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\nThe truly faithful always<\/em> go to church on vacation. So, naturally,\nI was watching for churches instead of redwoods or deer while on a Sunday\nmorning drive up the scenic coastal route through northern California. All\nthat was available was something dubiously resembling a church. The\nweather-beaten sign in front proclaimed, Redwood Christian Center, Orick,\nCA. Rev. Darrell E. Bean.<\/em><\/p>\n

\nThere were only three cars in the lot. As we pulled up, my daughter Autumn\nsaid, “Mom, I don’t think this is a church. There’s no steeple or cross or\nfancy windows.” Mandy asserted, “It could still be a church.” Then, looking\nuncertain, “Is<\/em> it a church, Mom?”<\/p>\n\n

\n“I think so,” I said, reminding them that our own church was a converted\nwarehouse, located behind a lovely bowling alley. “Let’s be quiet when we\ngo in.”<\/p>\n\n

\nWe opened the front doors hesitantly. The entire adult Sunday school turned\nin their seats. They welcomed us heartily. Someone brought us a Bible and\na songbook. Then the girls were ushered off to Sunday school, swelling attendance\nfrom one to three.<\/p>\n\n

\nAs the pastor taught from Hebrews on “better things,” I looked around. The\npews were comfy, considering they were home-hewn from stained plywood. Up\nfront was an old piano and an antique heating stove. A wooden serving cart\nstood there, graced by a vase of yellow garden roses. On either side were\noffering jars. The Sunday school jar held coins; the missionary jar held\nbills. When the teacher and children returned from Sunday school, the sanctuary\nheld thirteen souls.<\/p>\n\n

\nThe air smelled of ocean, plywood, and perfume. A stream of warmth filtered\nin through the plain windows. The pastor’s face was etched with more lines\naround his mouth than his brow. I had seen the trailer Rev. Bean and his\nwife lived in, parked alongside the church, with their Saturday wash still\nblowing on the clothesline. This was no plum denominational assignment.<\/p>\n\n

\nBetween Sunday school and the worship service, people visited. The pastor’s\nwife circulated, offering copies of her famous tamale pie recipe, along with\na prayer guide. It seemed that this recipe had been a big hit at last week’s\npotluck.<\/p>\n\n

\nAfter discussing the virtues of a good tamale pie with me, she and her husband\nsang a lovely duet, with the pastor on guitar, of “Something Worth Living\nFor.”<\/p>\n\n

\nThe service progressed with a passing of the offering plate, prayer for the\nsick, a word of encouragement from Mrs. Bean, and more singing. We sang familiar,\ncomforting hymns, ending with a rousing rendition of “In the Great Triumphant\nMorning.”<\/p>\n\n

\nPastor Bean preached with conviction on “Living the Living Word.” His message\nwas finely crafted. His illustrations were from farm life, but even a suburbanite\nlike me could understand them. When he closed his message and said a final\nprayer over the people, I realized I hadn’t consulted my watch once.<\/p>\n\n

\nWe lingered to compliment the pastor and his wife on the work they were doing\nat what was, indeed, a church—a truly great church. We left with three gifts:\nhearts full of worship, a great tamale pie recipe, and a song for the road.\nI drove off smiling and humming “In the Great Triumphant Morning.”<\/p>\n\n

Linda Riley is director of Called Together Ministries in Torrance, California.\nIn this column, she reflects on the variety of people we meet in ministry.<\/p>\n \n

1996 by Christianity Today\/LEADERSHIP journal<\/p>\n

Last Updated: September 17, 1996<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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