Luke and Carrie McKenzie: Worship with Neighbors

One hot morning last summer I was out watering my yard and my good friend and neighbor Scott Haxel came down to say hello. Scott had been talking about this new church that he and his family were attending that he was excited about. Scott first told me about the bounce house for the kids and how the families worshiped together…in someone’s living room. Needless to say I was a little skeptical about going to someone’s house for worship, but I trust Scott, so I thought why not. Our family had been irregular attendees at one of the large worship churches here in Fort Worth. As a family of believers we always felt lukewarm about our previous church home. It was always a little too easy to sneak in and sneak out…and it was never noticed if we were absent.

The very next Sunday J.J. and I went to church with Scott and Kathy and their kids. I sat in Ben’s bedroom while Thomas and Kimberly taught Commons Kids. I was afraid to let J.J. go behind closed doors without me! The worship in the living room was friendly and warm and I couldn’t believe how normal everyone was. I went home to tell Luke that it really was something he should come check out with us next time. After that, as was our habit, we did not return to church for several weeks or even months?! I think Steve had lost hope that he would ever see me again or meet Luke, but the Lord had different plans for our family! Once Luke came to Commons Church with us his heart opened to all of the friendly Commoners and we became regular (or as regular as our family can seem to be) attendees.

Each week we look forward to worship with our old friends, new friends, and neighbors. Thank you to Steve and Joy and Thomas and Kimberly for welcoming the McKenzie family into the Common family and helping us to grow in our relationship with the Lord!

~ Luke, Carrie, and J.J. McKenzie

“Everybody there is very nice and the kids are all very friendly. I like how they have a bounce house for the kids!” J.J. McKenzie