Personal Experience: Bible Study

On August 23, 2015 I attend a local Maysville church not far from where I live to complete the church visitation assignment. I choose to attend Grants Creek Missionary Baptist Church, because it is located in a quaint building out in the country and not to mention a different denomination than myself. This church is of a Baptist denomination, which is unique because it is the denomination of Campbell University. I thought this project would be a great opportunity for me to become more diverse in my faith and discover more about the Baptist culture. It all started on the Wednesday prior to the twenty-third when on my way home I seen cars at the church, so I decided to stop in and meet the pastor and let him know that my intention was …show more content…
Once the introductions were made the group started the bible study with a prayer for those that are sick or need it most. Then we transitioned into studying Acts 4:1-34. One thing I found interesting is that they had this little paperback guide book called the Bible Studies for Life, which helped guide us though certain verses in Acts. After each Bible verse and a short explanation of the moral of the story, it asked reflection questions. We would then answer and discuss these questions in an open forum within the group. The structure of this Bible study was similar to what I have attended in the past at a Catholic bible study. The guidebook that we used even corresponded to certain dates throughout the year similar to how Catholic bible study guides are set up. Another item that I found interesting was that we covered a verse in Acts that talked about Paul being imprisoned, questioned and not once denying God and kept preaching the message. This directly relates and can be tied into certain parts of my first essay when we talked about our journey with Christianity. More specifically this communicates to how I feel when talking about God with people who might look down upon you for having faith in God. My personal observation would have to be that most within this congregation do not have a …show more content…
There were three big screen boards that were used with the projector. This made it easy to sing along with the numerous songs during the service, because they had all the songs up while all were singing. It reminded me of singing karaoke with a collection of close colleagues. This was new to me for I was used to singing the required hymn from an actual book of hymns, however, this did make it easier. I was uncomforted at first singing all those songs, but towards the end and the next Sabbath I attended I felt more comfortable and actually started singing instead of just moving my