Brentwood Methodist Church

We really wanted to like this church but we never felt welcomed.  We move to Brentwood 10 months ago and were were looking for a church that had many opportunities to socialize and get to know people. This church is very  large and  we were excited by everything it offered.    On the plus side, the music is fabulous and the church is beautiful.  We especially enjoyed the more casual services on Sat evening and Sun at 9:50 am.  On the negative side, it was the most unfriendly congregation we experienced during our search for a church.  Other than the usher who handed us the chuch bulletin each week, not one member of the congregation ever said a word to us during the 4 months we attended.   The crowd is so big,that  when the service is over, people exit quickly to make space for the next service's attendees.  This unfortunately offers no opportunity for  interaction.  After attending a couple of services, we stopped by the welcome desk  and the woman did  ask "can I help you?"  We explained we were new and she said "welcome" and then went back to chatting with her friends. We  were quite surprised  by this, but perservered  and ask if they had a welcome packet?  She looked like she was a bit annoyed by our interuption but a gentleman standing nearby went to the back and  got us a packet. Again, other than to say "here you go" we didn't  get a "welcome" from him either.  We really wanted to like this church but  after 4 months of feeling invisible,  we  concluded  it was not the right church for us.  Overall, I'd say this is a good choice if you already have a social network, but not so good if you are looking to develop one.