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Originally Posted by SorenVC
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I asked the female priest in the mental hospital in January what I could do to get a wife and she said to go to church. I will try but it's scary! I have too much anxiety... What do you even do in an evangelical church when you go there first time? Just to pick up a Bible and listen and read along?
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It’s fine to start small. For someone who has difficulty going out in general, any of these could be seen as a victory:
- Going and just checking out the building from the outside
- If you are up for it, going in and asking for a paper pamphlet of the program. Normally there will be a greeter there who might try to shake your hand and invite you in. If you’re not up to it, all you would need to say is something like “I don’t have time this morning unfortunately. I was just in the area and interested, maybe next week though!” Something like that, just say you don’t have the time atm
- If you were up for it you could ask if they have a YouTube channel with their sermons recorded, a lot do. Take down that info, then go home and do some recon by watching a sermon from home. This is just to get an idea, it would still be recommended to try in person still at a future point because the experience is better in person
- If at any future point you do sit in, and it’s too much, you can always leave at any point. People will assume you are using the bathroom because it’s the most likely reason. No one will hassle you for leaving and very likely everyone will not even notice. Going in and staying a while then leaving early is also still a victory