Seacoast Church: Summerville Campus

Wanted to update this because my wife and I are in the midst of our «Summerville Experiment». We used to live over in Wescott, on the N. Charleston side of Summerville and didn’t know the church had a campus out here. So, we made the drive out to Mt. P — made sense because we often liked to do something out there afterward even if it was just smelling the ocean air.
Once we had the small person and moved to the extreme NW side of Summerville, we actually now had a shorter drive to Long Point Rd. (30 vs. 35 minutes) but dancing around naps etc. just made it difficult. Not to mention the friendly joking from my buddies as to if I was «too good» to hang out in S’ville :)
But I like the drive over those bridges… helps me remember how beautiful it is here and lights a fire for me to do the things here that I want to try. My wife likes the drive too because it gives us 30 uninterrupted minutes of conversation and excited anticipation. We used to strongly dislike church but Seacoast is different. Never thought I would say church is the favorite part of my week but it’s true.
So it was a tough decision but we decided to give going to the Summerville campus 8 weeks and see what happens. That may seem like a long time but I’m often more resistant to a good thing in my life than bad when it comes to areas that have to deal w/​God. So, 4 weeks seems to be my timeframe to discern if I should be there & my wife takes 8. For something as important as this, we opted for her timeframe.
The S’ville church just moved into a new building on rt 78 between Berlin G Myers & Main st — right by the side entrance to that shopping center w/​Buffalo Wild Wings. Used to be a brick factory back in the day and a pretty good size building. This is nice for the regulars because they used to rent space at the Senior center so there was a ton of setting up and taking down. I did that one time because I had to go there for some reason and couldn’t imagine having to do it every Sunday.
New building has plenty of parking (unusual in that there are more spaces than they need — for now at least). Also plenty of room for all the kid’s ministry rooms and my daughter always seems to have a good time and come back in one piece.
The service is just like you’d experience at any other Seacoast campus but is unlike most church services — thus the sticking point for some (possibly even ourselves). They do a video message from the main campus which seems weird at first… and second.
The wife & I aren’t 100% sure about the video message yet but maybe I’m just being silly. When it comes down to it, does it really matter if the guy is standing there or if it is on tape?
— Is God’s presence any less in that place?
— Opportunities to serve the community and other ministries to help me grow in Christ are the same — and live-​action.
— The worship band is live
— the video campuses are on a one-​week delay from the Mt. Pleasant campus so they pick the «best» of the 5 services to send out to all the campuses. So, in theory it’s actually better than live at Mt. P 4 out 5 times.
— prayer partners (elders) are there in person, the crosses are quite real.
— to be honest, I caught myself looking at the TV screen sometimes when attending Mt. Pleasant even though the dude was right in front of me.
Not to mention everybody at the Summerville campus is sooooo nice. If I wasn’t a Christian already, I’d think it was some kind of weird cult because everyone is so happy. Funny part is that they’re not faking happy when they’re really not. They’re happy because things AREN’T okay in their lives yet God has forgiven them and given them new life. Sometimes I get so caught up in learning the next thing & improving the next area of my life that I forget what the gospel is all about.
Fortunately I now go to Summerville’s Seacoast campus where they don’t let me forget. :)