Evangelism

I had never heard of Orthodoxy prior to a friend of mine inviting me to a Liturgy service. I went, and thought, \\"Oh, my goodness, why do they keep repeating the same things over and over?\\", and needless to say, I was also frequently looking at my watch, wondering how much longer do I have to endure this? But, even with my early prejudices, I still was exposed to something that seemed to touch me deep within. I did not understand it mentally, yet my spirit was touched. The next time I went to the Liturgy it was by invitation to witness the same friend being baptized/chrysmated. I remember how reverent and awe struck watching the whole ceremony, i.e. the Priest pouring the holy oil into the baptismal water in the sign of the cross. I peered into that water and seeing the shape of the cross made from oil, I knew I was witnessing something very Holy. I cried most of the service, not out of sorrow, but out of pure joy and absolute reverence of God and all of history from the first apostles up to that moment. I felt sinful compared to His beauty. I knew deep within that I was being called to my spiritual Home.... No one had to persuade me. I was \'in like flint\' and the rest is history...:-) All the above to say, try just inviting people to the Liturgy and as another friend of mine stated that his Spiritual Father would say, “let the Liturgy be your teacher“... it was very effective for me.. respectfully in Christ, Jenn Elizabeth