My Church

Months after having a baby, I started thinking about religion and how important it was to me. I thought that I would like to have my baby baptised, I was and I thought it would be nice. I was not raised in a very religious family, it was a small part of life. I was baptised, we went to church on Sundays, holidays, weddings and funerals. As the years went by, our church going became less frequent, holidays, weddings, funerals then just weddings and funerals. These days I am sometimes in the vacinity of churches while running errands.
Feeling that it would be a nice thing to do, I contacted the local Catholic church in regards to having my baby baptised. I set up a meeting, as they stated on the website had to be done, I figured I would need to have the required session for baptisims, and of course, have a checkbook ready to pay for church membership fees.
Within the meeting, I was told I would have to attend several classes, meetings and masses before they would consider letting me be a member of their church. I was actually a little stunned and upset. I was also told it could even take me years!!! At this point I pictured myself trying to hold a teenager over a bowl to catch the trickle of holy water poured on her head. Now I had to do some thinking, was it worth attending meetings and a mass during the week, a class on Sunday followed by another mass? Not to mention, I would have to get a sitter for the time I needed to become religiously worthy. I thought the meeting would for sure end with me being dragged into a small room where I would have to remove my make-up and dress into chunky mary-janes and a long skirt then sent out on the street to sell bibles and rosaries door to door.
I was told that my daughter, when older, would be welcome to attend their school (of course, cha-ching) and that she and my husband are welcome to become members. Hold on a second....all the religion I know is catholic, and it is, in a small but definite way, part of me. I am not Catholic enough to be part of your church without hours a week, weeks of months, months of years of proving myself to be a "good catholic". My husband, however, is welcome to join the church without any questions asked, no required classes, meetings or masses....my Jewish Husband.
I am currently without Church.