Living word church

A very loving church with open arms. I felt that after attending a Sunday service. I was visiting my parents in Madison and had a desire to attend a church while there. I met Mildred at the dollar tree while looking for some odds and ends and struck up a conversation with her. She was very friendly and after exchanging pleasantries we started talking about God. She talked about her church with such passion that I had to attend a service so before we left she gave me her number. She didn't know the exact address to the church but she said she would contact her pastor Larry pride and ask him for the address. Come Sunday morning she called me with the address but I couldn't find it on Google maps so she was kind enough to meet me at a gas station down the road and I followed her in my car. Things there where different then I was used to but I enjoyed the different place. Everyone took part in the service and contributed something special . The pastor spoke in between intervals of the service but he mostly listened just taking it all in. Near the end of the service he began to speak and it was with such conviction that by the end of the service he was on fire for God. It's really difficult to sum up everything that was said but he spoke about keeping your step aligned with the Lord's. He shared a moment in his life where he was distant from God. He was at a local swimming pond and his foot became entangled in a branch on the bottom to which he almost drowned. It was just as he let go of everything that he felt the branch become un-entangled and he swam to the top for breath. I was blown away by the testimony and just his sincerity. I was given the opportunity to share my testimony as well and even read scripture too. I jumped at the opportunity when asked if anyone had a testimony they wanted to share. I felt like a part of the church and that I belonged. all the people there had beautiful hearts and I couldn't help but cry my eyes out because I was so moved by the spirit. In the end if the service all the women came up to the front and sang a song for the pastor and the men. They wanted to honor us for father's day. They gave us gifts and even gave us our tithes back. I think it was there way of saying your guests here we are happy you just came. This church was an answer to my prayers because I had a deep longing in my heart months before I even came to attend a service with people like these. I will certainly be back and I feel so blessed to be able to worship God with these wonderful people!