4 /5 Janelle MS: Only came here once so far literally just yesterday. Sermon was brought by a young adult—which personally not a very common sight to see in an SDA church service (coming from someone whos lived in 3 different countries and have gone to many various SDA churches). But her message was good. It was catered to more youth & young adult in my opinion, which is not a problem at all. There was a graduation event going on so Im sure the church program arent usually like that normally.
My husband & l left a little earlier just before the service was fully done because the people sitting in front of us were being really loud and were just chatting throughout the service including the sermon. So we left just before the speaker was fully done with her sermon. Given we did sit at the very back row just to see the whole overall atmosphere, and if we didnt like it we could always leave without getting attention and being distracting. Hence, thats exactly what happened.
My husband & I go through various churches, both SDA and nondenominational. I grew up SDA my whole life so coming here for our very first time, having that first impression meant quite a lot. I considered coming to this church on a regular basis if I had a good experience. We usually go to an SDA church in Dallas but we recently relocated now in McKinney, so this church would be ideal in terms of location.
3 people in front of us was just chatting away literally throughout the service. The lady was talking to her friend and the guy was on his phone THE WHOLE TIME. We were very distracted by them, and during special prayer time (kneeling), the guy still was just sat on his chair and was scrolling through his phone. Trying to listen to the sermon but it was really hard to focus due to the people in front of us talking. Not only was it rude behavior for other people, but I think youre also not supposed to be acting like that in the house of the Lord lol. Anyways.
Thats it. So we just left right before the sermon was over. Pastor Frank was right outside the door when he saw us leaving. He asked the typical questions, like if were visitors, if wed be interested in coming again and finding a home church, told us about young adult program, etc etc.
Id still be interested in coming again. But its weird to think that maybe I "ratted out" those people and would rather not meet them again LOL