STOP: If you haven’t read “Sentenced to Church, Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV,” do that now.
In the Lowcountry, churches are plentiful. There are four within a one-mile radius from my house. One of those is a historic church that keeps a strange schedule: Services are only held on the first Sunday of each month.
Folks at this Baptist church were very welcoming, without being overbearing. As it turns out (and this is how far removed I am from the church culture in my area), the pastor is my next-door neighbor.
We sang a few well-known hymns and then neighbor man delivered a sermon, which also was about the path to heaven. According to him, all you have to do is say out loud:
“I accept Jesus Christ as my personal lord and savior.”
I guess saying it in your head or to the dog won’t work.
Up next: “You may be seated, Amen.”
Observe and report 
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