Main is a church focused on missions and helping people in need. We proceeded to the church service where the special offering taken to help provide water for Houston’s homeless further reinforced South Main’s mission emphasis. The missions emphasis was appealing to us.
Equally appealing was the warmth and friendliness we encountered as well as the theology we heard expressed and saw lived out. We visited Sunday School, and one of the first Sundays we were invited to go to lunch after church. We found the worship service to be very meaningful and Steve’s sermons to be thoughtful, challenging, and inspirational. Steve spent time with us discussing our beliefs and helping us figure out that South Main would be a good fit for us. After only a few weeks, we joined–and our lives have really changed in a positive way because of that decision.
We are constantly amazed by the way the family of South Main has embraced us. The Christian fellowship and friendships that we have encountered in our Sunday School Community, South Main at Home groups and choir have been a wonderful experience. Through some potential health problems we found out that we do not have to travel the road alone – we have a family at South Main who will be with us and support us in the journey. We also have friend to celebrate with us.
At South Main we’ve found friendship, service opportunities, meaningful growth and worship opportunities and much needed support—all of which make us really glad we are a part of this family of faith and totally comfortable recommending South Main to others.
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Hart, When you joined the church, we recited a pledge to you which included the sentiment that “we hope to gain from you.” We at SMBC have all gained by having you and Linda as part of our family of God!
Linda and I are blessed by the love that the church family at South Main has given to us. The church family at South Main has “lived” the pledge that was made to us when we joined the church. This is something that Linda and I talk about regularly. We are amazed that the South Main family has been so loving to us. Hopefully we are able to do our part. I told Steve this – there are three things that I am truly thankfou for: my relationship with God, my relationship with Linda, and being a part of the church family at South Main.