St. Jude's By The Sea Lutheran Church is in Gulf Shores and the website said it was a Missouri Synod church. They offered a 7 pm service today so we attended the service.
The program handed out did not identify the church's name although a big sign outside did. It was a pretty church with 10 tall stained glass windows, 5 on each side of the sanctuary and beautiful wood ceilings that peaked in the middle and a large wooden cross hanging behind the altar. There was a communion rail but no place to kneel...maybe because the geriatric crowd doesn't kneel. We were given communion but no ashes...not sure why not? It was an interesting service with a sermon that was really just the telling of David's story. It ended with my "favorite" hymn, Amazing Grace. Please do NOT sing that at my funeral!!!.
Gus waited for us to come home, sitting in the copilot seat probably the whole time we were gone. Just happy he didn't rummage in the trash for the chicken bones. We had forgotten to set the trash can up out of reach before we left.
