Bucket List of Faith: The Journey Begins

Hello all!

Today I write to you from mostly-cloudy San Marcos, as always. However, the Mister and I have been spending quite some time in Austin working on...

the Bucket List of Faith!

*crickets*

Ah yes, I should explain. See, one day we discovered quite by accident that we enjoy day trips to see cool churches. And by that, I mean we somehow one evening ended up at the painted churches in Fredricksburg, caught the discovery bug, and never looked back.

After, before, and during the undergoing of the journey to confirmation in the Roman Catholic church, we've had many a discussion about religions, faiths, differences, and similarities between beliefs. We've both a background of mostly Protestant churches and only recently have seriously dove into the beauty of the Church. However, while we are firmly rooted in the traditions of the Roman Catholic church, being amateur sleuths and historians the idea of exploring--like, really exploring--other faiths appeals. So we made a Bucket List of Faith!

The Bucket List of Faith is simple:

1.  list off every denomination and belief we could think of
2.  find the address of a local center of worship
3. visit it
4. collect literature
5. take a picture
6. and scrapbook it!

 Today alone we knocked off three officially! I challenge everyone of every faith--including none at all--to give it a shot. At the very least, you'll have expanded your horizons and visited somewhere new. For inspiration, see our list below. I'll update periodically with dates upon visiting!

Have you ever done something like this? Tell me about it in the comments below!

-Maria

Bucket List of Faith

(current as of December 28, 2015)
**We do have addresses for all of these locations--no worries! :)**

• Roman Catholic* August 12, 2015
• Lutheran (ECLA)
• Lutheran (LCMS)
• Lutheran (WELS)
• Episcopalian/Anglican November 29, 2015
• Presbyterian (PCUSA)
• Methodist December 20, 2015
• Baptist(non-SBC)
• Baptist (SBC)
• Church of Christ
• Latter-day Saints (Mormon) December 12, 2015 (no service)
• Unitarian Universalists December 12, 2015 (no service)
• Orthodox (Greek) August 15, 2015
• Orthodox (Russian) December 12, 2015 (no service)
• Orthodox (Antiochian)
• Eastern Catholic (Maronite) October 11, 2015
• American Catholic Church
• African Methodist Episcopal
• Pentecostal (Assemblies of God)
• Disciples of Christ
• Non-denominational Protestant  December 24, 2015
• Nazarene
• Seventh-day Adventist
• Quakers
• Christian Scientists
• Salvation Army December 22, 2015
• Judaism (Reform)
• Judaism (Conservative)
• Islam
• Hinduism December 22, 2015
• Buddhism August 15, 2015
• Sikhism
• Baha’i

If you are a practicing member of a church here and wouldn't mind us tagging along one day, let us know!

*As we are both practicing Roman Catholics, I used the date we visited the cathedral of the Archdiocese of San Antonio.