Hi Everyone! My name is Cindy. I am a SAHM to two wonderful kids DS Tucker (7) and DD Sumerlyn (2). DH Dewayne and I have been married almost 14 yrs. We are in Central Alabama. I don't think I have ever posted here, but I need your help (and prayers too).


I just read the Non-Catholic friends thread--man, I could have written that one myself. Which brings me to my problem. I have a Non-Catholic friend who won't really come out and say it, but I know she thinks we're not "Christian". Well, my DS has been attending their vacation bible school this week and having fun. Last night they had "the talk" with the children. Their Salvation talk. Of course my seven year old, decided he wanted to be a Christian. While I don't have a problem with this (duh), I do have a problem with they way they word things. They ask you (or the kids in this instance)--Do you want to become a Christian? By this they mean do you want to be Baptised into this Church and be a member of this church. I have a problem with this. My DS is very sensitive and intuitive. So of course he wants to be a Christian (I explained to him that we already are Christians). Honestly I think with them it about numbers--"We had X amount of souls saved at VBS". Basically he wants to go to this church because it is funner than our church. And I think that is the bottom line with him. Simply because our Church is very small and they have NOTHING for the kids to do--not even VBS. No Christmas program, no childrens liturgy, only CCD. I cannot tell you what a struggle it is for me in Mass--no nursery for my DD.

I love being Catholic--for me their is no other--I do like my friend's church. I know a lot of the people there. They do so much for the children. When DH and I married, him being Pentacostal and I, of course, Catholic, I told him that if he wanted to go to a different church I would go with him because I was not going to be sitting by myself in Church with our kids. Well, we visited almost every church in the county and he wouldn't make a decision so I told him that until he could decide that I was going to my Church and he could come if he wanted--well, he did up until 4 yrs ago when we moved away from my home Church.

So basically my question is--what do I do? what would you do? I plan on talking with our priest as soon as I can. Should I let him continue to go to the VBS? I hope some of you can help with your experiences.

Sorry to ramble right off the bat--thanks for reading.