House of God.

My big plan when I moved to Virginia was to try a bunch of churches before I settled in at one. I did research before the move and strongly considered driving in to DC on Sundays to attend church at a young, progressive community.

My big plan turned out to be different than God's big plan. July was a busy month, and the first day I went to church in Virginia was July 19th. On my 26th birthday, I tried the local mid to large size Presbyterian church. They call it VPC, just like my home church for the past three years in Kansas City. Vienna Pres is big, old and classic.

Emphasis here on "old."


I love it. Vienna Presbyterian is a "disciple-making community," and that feels like the emphasis in worship on Sundays. I've been three weeks, and I am filled each time by the music and the message. We are studying Acts, and I find new insight that adds to the study my friends and I did earlier this year.


Today the teaching pastor preached about Acts 12:1-17 and the unplanned events in our lives. He kept repeating two lines that resonated today: "Wherever you go, God is sending you there," and "Remember who you are and whose you are."

So while God is still revealing His big plan, I know I am here because He sent me. I will stay at Vienna because God is clearly meeting me in that place.