No matter what your religion or denomination, describe your regular worship service to me. I will be attending various places of worship, and I just want descriptions like you would give to someone who has never been to your place of worship before, so that they could know what to expect.
Thanks.
2006-09-10 14:41:40 · 8 answers · asked by Heron By The Sea 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am a Catholic
Mass starts with a hymn sung as the crucifix is brought into the sanctuary, followed by the priest and the people who will be reading the readings
After an opening blessing, we are asked to remember the sins we have committed and to ask God for forgiveness. this is followed by a prayer of thanksgiving and praise to God.
Next we have a reading from the Old Testament, followed by a singing of one of the psalms, followed by a reading from one of the letters from teh New Testament, followed by a reading grom one of the Gospels. After the readings, the priest or deacon gives a sermon that relates the readings to the lives of the people.
Following that, we all pray the Creed together, followed by prayers for the intentions of the faithful. We then take up a collection to support the church and the work done by the church. The bread and wine are brought up to the altar by a family in the congregation. The priest asks God to accept these gift and make them holy so they may become for us the Body and Blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
The priest then does a brief narration of the Last Supper and saying the words of Jesus at teh Last Supper, the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ.
We then pray that all our brothers and sisters may be present with us in this communion. We stand and pray the prayer that Jesus taught us to pray - the Our Father. After this prayer, we share a sign of peace with each other and then we pray that Jesus, the lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world to have mercy on us and grant us peace.
We then process to the front of the church, in front of the altar and receive the Body and Blood of Christ - this is Holy Communion.
After Communion, there are a few more prayers and then we receive a final blessing, are told the Mass is ended, and to go out to love and serve the Lord.
The Catholic Mass is the same that was celebrated by the Christians of Jesus' time. The songs have changed, but the format has not.
The prayers of the Mass can be found at http://www.latinliturgy.com/nomass.html
A good explanation of the Mass can be found at http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/CU/ac0889.asp
Please contact me if you have any questions.
2006-09-10 15:17:23 · answer #1 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Reform Judaism Friday night. (Classic reform is much like a church, but our group is more traditional.) We start with special blessings for special occasions -- baby naming, anniversaries, etc. All children under the age of 12 are invited to the bimah where they join in a blessing over wine, and then they all gather under a "tent" where they receive a blessing. The service is mostly traditional prayers and music, many prayers being direct quotes from Bible passages and sung in Hebrew. The closest thing we have to a creed (Deuteronomy 6) is chanted in Hebrew. The rabbi gives a short sermon. Several times a year we have a special service for visitors or those unfamiliar with Judaism in which the rabbi explains everything that's happening in the service and invites questions after the service. We also have a Kabbalah service (my favorite) several times a year which is a little slower paced, the "altar" is in the center of the room, and the services is conducted by candlelight.
On Saturday mornings, we do much the same thing for the first hour, followed by another hour of reading directly from the Torah scroll. Congregants follow along in their own copy. Instead of a sermon, we discuss the Torah readings. Children practicing for their "bar mitzvah" frequently lead the service, and on the day of their bar mitzvah, they lead the entire service.
We have a Torah study before Saturday morning services 3 times/month, and once a month we have a pot luck after the service with a previously-prepared Torah study by the rabbi.
Once a month we have an outside service at a park or in the forest as the sun is going down.
Join us!
2006-09-10 14:56:35 · answer #2 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I attend Calvary Chapel Heartland. Our Service is about 5 worship songs to soften the hearts to prepare them for the word of GOD. Then our service is the Bible, verse upon verse, book upon book expounded by our pastor. One worship song to help transfer from the Word of GOD back to this fallen world :)
GOD bless ya.
2006-09-10 14:55:56 · answer #3 · answered by Bye Bye 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The world is my church. I give thanks to the Creator for all things. I ask only for the things I require to survive and I promise to give as much of myself as possible for the good of the world.
My prayer time is as Father Sky rises and as Mother Earth sleeps.
My belief is that all things are sacred to the Creator and one day all will have the opportunity to meet the Creator and come back to this earth with a plan for renewal.
2006-09-10 14:47:33 · answer #4 · answered by Starla_C 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Theravata Buddhist: I don't worship, I meditate. I do this outside in a nice, quite place. Theravata Buddhists do not have to go to s temple, you'll modt likely find Mahayana Buddhists there.
2006-09-10 14:46:38 · answer #5 · answered by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Tibetan Buddhist, but, I'm 13, so I can't go to temple, so I listen to sermons on my temple's website.
2006-09-10 15:01:02 · answer #6 · answered by null 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Iiturgical service
Begins and ends with Scripture.
2006-09-10 14:59:37 · answer #7 · answered by MD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we sing and dance christian music. so much fun! then we welcome new ppl, take offering, then we preach topics in the bible.
2006-09-10 15:01:57 · answer #8 · answered by NoName 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋