Ontario 1st Church of the Nazarene

We heard about a church close by called Ontario 1st Church of the Nazarene. We didn't know much about it. I think Jen's sister had a kid in daycare there or something. All I know is here we were. It is always difficult starting at a new place, but we went. I remember we received a letter from the pastor thanking us for visiting. A couple from the church left a baggie of cookies in our mail box. We started going there in February 1993 and we really liked it. The pastor, Larry Pitcher was a really nice, likable guy. His wife, Sandi was very friendly and took to Jen pretty quick. Some of Nick's friends from elementary school went here too. We soon got to know the families of these kids and the parents became our friends. Pretty amazing how that works. Another huge help was a young adult Bible class. It was taught by Rick Morrison. This guy was extremely knowledgeable and had a way of explaining things pretty clearly.  He helped me to get really grounded in the Word.
 Honestly, I didn't get the hymns at first. I spent most of the time trying to figure out the language. It was in English, but Old King James English. Words like hath, doth, thy, thee and the abbreviated words of com'st, ne'er, e'ver, heav'n. What did these mean? What was the writer of the hymn trying to say? How can I try to sing these songs if I didn't know what they meant. Okay maybe I'm making too much of this, but I really, truly wanted to know what these songs were about. Over time, I got the tunes down. I would sing the word "doth" while thinking "does". I also remember working nights and my week would start on Sunday night. I went to Rick and asked him about working on the Sabbath. I was worried that I might be doing something wrong. Rick reassured me that I was doing fine and wasn't doing anything wrong. I wasn't trying to be a legalist. I just wanted to do the right thing. I didn't grow up in the church and felt like I needed to make up for lost time. They were very warm and friendly. I'm very thankful for the people of this church.