Organized religion is... well it is religion that is organized, has a set way of doing their religion. Examples of this are Catholicism, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. With Christianity, there are many sub branches such as Lutheran, Baptist, and Presbyterian. I am just plain Christian, no denomination. So I will tell you what I do on Sundays at my church.
A day at my church goes like so:
First off there are four different main services, or as many people call it, big church. The services start at 7:45, 9:00, 10:15, and 11:30. The first service is more traditional in being; they play hymns rather than the contemporary Christian music. Many of the elderly people like this service and go to it. The other three services play contemporary music. A band plays, and a couple people sing. The words are posted on the screens to the left and right of the baptizing area. They usually play three songs, everyone greets each other, and then we all sit down. The preacher goes to his little pulpit and starts to teach his sermon. Usually there are Bible verses to go along, and they are posted on the screens by the power point people. His sermon usually lasts about twenty to thirty minutes. After this we have a time where people can come up and either become members of the church, or they can decide to become baptized. Then we take communion and offering. After this, they post announcements on the screens for everyone to see, and the preacher tells everyone about upcoming dates that include conferences, new sermons, and small group times and places.
After big church, people can go home or go to Sunday school. In the high school Sunday school, we talk for a little time to our friends, and we just hang out for a little while. Then we have worship and sing a couple of songs and pray. Our high school leader comes and speaks, and then we all pray. After this we have announcements as well. Then he asks us to clean up the room and stack our chairs for the other people who might come in that room. After this, we go home.
That is the church schedule on Sundays at my church.
Lauren, I really enjoyed your day of church. Your writing style is so vivid it felt like I was actually in church with you. my church is much different from yours as I am of the Catholic denomination. It was a very interesting post. Thank you for enlightening my life.
ReplyDeleteI go to that church. Way to represent Lauren
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