what is in a denomination?

i now know that tuesdays are long days. two 1.5 hours classes and a film lab (today's film had no words).

i am still hungry. i just ate some leftover soup and i've been munching on chips. in my bed. but i deserve a small rest. because soon i'll be writing a paper.

so.
greg and i spent our lunch hour talking about life after the wedding. and the possibility and the what if of doing something great.
so, some plans are being considered right now.
but that is all i am going to say.

now on a different note.
i have never realllllly identified with a certain denomination. i grew up kinda methodist. i went to methodist sunday school. then we stopped going. then i went to Grace. and i suppose up until my sophomore yr i have affiliated myself as non-denominational/pentecostal/bible church/charismatic/baptist. or whatever my old place of employment was. Probably just bible church. for awhile i was confused about what pentacostalism was and told ppl i was that (thinking Grace was that) they gave me wierd looks and while I am sure not all pentacostalism is so extremely far out- it still causes some ppl to raise their eye brows (snake charming, tongues, etc- i am still unsure about speaking in tongues).

and then came reformed calvinistic presbytarian. that is how i started my sophomore yr. i spent my time reading calvin and trying to make sense of TULIP and what it meant to me and to my friends who weren't christian and to what my professors were saying about religion.

i still don't know.

now greg and i are on a church hunt. we think we might've found a good Fort Worth church. i don't know what the denomination really is. i don't totally care. to me church is a community experience. teachings and scriptural reminders are all great but without a supportative community everything lacks. it'd be like going to another class but not knowing anyone in the class- or having them not care about you at all.
so a community of believers. and even if my denomination beliefs were different than the congregation as whole i think it might still be ok. we believe in the same basic truths. and even more- we support each other and help to lift each other up upon believing them.

so. i am excited about the possiblity of continuing at Hope Church.