My family has been coming to Christ Alive for over a month now. This is our new home church and we…read morelove it. Pastor Cristi and Bob are terrific and both very strong in Christ and wonderful people. The worship team is outstanding and lead terrific worship every week. there is an active childrens ministry with great teachers and my kids have learned and retained more about the bible in the past month than they did the past three years. There is 1 Wednesday a month at night where they have worship and prayer and 3 other where there is teaching almost like a bible study. While not as attended like a Sunday, these are wonderful in helping you keep Christ focused during the week and spending extra time with church family. The church also has small groups, called Life groups, which change about quarterly and offered both at the church and at people's homes depending on the group. The church also holds food drives and has a 1 Saturday a month Food Pantry to feed the needy, doing Christ work in the community is a big part of the identity here. I love it. No better church in the area. People of all races and nationalities are welcome and the church is very diverse.

My home church, for almost four years! I love the Senior Pastor, Pete, he's a great guy, and his…read morefamily is just lovely. There are a lot of wonderful people that frequent this church, and the youth pastor is a really great guy, too. I am very happy to have found such a lovely family here. (:

This has been my church for 14 years. Pastor Pete and his wife Sister Lilly are great. The worship…read morePastor Kim keeps you moved with the Gospel music ministry. Being a mom of 2 boys, the biggest attraction is the varied ministries for children. We have a nursery & children's church during service hours (9am &11), Royal Rangers for boys (I am a teacher for 13 years) & Mpact girls & Rainbows for PreK (Fridays 730-9pm), Youth Group (Wed 7-9) and bible study for all ages. We have so many devoted & long-term members that make you feel welcome and connected. There are so many adult ministries as well. FGCIP is a great place for worship & fellowship.

Beacon is our home. We love Beacon, we have felt welcomed and knit into the community from the…read moremoment we stepped foot in the door 14 years ago. We have raised our family at Beacon Church, and have watched the church as well as our family grow and mature to where it is today. Our children are connected to their peers through the Kidz Quest program as well as the Teen Youth Group. My quiet teenager has come out of his shell and made friends with other teens and socializes with his peers because of the encouragement of his youth leaders. My husband and I enjoy the monthly classes. They have inspired us to dig deeper in the Bible, and improve our prayer life. The Pastors are enjoyable to listen and interact with. The sermons are Biblically based and practical and help normal people deal with normal every day situations. The Worship Band is my favorite part. The musicians are inspiring and bring the songs to life.

We've called Beacon our home for 9 years now. Pastor Robert and his team are friendly, approachable…read moreand able to relate modern times and issues with biblical teachings and the gospel message. The services are engaging, the worship team is talented and they do great work for and in the community immediately around them. It's easy to plug into a small group in that's what you're looking for and I have had many opportunities to volunteer and serve in different areas to test the waters. Highly recommend a visit!

An intimate church where everyone knows you by your name. Father Canon ANTHONY has been inspiring…read moreme every Sunday for almost a year and strengthen my pact with God to always attend my Sunday worship Mo matter what. To have this man pastor/preach is such a delight as he's always cheerful. The church members are most welcoming and always eager to serve. This is my solace, my comfort, my place with God. We WELCOME ONE & ALL.

Our Lady of Victory Church is such a beautiful and a fulfilling experience. Masses, Concerts, I am…read morealways happy to attend all services. Father Tom and Father Rafal are the best Priests ever. I am proud to be a part of the Religious Experience offered in this Parish. Thanks.

Father Tom did an incredible ceremony and mass for our wedding day! He is simply amazing! Also made…read moreus feel relaxed throughout the wedding planning process. OLV is so lucky to have such an awesome pastor! You are the best, Father Tom!

It feels like a family. Everyone cares about everyone else and is very helpful. Enjoyable…read moresermons, great Sunday School, interesting people to talk to after the service. Great place to get in touch with God!

Warm, Friendly people that welcome you into their Parish Family. Sunday Service is uplifting and…read moreinspiring to carry you thru the week. We have a lot of activities planned for the coming months and look forward to our new Senior Mission projects and the upcoming year! Please feel free to join us, everyone is welcome!

Friendly multi cultural church. Service is held as scheduled…read moreand starts on time. Highly recommended if you live in the area and looking for a nearby Christian place of worship.

Lovely church with great pastor and leadership. Multicultural and very welcoming. My wife and I…read morehave been attending this church for 3 years now and we love it. Also we feel super safe as they follow all CDC guidelines even surpass them!

Haven't been to this Church for a long time. I was married here and daughters were baptized…read more Enjoyed the Bible Class, Sunday morning holiday services especially in English and German. Enjoyed singing in the choir and special dinners.

I've gone through a lot of churches in my day. I was raised in a Reformed (aka Calvinist) Baptist…read morechurch, attended Reformed/Christian Reformed schools K-12, dabbled with a few different denominations in college and graduate school, did some religious studies in Britain, married a woman with an Eastern Orthodox background, and, other than the church I was raised in, spent a big chunk of my early 20's attending a non-denominational contemporary super church. But I spent several years apart from any church community until last year when I started to attend Emmaus. I was not unfamiliar with the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, having a good friend who is an LCMS minister (he performed my wedding). Off and on I had attended Our Saviour in Rego Park, but after several months of not attending and a move to another neighborhood, I tried Redeemer over in Glendale. The irony was that on my very first visit, the pastor there announced to the congregation that he was moving on to take a position with a seminary. But he gave me a call a few days after I visited, and, after discussing my background and interests, he advised me to go to Emmaus and that Pastor Stoudt was right up my alley. I'm now very happy to be a member of Emmaus. The worship is very traditional - the liturgy, the sacraments, and the old hymns that I've always preferred over contemporary praise songs, but I won't be drawn into the debate over traditional vs. contemporary worship and music. It's a small and somewhat graying congregation, but everyone in it lives in harmony and love of each other. Being a small congregation, the activities are limited. In the Fall through the Spring, Pastor Stoudt holds Sunday morning Bible study before the service. There are services for several of the more noteworthy church holidays that don't fall on a Sunday, as well as Wednesday night vespers during Advent and Lent. Most non-Sunday and several Sunday holidays will be accompanied by a potluck meal, and I won't lie to you that one of the less lofty things I missed most about being part of a church was the church lady food, which the congregation at Emmaus provides wonderfully. ;-) Pastor Stoudt is a very, very sharp and well educated man. His undergraduate education is in Classical Studies (Latin/Greek) and that linguistic and historical knowledge greatly enriches our Bible study time. But he doesn't weigh down his sermon with much extraneous knowledge - his preaching is the kind that C.S. Lewis compared to a hot, wholesome, well-cooked meal. Nothing flashy, nothing extravagant, just filling. It's an overused word, but I can only describe his preaching and guidance as "Christo-centric". I've known that word for a very long time, but I now feel like I really can say I've experienced that kind of preaching. Pastor Stoudt may reference current events and politics, but he never preaches on them. Christo-centric means many things, but from Pastor Stoudt, his message is never far away from the essentials: Christ as our savior, Christ as our example, Christ as our support, Christ to whom the Old Testament looks forward, Christ to whom the church traditions look back. I hesitate to use an earthy comparison, but given that the congregation is so strongly German, it's apt. When I first tasted good German beer in a good German restaurant, I finally experienced what I'd always imagined beer was supposed to taste like. Like I knew what it was before I tasted it, even though I never had. Through many churches, I had an idea what Christo-centric preaching was supposed to be, but I believe I've found it at Emmaus.