Mega Church :o

Church 1)

This new adventure started last Saturday night after our shift at work. Lauren and I researched different churches around the Houston, magnolia, and woodlands area and the next morning we tackled our first Mega Church experience. The first church we went to was Joel Osteen’s Lake Wood Church which is the old compact center. On our way up to the church Lauren and I kept reminding ourselves to keep an open mind, try not to be biased, walk in leaving our opinions at the door. We parked in a parking garage like parking at the Galleria then made our way to the front doors. The second we walked in we were greeted with friendly faces and up the escalator we went toward the main sanctuary. We found the doors to the sanctuary and entered the room. The size of the room is like a basketball court for the NBA. The sanctuary had two sections for the choir, a stage for a band filled with drums, guitar, bass, trumpets, saxophone, a trombone, and a number of different singers. On the other side of each choir section there were waterfalls. We picked seats on the floor area directly in front of the stage but 30 lanes back. The band jammed for a little bit then Osteen and his wife came out and greeted us. Then the band took over again for a few more songs of worship. Finally the sermon kicked off and was fairly short in my opinion. During the 2 hours we were there I would say the band and singers jammed for 1 hour and 15 minutes and then between the sermon and different prayers Osteen took about 45 minutes. The sermon was about not letting distraction interfere with your goals, not letting the times beat you down. The message was good, Osteen used many examples from the bible but I feel like he never related himself with the crowd or his words. The atmosphere besides feeling massive was very warming, friendly. The followers sang and danced (pretty much made the room feel kind of connected). In my opinion in a church that size I think nobody can connect on a more friendly relationship level. I think everyone is pretty much an acquaintance, or just the person who sat next to you this Sunday.


All in all it was a good experience. I can’t say anything bizarre happened when i compare the experience to my regular church experience.

Hope everyone enjoys!

Sunday Vagabond Maya